flag male ancestor  Peter  BIGNEY

  (b. 6 May 1767 Lunenburg, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada   d. 14 July 1828 Wentworth, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada )  

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Peter BIGNEY was born 6 May 1767 in Lunenburg, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada

Peter BIGNEY was the child of Jacques BIQUENET   and   Marie CALAME

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Peter  married  Althea Mira STEVENS abt. 1787 in Wentworth, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada .  The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Althea Mira STEVENS  was born 25 October 1772 in Windsor, Vermont, USA.  Althea Mira died 2 August 1856 in Wentworth, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada.  Althea Mira was the child of Levi STEVENS and Anna NORTON.

Peter BIGNEY died 14 July 1828 in Wentworth, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada.
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Peter BIGNEY married flag female ancestor Althea Mira STEVENS-- Date: abt. 1787 Place: Wentworth, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada
Althea Mira STEVENS was the child of Levi STEVENS and Anna NORTON




Children of Peter BIGNEY and Althea Mira STEVENS:

flag male ancestor James BIGNEY (b.11 January 1811, Wentworth, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada  d. abt. 1872, )
m. Sarah Jane BLACK 1841



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birth1767 Birth
6 May 1767
Lunenburg, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada
News1775 - The Battle of Québec was fought on December 31 between the American Continental Army and British defenders of Québec City. It was the first major defeat for the Americans in the Revolutionary War.
News1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada
1811 Birth of Child
James BIGNEY was born 11 January 1811, Wentworth, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada

Peter was 43 years old.
News1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.
Kings and Queens1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England
death1828 Death
14 July 1828
Wentworth, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada

He died at the age of 61.
Added: 4/14/2025 1:25:55 AM - Updated: 6/2/2025 1:22:37 PM

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