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Sophia Elizabeth Conrad was born on 17 March 1796 at Lunenburg Township, Lunenburg Co, Nova Scotia. There has been much uncertainty about the ancestors of Sophia Conrad as the names Sophia and Johannes Conrad were quite common in Lunenburg and Halifax Counties in the late 18th century. Using Sophia's age from the 1871 census gives us her birth year of 1796. After eliminating the Sophia Conrads who have already been identified with other descendants, Randolph Larsen found that one Johannes Conrad family with daughter Sophia moved to Lawrencetown (Halifax County). The birth year of this Sophia fits perfectly with the other information that we know about Sophia Conrad.2,3 She was the daughter of Johannes Conrad and Catharina Gertraud Halter.3 Sophia Elizabeth Conrad married George Graham, son of John Graham and Mary Scott, on 17 May 1817 at St Paul's Anglican Church, Halifax, Halifax Co, Nova Scotia; by John Inglis, Rector.4 Sophia Elizabeth Conrad died after 1881 at Parkers Cove, Annapolis Co, Nova Scotia, as she was enumerated in the 1871 and 1881 census.5,6      She and George Graham resided between 1817 and 1831 at Lawrencetown, Halifax Co, Nova Scotia, from the record of their marriage through the 1827 census to an indenture with brother Asa Graham on 23 Mar 1831 for property at Dartmouth, NS - lot G in the Town Plot bordering on the south side of Dartmouth Common.      The 1827 census for Dartmouth/Three Fathom Harbour shows George Graham with 4 males and 3 females in the household. This agrees with George and Sophia Graham's household, providing strong evidence that George and Sophia Graham were still at Lawrencetown/Three Fathom Harbour, not Granville, in 1827. Although the births of all of George and Sophia Graham's children are reported in the IGI and Granville Township Book (p 263) as Granville, births before 1837 occurred at Lawrencetown/Three Fathom Harbour and Dartmouth, Halifax Co, NS. Note also the baptismal records of several of their children at St Matthews Presbyterian Church, Halifax and St Johns Anglican Church, Preston, Halifax County. The first recorded activity at Granville is the burial record of daughter Martha at All Saints Anglican Church, Granville, on 5 March 1837.7 Sophia Elizabeth Conrad and George Graham resided between 1831 and 1836 at Dartmouth, Halifax Co, Nova Scotia. The indenture for property on 23 March 1831 at Dartmouth has already been noted. An indenture for the same property from George and Sophia Graham "of Dartmouth" to Benjamin Eliot was made on 16 April 1836.3 Sophia Elizabeth Conrad and George Graham resided after 1837 at Granville Township, Annapolis Co, Nova Scotia. In the 1838 census, he was reported as a laborer with a family of seven. In the 1861 census he was reported as a farmer. Regretfully, the 1851 census for Granville has not survived.3 Sophia Elizabeth Conrad appeared on the census of 1881 at Caledonia District, Annapolis Co, Nova Scotia; with her son in law, Alexander Turple. She declared age 85.8

     Children of Sophia Elizabeth Conrad and George Graham:

Catherine Graham
Captain John Howard Graham+
George Richard Graham+
Andrew Conrad Graham+
Mary Ann Graham+
Sophia Graham+
Elizabeth Graham
Robert James Graham+
Martha Graham
Hannah Maria Graham+
Sarah Catherine Graham

1. [S5] "Some Nova Scotia Grahams", pp. 2, 7.
2. [S48] Scott W Teal, Johann Casper Conrad, p. 23.
3. [S62] Randolph Larsen - 1996 - 2004.
4. [S23] Halifax, NS, St Paul's Anglican Church : Marriage no. 45, Nova Scotia Archives and Records Management.
5. [S18] 1881 Canada Census, 395 Wellington Street, Ottawa, ON.
6. [S67] 1871 Canada Census, 395 Wellington Street, Ottawa, ON, 190, 6, p. 52.
7. [S1] George King.
8. [S25] Granville Methodist Church, Caledonia district, p. 56.

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