Dorothy Giles (sometimes Charity Giles) and Jeremiah Delay married in 1828 in Westchester, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia. Dorothy is listed in the 1861 Cumberland County census enumeration as the head of a household with 2 females and 2 males. Oldest daughter Nancy and her husband already had 2 children and were living in a separate household by 1861.
References:
• 1999-2002 Delay Family message board: https://www.ancestry.com/boards/surnames.delay/1/mb.ashx .
• 2009 Giles Family Nova Scotia: https://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/giles/3196/ .
• 2022 FamilySearch: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/GQFS-689 .
• 2022 Giles descendants: https://willbraffitt.org/roots/GilesDescendants.txt .
References:
• 1999-2002 Delay Family message board: https://www.ancestry.com/boards/surnames.delay/1/mb.ashx .
• 2009 Giles Family Nova Scotia: https://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/giles/3196/ .
• 2022 FamilySearch: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/GQFS-689 .
• 2022 Giles descendants: https://willbraffitt.org/roots/GilesDescendants.txt .
Dorothy Giles (sometimes Charity Giles) and Jeremiah Delay married in 1828 in Westchester, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia. Dorothy is listed in the 1861 Cumberland County census enumeration as the head of a household with 2 females and 2 males. Oldest daughter Nancy and her husband already had 2 children and were living in a separate household by 1861.
References:
• 1999-2002 Delay Family message board: https://www.ancestry.com/boards/surnames.delay/1/mb.ashx .
• 2009 Giles Family Nova Scotia: https://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/giles/3196/ .
• 2022 FamilySearch: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/GQFS-689 .
• 2022 Giles descendants: https://willbraffitt.org/roots/GilesDescendants.txt .
References:
• 1999-2002 Delay Family message board: https://www.ancestry.com/boards/surnames.delay/1/mb.ashx .
• 2009 Giles Family Nova Scotia: https://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/giles/3196/ .
• 2022 FamilySearch: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/GQFS-689 .
• 2022 Giles descendants: https://willbraffitt.org/roots/GilesDescendants.txt .
Inscription
Dorothy Giles, wife of Jeremiah Delay, aged 54 years & 6 months.
Mother thou art gone to rest,
We will not weep for thee.
For thou art now where oft on earth,
Thy spirit longed to be.
Family Members
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