When Laura Ann Blanchard was born on 26 July 1856, in Athens Township, Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, Canada, her father, Albert Blanchard, was 40 and her mother, Sarah Ann Hayes, was 35. She married Ransom Manford Brown on 8 May 1902, in Kingston, Frontenac, Ontario, Canada. She lived in Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, Canada in 1881 and Brockville, Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, Canada in 1911. She died on 20 September 1947, in Athens Township, Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 91, and was buried in 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 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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