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James Boyle Uniacke, one of six children of Premier James Boyle Uniacke and Rosina Jane (Black), was born at Halifax on 23 March 1840. He was ordained as deacon by Bishop Hibbert Binney on 20 December 1863 in St. George's Church, Halifax and later served as rector of St. George's Parish, 1870-1881, in succession to his uncle, Rev. Robert Fitzgerald Uniacke. He married his first wife Sarah Rachel Wilkins, daughter of Judge Lewis Morris Wilkins, on 19 September 1865. Sarah died following the birth of their daughter Sadie in 1866. On 9 July 1874, Uniacke married Mary Alma Merkel, daughter of banker James W. and Elizabeth Merkel. They had seven children: James Boyle (died in childhood) Francklin Fitzgerald, James Boyle, Mary Geraldine, Helena Elizabeth, Mildred Alice, and Victoria Helena. Rev. Uniacke inherited the family estate, Mount Uniacke, ca. 1880s and died there on 25 February 1901.