When John Solomon Vermilyea was born on 16 December 1856, in Thurlow Township, Hastings, Ontario, Canada, his father, Reuben Bedell Vermilyea, was 30 and his mother, Catherine McColl, was 22. He married Harriet Irene Reed on 28 February 1878, in Thurlow Township, Hastings, Ontario, Canada. He lived in Sidney Township, Hastings, Ontario, Canada in 1861 and Hastings, Ontario, Canada for about 10 years. He died on 22 February 1929, in Foxboro, Belleville, Hastings, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 72, and was buried in Foxboro, Belleville, Hastings, Ontario, Canada.
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On July 1, 1867, the province of Ontario was founded. It is the second largest province in Canada. A third of the population of Canada live here. Before it was Ontario it was called Upper Canada and had a Governor.
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In 1883, there was a mining boom in Northern Ontario when mineral deposits were found near Sudbury. Thomas Flanagan was the blacksmith for the Canadian Pacific Railway that noticed the deposits in the river.
Americanized form of French Vermeille (or perhaps of some other similar French surname): from the feminine form of Vermeil, from the (Old) French adjective vermeil ‘bright red’, which in the Middle Ages also denoted purple fabrics; hence a nickname denoting someone with red complexion or a metonymic occupational name for someone who sells purple fabrics. Compare Vermilya .
History: This surname is listed in the (US) National Huguenot Society's register of qualified Huguenot ancestors. Its first bearer(s) came to NY from the Netherlands in the middle of the 17th century.
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