Hannah Thrasher

Brief Life History of Hannah

When Hannah Thrasher was born on 1 August 1861, in Westmeath Township, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada, her father, Abraham Thrasher, was 28 and her mother, Jane Harriet Horricks, was 21. She married William Wilson on 24 July 1889, in Renfrew, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Renfrew, Ontario, Canada for about 10 years. She died on 5 January 1912, in Renfrew, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 50.

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Family Time Line

William Wilson
1846–1927
Hannah Thrasher
1861–1912
Marriage: 24 July 1889
Abraham Wilson
1891–1953
William Granger Wilson
1893–1961
David Ernest Wilson
1896–
Etta Corena Wilson
1896–1994
Isaac Thrasher Wilson
1901–1966

Sources (16)

  • Hanah Thrasher in household of Abraham Thrasher, "Canada Census, 1881"
  • Hannah Thrasher, "Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927"
  • Hannah Wilson, "Canada, Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947"

World Events (5)

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

English: occupational name from Middle English thressher ‘thresher’, a derivative of Old English therscan, threscan, thryscan ‘to thresh’.

Americanized form (translation into English) of German Drescher .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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