When Abraham Thrasher was born in 1833, in Westmeath Township, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada, his father, Philomen Thrasher, was 35 and his mother, Elizabeth Curry, was 41. He married Jane Harriet Horricks on 30 September 1856, in Westmeath Township, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 8 daughters. He lived in Renfrew, Ontario, Canada in 1901 and Renfrew, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada in 1911. He died on 7 January 1913, in Westmeath Township, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 80, and was buried in Greenwood United Church Cemetery, Greenwood, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada.
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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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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 .
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