Born about in Halifax County, Nova Scotia
Daughter of Frederick King
and Mary (Parrem) King
Sister of
Richard King, Frederick King, Mary (King) Reyno, Elizabeth (King) Oakley and Catherine (King) Higgins
Wife of
Archibald Darrach
— married
before 1820 in Halifax County, Nova Scotia
Descendants 
Mother of
John Darrach, Mary (Darrach) Power, Margaret (Darrach) Kelliher, Frederick Darrach, Archibald Darrach, Amelia (Darrach) Edwards, Eleanor (Darrach) Harrigan, Elizabeth Ann Darrach, Jane (Darrach) Brown and Sarah Darrach
Died
at about age 81
in Herring Cove, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
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Biography
Eleanor "Ellen" King was born about 1799 in Halifax County, Nova Scotia to Frederick King and Mary Parrem, and was baptised September 19th 1809 at "age 9 years" at St. Paul's Anglican Church in Halifax.[1][2]
She married Archibald Darrach, likely in Halifax County, sometime prior to 1820. They had 10 known children together in Herring Cove, Halifax County.
Ellen passed away in 1880, and is buried in St. James Church Cemetery in Herring Cove.[3][4]
Ellen died intestate; her estate file[5] refers to her heirs as son Archibald (petitioner), his brother Frederick, and "seven sisters, all married women but one - Sarah Darrach".
Research Notes
The names of Archibald and Ellen's surviving children can be inferred from the 1881 sale of the property from Ellen's estate to Ann (Darrach) Gorman;[6] they are as follows:
- Frederick Darrach
- Archibald Darrach
- Sarah Darrach
- Mary Power, wife of Maurice Power
- Amelia Edwards, wife of James Edwards
- Jane Brown, wife of John Brown
- Ellen Harrigan, wife of John Harrigan
- Margaret Kelliher, wife of Dennis Keilliher
Sources
- ↑ Church Records at Nova Scotia Archives, Halifax Nova Scotia. Saint Paul's Parish (Anglican): 1749-1954; Microfilmed 1954-1966. Baptismal records 1791-1854, microfilm reel #11553.
- ↑ Halifax County Church Records Transcriptions, "Dwayne & Francine Meisner's Family Tree" website. https://dwaynemeisner.com/novascotiavitalstats/halifax/index.php?halifaxtabs=stpaulshalifaxbaptisms
- ↑ 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-FSKL-W ). MG 5, Volume 5, #7, St. James Anglican Cemetery, Herring Cove. Film # 008191881, Image #41 of 815.
- ↑ Ancestry.com user photo of headstone. https://www.ancestry.com/mediaui-viewer/collection/1030/tree/23192339/person/1806395113/media/faf46b7d-9f23-460b-bd70-1087ae1fd3c6
- ↑ Original estate papers of Halifax County, Nova Scotia, 1750-1930; index, 1750-1968, Court of Probate (Halifax County). "1880-1881, original estate papers, 2784-2839", catalogue with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS5R-5PPL ). File #2815, petition for admin of estate of Ellen Darrach Oct 19 1880. Film 008282620, Images 686-697 of 1394.
- ↑ 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.
- FamilySearch profile G9QS-NK3 : https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/G9QS-NK3
- Census of Canada, 1871. Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa. https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1871/Pages/item.aspx?itemid=1675458
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