When Franklin Blanchard was born about 2 May 1860, in Lombardy, Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, Canada, his father, Albert Blanchard, was 44 and his mother, Sarah Ann Hayes, was 39. He married Martha Seymour on 5 September 1883, in Elmsley, Lanark, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He lived in Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, Canada for about 20 years and Lanark, Ontario, Canada in 1911. He died on 9 April 1937, in Smiths Falls, North Elmsley Township, Lanark, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 76, and was buried in Lombardy, Leeds and Grenville, 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.
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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.
Some characteristic forenames: French Armand, Pierre, Andre, Marcel, Emile, Monique, Camille, Dominique, Euclide, Germaine, Leonce, Lucien.
French and English (of Norman origin): from the French medieval personal name Blanchard, from an ancient Germanic name composed of the elements blank ‘white, shining’ + hard ‘strong, brave’.
French and English: derivative of Blanc .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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