When Silas Christopher Merkley was born on 29 April 1837, in Williamsburg, South Dundas, Stormont Dundas and Glengarry, Ontario, Canada, his father, John Adam Merckel, was 45 and his mother, Catherine Eliza Utman, was 25. He married Margaret Elizabeth Merkley on 19 October 1870, in Williamsburgh Township, Stormont Dundas and Glengarry, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Williamsburgh Township, Stormont Dundas and Glengarry, Ontario, Canada for about 10 years and Stormont Dundas and Glengarry, Ontario, Canada for about 10 years. He died on 3 October 1923, in Williamsburg, South Dundas, Stormont Dundas and Glengarry, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 86, and was buried in Williamsburg Union Cemetery, Williamsburgh Township, Stormont Dundas and Glengarry, 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.
British Columbia joins the confederation.
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.
Probably an Americanized form of German Merkle .
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