Brief Life History of Samuel Henry
When Samuel Henry Nicholson was born in April 1886, in Ontario, Canada, his father, Charles William Nicholson, was 31 and his mother, Margaret Mcewan, was 33. He married Elizabeth Catherine JOHNSTON on 7 November 1917, in Howick Township, Huron, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Sullivan Township, Grey, Ontario, Canada in 1891 and Grey, Ontario, Canada for about 10 years. He died in 1945, at the age of 59.
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- Samuel H Nicholson in household of Margaret Nicholson, "Canada Census, 1901"
- Charles David Nicholson, "Canada, Ontario Births and Baptisms, 1779-1899"
- Samuel Henry Nicholson, "Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927"
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1906 · Hydro-Electric of Ontario
Ontario Hydro was established in 1906. It is the Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario.
1934 · Dionne Quintuplets Born
Born on May 28, 1934, the Dionne quintuplets were the first set of quintuplets to survive infancy. The five girls were born two months prematuare and months later were taken from their parents by the Red Cross. In the 1940s they were returned to their family.
1943 · Conservative Party Wins Ontario Election
George A. Drew was the leader of the Progressive Conservative Party. In 1943, they won the Ontario election.
Name Meaning
English (northern) and Scottish: patronymic from the Middle English personal name Nic(h)olas or the vernacular form Nic(h)ol + son; see Nichol , Nicholas . In Scotland the name was sometimes substituted for McNichol .
Americanized form of Danish, Norwegian, and North German Nicolaisen or Nikolaisen , or of the Swedish cognate Niklasson, patronymics from equivalents of the personal name Nicholas .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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