Brief Life History of Andrew
When Andrew Houston was born on 10 July 1852, in Ramsay Township, Lanark, Ontario, Canada, his father, Stewart Houston, was 20 and his mother, Barbara Paul, was 24. He married Hannah Galbraith on 27 April 1874, in Almonte, Lanark, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Lanark, Ontario, Canada for about 10 years. He died on 11 January 1914, in Ramsay Township, Lanark, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 61, and was buried in Ramsay Township, Lanark, Ontario, Canada.
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- Andrew Housten in household of John Housten, "Canada Census, 1881"
- Andrew Houston, "Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927"
- Andrew Houston, "Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947"
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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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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.
Name Meaning
Scottish: habitational name from the barony of Houston (Renfrewshire), from the genitive case of the personal name Hugh + Middle English, Older Scots ton ‘town, village, settlement’ (Old English tūn ‘enclosure, settlement’). The landlord in question was a certain Hugo de Paduinan, who held the place c. 1160. The Scottish surname is also common in Ulster.
Irish: variant of McCutcheon from Mac Uisdein or Mac Uistein.
History: In 1836 the newly founded city of Houston, TX, was named in honor of Sam Houston (1793–1863), soldier and statesman. As commander in chief of the Texan army he achieved Texas independence from Mexico by routing the army of the Mexican general Santa Anna. His ancestors were Ulster Scots who had emigrated to Philadelphia, PA, in the 18th century.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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