Lavinia Remsen (1841 - 1908)

Born 3 Apr 1841 in Graywood, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada

Ancestors

Wife of Charles Harris Bent — married 10 May 1868 in Granville, Annapolis Co., N.S

Descendants

Died 30 Jun 1908 at age 67 in Beaconsfield, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada

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Biography

Lavinia's last name at birth could have been Ramsen, Ramson or Remson.. Remsen was chosen because it is the most frequently used variation and hails from New York from whence came the loyalists.

Lavinia was born in 1841. She is the daughter of John Ramson and Lavinia Balcom. She married, first, Ezra Dunn, about 1860, with whom she had a daughter Jane Dunn, who married Manford Ring. ^[1] Lavinia married Charles Bent in 1868.^[2] She passed away in 1908. ^[3]

Marriage

Canada Marriages, 1661-1949

Name: Charles Bent

Birth Date: 1829

Birthplace: Bellisle

Age: 39

Spouse's Name: Lavinia Dunn

Spouse's Birth Date: 1842

Spouse's Birthplace: Greywood

Spouse's Age: 26

Event Date: 10 May 1868

Event Place: Granville, Nova Scotia

Father's Name: James Bent

Mother's Name: Sarah

Spouse's Father's Name: John Remsen

Spouse's Mother's Name: Esther

Marital Status: Unknown

Spouse's Marital Status: Unknown

Source:

"Canada Marriages, 1661-1949," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F2LM-NVT : 10 February 2018), Charles Bent and Lavinia Dunn, 10 May 1868; citing Granville, Nova Scotia, reference P23 Cn67; FHL microfilm 1,298,863.

Notes

Buried Hampton Cemetery, Hampton, Annapolis Co., N.S.

Note: Earlier Marriage to Ezra Dunn.

Sources

1. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/157841033/jane-ring : accessed 30 May 2021), memorial page for Jane Dunn Ring (15 Jul 1863–1941), Find a Grave Memorial ID 157841033, citing Hampton Cemetery, Hampton, Annapolis County, Nova Scotia, Canada ; Maintained by Maureen Norman (contributor 48801508) .
2. ↑ "Canada Marriages, 1661-1949," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F2LM-NVT : 10 February 2018), Charles Bent and Lavinia Dunn, 10 May 1868; citing Granville, Nova Scotia, reference P23 Cn67; FHL microfilm 1,298,863.
3. ↑ Entered by William Ramage, Oct 19, 2012

"Nova Scotia Deaths, 1890-1955," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK99-G3NK : 8 March 2021), Ezra Dunn in entry for Jane Ring, 13 Mar 1941; citing Beaconsfield, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada, certificate 687, Nova Scotia Archives, Halifax.

"Nova Scotia Marriages, 1864-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:DX6F-5W6Z : 9 November 2020), Lavinia Dunn in entry for Charles Bent, 10 May 1868; citing Marriage, Granville Township, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada, Nova Scotia Archives, Halifax; FHL microfilm 004059097.

See also:

• http://www.hhennigar.ca/getperson.php?personID=I58039&tree=1
• William Ramage, firsthand knowledge.
• "Nova Scotia Marriages, 1907-1932," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVBK-QWM6 : 8 November 2017), Lavenia Ramsen in entry for Robert Bent and Leila Poole, 04 Nov 1920; citing Paradise, Nova Scotia, Nova Scotia, Canada, p. , Nova Scotia Archives, Halifax, Nova Scotia.