Person:Elizabeth Scott (111)

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Elizabeth Scott
d.1873
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Name[1] Elizabeth Scott
Alt Name _____ Leslie
Gender Female
Birth[1] Abt 1825 Nova Scotia, Canada
Marriage to Thomas Leslie
Death? 1873

Elizabeth Scott, daughter of William Scott and ________ was born abt 1825 based on her age in the 1871 Census. Her father is named in her marriage bonds. She married abt 1850 to Thomas Laslie/Leslie.

According to the 1871 Census, Elizabeth was 46, and born in Nova Scotia. Her religion was N. Methodist and her origin is Scotch. However, her husband, Thomas lists his origin as German. They lived next door to James Leslie, a brother of Thomas. He also listed his origin as German.

Elizabeth's grandfather might have been the loyalist, ___ Scott, who lived in Port Mouton and receive 350 acres.

References
  1. 1.0 1.1 E. Murray Mosher. The Leslie Family of Port Mouton, Queens County, Nova Scotia. (Queens County Museum, Liverpool, Queens, NS, 17 July 2002 (date found)).
  2.   Nova Scotia, Canada. 1871 Census of Canada
    Page 30, 1871.

    Province of Nova Scotia
    District No. 194, Queens
    Sub-District: a Port Mouton Polling District No. 4
    Census of 1871

  3.   Gilroy, Marion; William G. Dodge Murphy; Royal Nova Scotia Historical Society. Genealogical Committee; and Jessie M. Rumley Murphy. Loyalists and Land Settlement in Nova Scotia. (Halifax, Nova Scotia: Public Archives of Nova Scotia, 1937).