Brief Life History of Christena
When Christena Thrasher was born on 27 February 1873, in Westmeath Township, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada, her father, Abraham Thrasher, was 40 and her mother, Jane Harriet Horricks, was 33. She married Samuel Stewart Luckey on 5 April 1899, in Westmeath Township, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Renfrew, Ontario, Canada in 1901 and Nipissing, Ontario, Canada in 1911. She died on 20 January 1956, in York Township, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 82, and was buried in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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Family Time Line
Sources (7)
- Christenn Thrasher in household of Abraham Thrasher, "Canada Census, 1881"
- Christinna Thrasher, "Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927"
- Christina Thrasher Luckey, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (6)
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
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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