Brief Life History of Margaret
When Margaret Whaley was born on 16 August 1863, in Amaranth Township, Dufferin, Ontario, Canada, her father, Isaac Whaley, was 31 and her mother, Martha Smith, was 26. She married Joseph Conley on 28 December 1880, in Orangeville, Dufferin, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Cardwell, Ontario, Canada in 1901 and Ontario, Canada in 1945. She died on 25 April 1945, in Caledon, Peel, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 81, and was buried in Alton Cemetery, Alton, Caledon, Peel, Ontario, Canada.
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- Margaret Whaley in household of Isaac Whaley, "Canada Census, 1871"
- Legacy NFS Source: Margaret Whaley - Government record: birth: 16 August 1863; Amaranth Twp, Dufferin, Ontario, Canada
- Margaret Whaley, "Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927"
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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.
1871
British Columbia joins the confederation.
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.
Name Meaning
English (northern): habitational name from Whalley (Lancashire) or Whaley in Bolsover (Derbyshire). The Lancashire placename may derive from Old English hwæl ‘hill’ + lēah ‘wood, woodland clearing’. The Derbyshire placename may derive from Old English wall ‘wall’, walh ‘Welshman, foreigner’ (genitive plural wala), or wælla ‘well, spring, stream’ + lēah.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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