Archibald Darrach (1829 - 1919)

Born 1829 in Herring Cove, Halifax, Nova Scotia

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Brown) Darrach — married 20 Jan 1863 in Herring Cove, Halifax, Nova Scotia

Died 4 Oct 1919 at about age 90 in Herring Cove, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

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Biography

Archibald was born in 1829 in Herring Cove, Halifax County, Nova Scotia to Archibald Darrach and Ellen King.

Archibald, son of Archibald Darrach was recorded as 10 years old in the May 1840 enrolment at Herring Cove school.^[1]

He worked as a fisherman.

In 1857, Archibald and his brother Frederick Darrach jointly bought a lot on the east side of Herring Cove from Jeffrey Power and Jane (Fitzgerald) Power for 65 pounds.^[2]

He married Mary Brown in 1863 in Herring Cove.^[3] They had 10 known children together in Herring Cove.

Archibald and Mary were named along with all of Archibald's living siblings and their spouses on an 1881 deed for sale of property in Herring Cove that they had inherited from their mother Ellen after she had died intestate in 1880.^[4]

Archibald passed away in 1919 in Herring Cove,^[5] and is buried at St. James Anglican Cemetery.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ Nova Scotia school papers, 1789-ca. 1959, Nova Scotia Archives and Records Management. "Halifax County school papers, v. 23, file folders 6-15, 1817-1833; v. 24, file folders 1-4, 1834-1839 (papers no. 1-3 for 1812 from v. 23 are filmed at the beginning of v. 24); v. 25-26, file folders 1-8 (to no. 313)", catalogue with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3MV-D9KD-K ). May 1840 half-yearly return for Halifax County school district #15, Herring Cove.
2. ↑ Halifax [County] registry of deeds, 1749-1902 : [2004-2005 filming], Halifax County (Nova Scotia) Registrar of Deeds. "Deed registers, v. 118 (from p. 633)-v. 121 (to p. 422), 1858", catalogue with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSR9-GWPK-T ). Deed #1205, November 28th 1857 sale of land in Herring Cove, from Jeffery Power Jr. and wife Jane Power to Frederick and Archibald Darrach for 65 pounds. Film #008288137, Images 522-523 of 1813.
3. ↑ "Canada, Nova Scotia Marriages, 1864-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:DX61-71T2 : 9 November 2020), Archibald Darach and Mary Brown, 20 Jan 1863; citing Marriage, Herring Cove, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, Nova Scotia Archives, Halifax; FHL microfilm 004059087.
4. ↑ Deed records, 1749-1903; index, 1749-1967 : [1968 filming], Halifax County (Nova Scotia). Registrar of Deeds. "Deeds, v. 247-248, 1884-1886", catalogue with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSR9-RSYQ-9 ). Deed #420, Sale of land in Herring Cove, July 1881. Film # 008286730, Images 465-466 of 657.
5. ↑ Obituaries, The Evening Mail, Halifax Nova Scotia, October 6th 1919, p. 16. https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-evening-mail-archibald-darrach/131604676/
6. ↑ Cemetery transcriptions, Nova Scotia, 1700's-1900's (Manuscript on Film), Nova Scotia Archives. "Vols. 5-6: Halifax County", catalogue with images, FamilySearch ( https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSLF-FSKF-P ). MG 5, Volume 5, #7, St. James Anglican Cemetery, Herring Cove. Film # 008191881, Image #40 of 815.

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