Brief Life History of Mary Mabel
When Mary Mabel Moon was born on 17 March 1877, in Hastings, Ontario, Canada, her father, Samuel Moon, was 28 and her mother, Orissa Johnson, was 27. She married William Bush on 7 September 1896, in Belleville, Hastings, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 4 sons. She lived in Belleville, Hastings, Ontario, Canada in 1881.
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Sources (10)
- Mary Moon in household of Samuel Moon, "Canada Census, 1881"
- Mary Mabel Moon, "Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927"
- Mable Moon in entry for Herbert Ralph Bush, "Canada, Ontario Births, 1869-1912"
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Parents and Siblings
Siblings (9)
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World Events (7)
1883 · Mining Boom
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.
1886 · First Workmen's Comp Act
In 1886, Ontario passed its first Workmen's Compensation Act. This was in response to the number of railway workers that were being injured.
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.
Name Meaning
Irish: variant of Mohan .
English (of Norman origin): habitational name from Moyon in La Manche. Compare Mounce .
Americanized form of German Mohn or of some other similar (like-sounding) surname.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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