Secord, Laura, 1775-1868
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Name (Latin)
Secord, Laura, 1775-1868
Other forms of name
Ingersoll, Laura, 1775-1868
Secord, Laura Ingersoll, 1775-1868
Date of birth
1775-09-13
Date of death
1868-10-17
Associated country
Canada
Gender
female
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Sources of Information
- Canadiana, July 30, 2020(access point: Secord, Laura, 1775-1868; born in 1775; died in 1868)
- Ingersoll, Laura Secord (Laura Ingersoll; heroine; born September 13, 1775, Great Barrington, Massachusetts; died October 17, 1868 at Chippawa (Niagara Falls, Ontario) ( (Dictionary of Canadian Biography website, viewed on July 30, 2020:) )
- Laura Secord, original name Laura Ingersoll (born September 13, Great Barrington, Massachusetts, died 1868); Canadian loyalist in the War of 1812; moved to Canada with her family in the 1870s; on learning of an impending U.S. attack on the British outpost of Beaver Dams (1813), she walked through U.S. lines to warn the British commander; with her information, the British were able to defeat the U.S. ( (Encyclopedia Britannica website, viewed on July 30, 2020) )
- Laura Secord, née Ingersoll; Loyalist; mythologized historic figure; born September 13, 1775 in Great Barrington, Massachusetts; died October 17, 1868 in Chippawa (Niagara Falls), Ontario; during the War of 1812, walked 30 km from Queenston to Beaver Dam, near Thorold, to warn James Fitzgibbon that the Americans were planning to attack his outpost ( (The Canadian Encylopedia website, viewed on July 30, 2020) )
- Laura Secord (née Ingersoll); born September 13, 1775 in Great Barrington, Province of Massachusetts Bay; died October 17, 1868 in the village of Chippawa, Ontario; Canadian war heroine of the War of 1812; known for having walked 20 miles (32 km) out of American-occupied territory to warn British forces of an impending American attack ( (Wikipedia, viewed on July 30, 2020) )
- Bryce, G. A study in Canadian patriotism, Laura Secord, 1907.