Sir William Young, KCB (8 September 1799 – 8 May 1887) was a Nova Scotia politician and jurist. Born in Falkirk, the son of John Young and Agnes Renny...
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Nova Scotia covers a period from thousands of years ago to the present day. Prior to European colonization, the lands encompassing present-day Nova Scotia...
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Massachusetts Bill Young (Nevada politician) (born 1956), American politician and sheriff of Clark County, Nevada William Young (Nova Scotia politician) (1799–1887)...
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Truro (Scottish Gaelic: Trùru) is a town in central Nova Scotia, Canada. Truro is the shire town of Colchester County and is located on the south side...
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Shelburne is a town located in southwestern Nova Scotia, Canada. Shelburne lies at the southwest corner of Nova Scotia, at roughly the same latitude as Portland...
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arriving in Nova Scotia, Canada, during the 18th and early 19th centuries. As of the 2021 Census of Canada, 28,220 Black people live in Nova Scotia, most in...
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William Stevens Fielding, PC (November 24, 1848 – June 23, 1929) was a Canadian Liberal politician, the seventh premier of Nova Scotia (1884–96), and the...
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The community of Halifax, Nova Scotia was created on 1 April 1996, when the City of Dartmouth, the City of Halifax, the Town of Bedford, and the County...
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involved in the Scottish colonisation of Charles Fort, later Port-Royal, Nova Scotia in 1629 and Long Island, New York. His literary works include Aurora...
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Joseph Howe (category Politicians from Halifax, Nova Scotia)
1873) was a Nova Scotian journalist, politician, public servant, and poet. Howe is often ranked as one of Nova Scotia's most admired politicians and his considerable...
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Ideal Maternity Home (redirect from Lila and William Young)
maternity home in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, operated from 1928 until 1947 by William Peach Young, a chiropractor and unordained minister of...
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James W. Johnston (29 August 1792 – 21 November 1873) was a Nova Scotia lawyer and politician. He served as Premier of the colony from 1857 to 1860 and...
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Hiram Blanchard (category Premiers of Nova Scotia)
December 17, 1874) was a Nova Scotia lawyer, politician, and the first premier of Nova Scotia. Blanchard won election to the Nova Scotia legislative assembly...
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Nova Scotia Magazine and Comprehensive Review of Literature, Politics, and News was Canada's first English-language magazine. It was published in Halifax...
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Parliament. He represented the Antigonish riding of Nova Scotia, from 1867 to 1869, along with William Hallett Ray, as an Anti-Confederate and, from 1869...
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Chebucto Grays (category History of Nova Scotia)
Shannon James Forman (merchant) William Young (Nova Scotia politician) Philip Carteret Hill John William Ritchie Lt. Col William Chearnley - commander of the...
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figure in Nova Scotia. He represented Annapolis township in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1820 to 1826. He was the son of William Robertson and...
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known as St. Paul's Church Cemetery) is a historic cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. It is located at the intersection of Barrington Street and Spring...
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Camp Hill Cemetery (category Cemeteries in Halifax, Nova Scotia)
Davis Sir William Young (1799–1887), politician, Premier of Nova Scotia Map of Camp Hill Cemetery. Camp Hill during the Spring. Rev. William Black (methodist)...
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in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1824 to 1837. He supported the Royal Acadian School. He was born in Falkirk, the son of William Young, and studied...
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North British Society (category Culture of Halifax, Nova Scotia)
Kent and Strathearn By William J. Weaver, Province House (Nova Scotia) William Annand Sir William Young (Nova Scotia politician) George Henry Murray, longest...
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William Ross (December 20, 1824 – March 17, 1912) was a Canadian politician. Born on Boularderie Island, Nova Scotia, the son of John Ross, a Scottish...
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from County Limerick William O'Brien (Minnesota politician) (1930–2007), American politician William O'Brien (Nova Scotia politician) (1782–1854), political...
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Liberal-Conservative member in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. He was born in Falmouth, Nova Scotia, the son of William Young. Young married Charlotte Spurr....
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which three British North American provinces—the Province of Canada, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick—were united into one federation, called the Dominion...
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James Boyle Uniacke (category Politicians from Halifax, Nova Scotia)
influential reform politician of the era and put Howe in his cabinet as Provincial Secretary. The two politicians worked to adapt Nova Scotia's institutions...
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Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada that were constructed before 1935. Wikimedia Commons has media related to National Historic Sites of Canada in Nova Scotia. History...
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Sir John Wentworth, 1st Baronet (category Governors of the Colony of Nova Scotia)
of the American Revolution. He was later also Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia. He is buried in the crypt of St. Paul's Church in Halifax. Wentworth...
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a young man (see River Spey). He was born John Godsman, but changed his name to William Davidson after his grandfather. In 1765 he arrived in Nova Scotia...
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settling in Middle Stewiacke, Nova Scotia. William's family knew hardship. Three of his siblings died by 1875. William's first job was a delivery boy for...
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