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    Holy Cross Cemetery is a cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia, owned and operated by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Halifax-Yarmouth. It was constructed...
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    St. Peter's Cemetery, later St. Mary's Cemetery, is the oldest Catholic cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia, containing an estimated 3,000 graves dating from...
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    John Sparrow David Thompson (category People from Halifax, Nova Scotia)
    the occasion. He was buried on January 3, 1895, in the Holy Cross Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Despite having held prime ministerial office, Thompson...
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    cathedral located in the downtown core of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. It is the cathedral of the Archdiocese of Halifax-Yarmouth and is the largest Catholic...
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    Island, Nova Scotia. Stoddard allowed the British crew to return to Halifax in HMS Observer (which was involved in the Naval battle off Halifax en route)...
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    April 1896, at age 55 or 56 and was buried in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Military history of Nova Scotia "Charles Robinson". Hall of Valor. Military...
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    Annie Thompson (category Politicians from Halifax, Nova Scotia)
    John Thompson, the fourth Prime Minister of Canada. She was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia to James Affleck, a sea captain, and Catherine Saunders. She was...
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    St. Patrick's Church is a Roman Catholic parish church in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The parish was founded in 1843 and the present church was opened in 1885...
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  • Peter Thomas McGuigan (category Writers from Halifax, Nova Scotia)
    8, 2017) was a Canadian historian and freelance writer. Born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, a son of the late James and Stella McGuigan and a distant relative...
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  • Viola Desmond Fairview Cemetery, Halifax. Many victims of the RMS Titanic sinking. Garrison Cemetery, Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia, The oldest English tomb...
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  • "Recherche d'une personne défunte: Brian Mulroney (T01213)". Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery (in French). Montreal, Quebec. 2024. Retrieved March 27, 2024....
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  • in Nova Scotia. He represented Halifax Township from 1855 to 1859 and Halifax County from 1859 to 1867 in the Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia. He...
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    Ontario Terrence Prendergast, S.J. (1995–1998), appointed Bishop of Halifax, Nova Scotia R. Anthony Meagher (1997–2002), appointed Archbishop of Kingston...
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    Catholic Archdiocese of Halifax. He was born in Waterford, County Waterford, Republic of Ireland and died in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Walsh studied at St....
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  • John L. Connolly (category Nova Scotia Liberal Party MLAs)
    Halifax. Connolly died there at the age of 62 and was buried in Holy Cross Cemetery. A Directory of the Members of the Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia...
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    buried in Holy Cross Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York. Rank and Organization: Landsman, U.S. Navy. Born: Halifax, Nova Scotia. Enlisted in: Nova Scotia. G.O....
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    Cornelius O'Brien (bishop) (category Roman Catholic archbishops of Halifax)
    Archbishop of Halifax, Nova Scotia. He followed Michael Hannan in this position. He established a Catholic high school (1888) and Holy Heart Seminary...
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    Joseph B. O'Hagan (category Burials at the College of the Holy Cross Cemetery)
    was the president of the College of the Holy Cross from 1873 to 1878. Born in Ireland, he emigrated to Nova Scotia, Canada, at a young age and entered the...
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    Patrick Keely (category Burials at Holy Cross Cemetery, Brooklyn)
    Le Gesù (1865), Montreal, Quebec St. Mary's Basilica (1820–1899), Halifax, Nova Scotia St. Michael's Basilica, Miramichi, Chatham, New Brunswick St. Francis...
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    Capture of USS Chesapeake (category Military history of Nova Scotia)
    but survived his wounds. Chesapeake and her crew were taken to Halifax, Nova Scotia, where the sailors were taken to prisoner-of-war camps; the ship...
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    This is a list of historic places in Annapolis County, Nova Scotia. Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap Download coordinates as: KML GPX (all coordinates)...
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    Nova Scotia, for summer passengers and cars. In years past the Scotia Prince Cruises trip took eleven hours. A proposal to replace the defunct Nova Scotia...
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    Canadian Martyrs Parish in Calgary, AB Canadian Martyrs Church in Halifax, Nova Scotia Canadian Martyrs Catholic Church in Ottawa, Ontario [1] Canadian...
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    Elisabeth Mann Borgese (category Commanders Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany)
    California and as a university professor at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. She became a proponent of international cooperation and...
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    believed to have been written whilst he was there, notably The Holy Fair, To a Mouse, and Holy Willie's Prayer. Many of his poems were directed towards the...
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    Coleman and the Halifax Explosion", Maritime Museum of the Atlantic web page Archived 16 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine; Nova Scotia Vital Statistics...
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  • Episcopal church. Conversion of south apse to Lady chapel, 1921 Halifax cathedral, Nova Scotia. Altar and reredos in St Stephen's chapel, c1929 and perhaps...
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    Margaret Brown (category Burials at the Cemetery of the Holy Rood)
    brain tumor. She was buried next to J.J. at St. Brigid's cemetery, now known as Cemetery of the Holy Rood, in Westbury, New York, following a small ceremony...
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    Yousuf Karsh (category Burials at Notre-Dame Cemetery (Ottawa))
    Armenian." Karsh was sent to Canada by his family. He arrived in Halifax, Nova Scotia on December 31, 1923, by ship from Beirut. He immediately moved to...
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