Brief Life History of Uretta
When Uretta Fetterley was born on 23 August 1864, in Williamsburgh Township, Stormont Dundas and Glengarry, Ontario, Canada, her father, Peter Henry Fetterly, was 50 and her mother, Elizabeth Beckstead, was 41. She married Allan Hess on 3 November 1884, in Dundas, Hamilton-Wentworth, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Ontario, Canada in 1911 and East Williamsburgh, Williamsburgh Township, Stormont Dundas and Glengarry, Ontario, Canada in 1931. She was buried in Maple Ridge, Stormont Dundas and Glengarry, Ontario, Canada.
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Sources (19)
- Etta Hess, "Canada Census, 1931"
- Ella Fetterly, "Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927"
- Euretta Fetterly Hess, "Find A Grave Index"
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1867 · Ontario Founded
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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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.
Name Meaning
English: probably a variant of Betteley, a habitational name from a place called Betley, of which there is one in Staffordshire and another in Sussex, the former being named from an Old English female personal name Bette + lēah ‘woodland clearing’. Betteley is also a variant of Beatley .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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