Brief Life History of Isaac
When Isaac Thrasher was born on 23 May 1875, in Westmeath Township, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada, his father, Abraham Thrasher, was 42 and his mother, Jane Harriet Horricks, was 35. He lived in Ontario, Canada in 1875. He died on 27 November 1900, in Westmeath Township, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 25.
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- Isaac Thrasher in household of Abraham Thrasher, "Canada Census, 1881"
- Isaac Thresher, "Ontario Births, 1869-1912"
- Isaac Thrasher, "Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947"
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World Events (2)
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.
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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