Cunard, 1st Baronet (21 November 1787 – 28 April 1865), was a British-Canadian shipping magnate, born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, who founded the Cunard...
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Joseph Cunard (1799 – January 16, 1865) was a merchant, shipbuilder and political figure in New Brunswick. He represented Northumberland County in the...
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The Cunard Line (/ˈkjuːnɑːrd/) is a British shipping and cruise line based at Carnival House at Southampton, England, operated by Carnival UK and owned...
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actress Joseph Cunard (1799–1865), Canadian merchant, shipbuilder and politician Maud Cunard (1872–1948), American-born London hostess Mina Cunard (1894–1978)...
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The Cunard Building is a Grade II* listed building in Liverpool, England. It is located at the Pier Head and along with the neighbouring Royal Liver Building...
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Joseph Cunard Barberie (February 1, 1835 – December 25, 1908 ) was a political figure in New Brunswick, Canada. He represented Restigouche County in the...
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magnate Samuel Cunard. Abraham Cunard was a descendant of Thones Kunders, a German Quaker who immigrated to Pennsylvania in 1683. Abraham Cunard enjoyed youthful...
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Queen Elizabeth 2 (category Ships of the Cunard Line)
converted into a floating hotel. Originally built for the Cunard Line, the ship was operated by Cunard as both a transatlantic liner and a cruise ship from...
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peace and served on the board of health. Joseph's brother Samuel Cunard was also a landowner in Bathurst. Cunard purchased the Gould grant in 1837 and his...
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a group of aggressive entrepreneurs, Scottish and English, such as Joseph Cunard, William Muirhead, Jabez Bunting Snowball, and later, W. S. Loggie....
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White Star Line (section Cunard merger)
rival, the Cunard Line, operating as Cunard-White Star Line until Cunard purchased White Star's share in the joint company in 1950. Cunard then operated...
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The Cunard Building, formerly the Standard & Poors Building, is a 22-story office building at 25 Broadway, across from Bowling Green Park, in the Financial...
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Williston of Chatham (supported by local entrepreneur Joseph Cunard of Chatham, brother of Samuel Cunard) and John Ambrose Street of Newcastle (backed by the...
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RMS Aquitania (category Ships of the Cunard Line)
RMS Aquitania was an ocean liner of the Cunard Line in service from 1914 to 1950. She was designed by Leonard Peskett and built by John Brown & Company...
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in Chatham from Francis Peabody. In 1839, he sold that property to Joseph Cunard and moved his operation to Beaubears Island. Russell hired John Harley...
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RMS Queen Mary (category Ships of the Cunard Line)
1967 for the Cunard Line. Built by John Brown & Company in Clydebank, Scotland, she was subsequently joined by RMS Queen Elizabeth in Cunard's two-ship weekly...
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RMS Lusitania (category Ships of the Cunard Line)
and portions of western Spain) was a British ocean liner launched by the Cunard Line in 1906. She was the world's largest passenger ship until the completion...
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leader on the Miramichi Joseph Cunard 1799 1865 politician, shipbuilder and businessman; former MLA; brother of Samuel Cunard William Davidson 1740 1790...
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James Endicott, church leader and missionary (died 1954) January 16 – Joseph Cunard, merchant, shipbuilder and politician (born 1799) July 27 – Augustin-Norbert...
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Newfoundland and Halifax, Nova Scotia. Guy Arseneault, teacher and politician Joseph Cunard Barberie, politician Joel Bernard, politician Gordie Dwyer, hockey player...
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was the second ship constructed – on 30 June 1926. After the White Star-Cunard merger in 1933, he served in senior capacity as first and later chief officer...
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Grace Cunard (born Harriet Mildred Jeffries; April 8, 1893 – January 19, 1967) was an American actress, screenwriter and film director. During the silent...
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and the cold snowy winters. Guy Arseneault, teacher and politician Joseph Cunard Barberie, politician Joel Bernard, politician Gordie Dwyer, hockey player...
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James Brown Patrick Clinch George S. Hill Thomas Wyer Northumberland Joseph Cunard John Ambrose Street (1833) Alexander Rankin Sunbury George Hayward Thomas...
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RMS Carpathia (category Ships of the Cunard Line)
RMS Carpathia was a Cunard Line transatlantic passenger steamship built by Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson in their shipyard in Wallsend, England. The...
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competing with Joseph Cunard. In elections in 1837 and 1843, Rankin supported John Ambrose Street against candidates supported by Cunard. Gilmour retired...
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his ship aground on the island. Permission was grudgingly granted. Joseph Cunard sent a boat to tow the vessel to the island at night. Thain and the...
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deputy sheriff for Gloucester County. His daughter Elizabeth married Joseph Cunard Barberie. CH Mackintosh, ed. (1877). The Canadian Parliamentary Companion...
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elected to the provincial assembly in an 1833 by-election held after Joseph Cunard resigned his seat. In 1837, he was named Queen's Counsel. He was defeated...
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string of very popular serials starring Ford's collaborator and lover Grace Cunard. The 1915 serial The Broken Coin was expanded from 15 to 22 episodes by...
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