Edward Bart Cunard, 2nd Baronet

Family/Spouse: Mary Bache McEvers. Mary (daughter of Bache McEvers and Jane Erin Emmet) was born on 8 May 1828 in New York, USA; died on 25 May 1866 in Stratton Audley, Oxfordshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Sir Bache Edward Cunard, 3rd Baronet was born on 15 May 1851 in Shafton Audley, Staffordshire; died on 3 Nov 1925 in Shantock Hall, Bovington, Hertfordshire.
2. Annie Allen Cunard, Baroness Wenlock, GBE was born on 21 Jun 1863 in New York, USA; died on 29 Apr 1944 in Bristol, Gloucestershire.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Canadian shipping magnate

Notes:

Sir Samuel Cunard, 1st Baronet (21 November 1787 – 28 April 1865), was a Canadian shipping magnate, born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, who founded the Cunard Line. He was the son of a master carpenter and timber merchant who had fled the American Revolution and settled in Halifax.

For further details see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Cunard

Samuel married Susan Duffus on 4 Feb 1815 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Susan (daughter of William Duffus and Susannah Murdoch) was born on 25 May 1795 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; died on 28 Feb 1828 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 9 Feb 1762, Gamrie, Banff, Scotland

William married Susannah Murdoch on 29 Jun 1793 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Susannah (daughter of Rev. James Murdoch and Abigail Salter) was born on 30 May 1772 in Horton, Nova Scotia, Canada; died on 7 Jan 1858 in Nova Scotia, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Cumberland County Settlers from Ireland. Joan Jowsey compiles a self-published book, Cumberland County Families (Truro, 1988). It list many families with a brief note as to their origins. I was able to verfy that 21 families began with someone actually born in Ireland, although others may have been. He was ordained a Presbyterian minister in 1766, came out to Halifax the following year.. He married at Halifax, 24 July 1771, Abigail, dau of Malachy Salter, and had 10 children. He was drowned in the Musquodoboit River, NS, on 21 Nov 1799

James married Abigail Salter on 24 Jul 1771 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Abigail was born in 1745 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; died in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]