When Martha Victoria Orange Price was born on 12 July 1872, in Madoc Township, Hastings, Ontario, Canada, her father, Alexander Irvin Price, was 32 and her mother, Rachel Matilda Hazzard, was 32. She married Ira Daniel Price on 6 March 1888, in Dungannon Township, Hastings, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Thurlow Township, Hastings, Ontario, Canada in 1881 and Hastings, Ontario, Canada in 1901. She died on 14 August 1902, in Dungannon Township, Hastings, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 30, and was buried in Dungannon Township, Hastings, Ontario, Canada.
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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.
In 1886, Ontario passed its first Workmen's Compensation Act. This was in response to the number of railway workers that were being injured.
Welsh: Anglicized form of Welsh ap Rhys ‘son of Rhys’ (see Reece ). This is one of the commonest of Welsh surnames. It has also been established in Ireland since the 14th century.
English: nickname from Middle English, Old French pris ‘excellent, noble, highly valued (person)’.
Americanized form of Jewish Preuss or Preis .
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