Elizabeth Thrasher

12 April 1871–13 March 1923 (Age 51)
Westmeath, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada

The Life Summary of Elizabeth

When Elizabeth Thrasher was born on 12 April 1871, in Westmeath, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada, her father, Abraham Thrasher, was 38 and her mother, Jane Harriet Horricks, was 31. She married William Leach Salter on 15 October 1890, in Perretton, Whitewater Region, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Renfrew, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada in 1901. She died on 13 March 1923, in Pembroke, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 51, and was buried in Westmeath, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada.

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Family Time Line

William Leach Salter
1864–1935
Elizabeth Thrasher
1871–1923
Marriage: 15 October 1890
Alice L. Salter
1893–
Walter Stanley Salter
1895–1949
Lloyd Alton Salter
1908–
Stuart Emerson Salter
1911–1964

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    15 October 1890Perretton, Whitewater Region, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada
    • Children

    (4)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (16)

    +11 More Children

    World Events (3)

    1883 · Mining Boom
    Age 12
    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
    Age 15
    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
    Age 35
    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.

    Possible Related Names

    Thresher
    Drescher

    Sources (11)

    • Elizabeth Thrasher in entry for Stuart Emerson Salter, "Ontario Births, 1869-1911"
    • Elizabeth Thrasher in household of Abraham Thrasher, "Canada Census, 1881"
    • Elizabeth Thrasher, "Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927"

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