Brief Life History of John Tobias
When John Tobias O'Shaughnessy was born on 22 July 1880, in Ontario, Canada, his father, John O'Shaughnessy, was 45 and his mother, Ellen O'Connell, was 36. He married Jane Adeline Sutherland on 27 April 1911, in Ottawa, Ottawa-Carleton, Ontario, Canada. He lived in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada in 1911. He died on 19 December 1950, in Ottawa, Ottawa-Carleton, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 70.
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Sources (5)
- J. Thos. Shaughnessy, "Canada Census, 1881"
- John Tobias Shaughnessy, "Canada, Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927"
- John Shaughnessy, "Recensement du Canada de 1911"
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World Events (5)
1883 · Mining Boom
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.
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.
1906 · Hydro-Electric of Ontario
Ontario Hydro was established in 1906. It is the Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Irish Brendan, Kieran, Ciaran, Niall.
Irish (Limerick, Galway): Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Seachnasaigh ‘descendant of Seachnasach’, a personal name perhaps derived from seachnach ‘elusive’.
History: The main branch of the once-powerful O'Shaughnessy clan died out in the 18th century. The head of the clan in the early 16th century, Dermot O'Shaughnessy, had been knighted in 1533 by Henry VIII, but the lands belonging to the clan were confiscated by Cromwell approximately one century later. They were returned to them in 1660, when the Stuarts were restored, but then taken again in 1697.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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