When Francis Blancher 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 Jessie Laura Wright on 4 October 1888, in Gananoque, Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, Canada in 1901 and Brockville, Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, Canada in 1911. He died on 14 February 1925, in Athens Township, Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 64, and was buried in Athens Village Cemetery, Athens Township, 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 Jean-Marc.
English (of Norman origin): variant of Blanchard with loss of -d.
French and English (of Norman origin): occupational name from Old French blancheour ‘bleacher’, derived from blancheier ‘to make white’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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