Abraham Thrasher

Brief Life History of Abraham

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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Family Time Line

Abraham Thrasher
1833–1913
Jane Harriet Horricks
1840–1918
Marriage: 30 September 1856
Abraham Thrasher
1854–1871
Walter Thrasher
about 1857–about 1858
Rachael Thrasher
about 1858–1930
Charlotte Thrasher
1859–1948
Almira Thrasher
1861–1869
Hannah Thrasher
1861–1912
William Thrasher
1863–1938
Thomas Thrasher
1867–1869
Margaret Jane Thrasher
1869–1946
Elizabeth Thrasher
1871–1923
Christena Thrasher
1873–1956
Isaac Thrasher
1875–1900
Charles Thrasher
1877–1935
Robert Thrasher
1881–1970
James Walter Thrasher
1883–1937
Ida May Thrasher
1885–1962

Sources (34)

  • Abram Thresher, "Canada, Ontario Census, 1861"
  • Abraham Thrasher, "Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947"
  • Abraham Thrasher in entry for Hannah Wilson, "Canada, Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947"

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1850

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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.

1869

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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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