When Martha Mary Finkbeiner was born on 29 May 1871, in Ontario, Canada, her father, George Finkbeiner, was 27 and her mother, Mary Katharina Maria Brown, was 26. She married Ezra Knechtel on 25 March 1897. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Port Elgin, Saugeen Shores, Bruce, Ontario, Canada in 1881 and Perth, Ontario, Canada for about 10 years. She died on 30 April 1912, in Ontario, Canada, at the age of 40, and was buried in Avondale Cemetery, Stratford, Perth, Ontario, Canada.
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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.
In 1886, Ontario passed its first Workmen's Compensation Act. This was in response to the number of railway workers that were being injured.
Ontario Hydro was established in 1906. It is the Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario.
Some characteristic forenames: German Kurt, Otto, Albrecht, Armin, Erwin, Hans.
German: nickname derived from Middle High German vinke ‘finch’ + bein ‘leg’, denoting a thin-legged man.
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