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The Graham family resided in the communities of Rockville and South Maitland, in Hants County, Nova Scotia. The original progenitors were John Graham (1775-1862) and Ruth Smith (1791-1845), who settled and lived in Maitland, Nova Scotia. Their original frame house was occupied by four generations of the family in succession. Their son, John Graham (1823-1896), was a shipbuilder who went to sea at the age of 17, becoming a master by age 25. He married Martha Cox (1826-1904) and together they raised eleven children. The eldest, John Brown Graham (1849-1931) was also a master mariner. He married Jane Z. Nelson (1859-1897), a niece of the famed Maitland shipbuilder, W.D. Lawrence. John Brown Graham sailed for thirty-three years before leaving that life and returning home. At the age of seventy he moved west to be closer to his daughters: Alice Haworth (1898-1992) of Prince Rupert, British Columbia and May Strangways (1900-1984) of Claresholm, Alberta.