Brief Life History of William
When William Thrasher was born on 13 March 1863, in Westmeath Township, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada, his father, Abraham Thrasher, was 30 and his mother, Jane Harriet Horricks, was 23. He had at least 2 sons with Elizabeth Pappin. He lived in Renfrew, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada for about 10 years and Pembroke Township, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada for about 10 years. He died on 31 March 1938, in Renfrew, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 75, and was buried in Greenwood United Church Cemetery, Greenwood, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada.
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- William Thrasher, "Canada Census, 1931"
- William Thrasher, Ontario, Canada, Deaths and Deaths Overseas, 1869-1948
- William Thrasher in entry for William Graham Thrasher and Ethel Mary Or May Martin, "Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927"
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World Events (6)
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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