Brief Life History of Margaret Jane
When Margaret Jane Thrasher was born on 23 March 1869, in Westmeath Township, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada, her father, Abraham Thrasher, was 36 and her mother, Jane Harriet Horricks, was 29. She married George Samuel Brannan on 14 August 1895, in Greenwood, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 5 daughters. She lived in Renfrew, Ontario, Canada in 1901 and Renfrew, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada in 1911. She died on 12 January 1946, at the age of 76, and was buried in Westmeath Township, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada.
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Sources (13)
- Maggie Branan in household of George Branan, "Canada Census, 1901"
- Margaret Jane Thrasher, "Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927"
- Margaret Thrasher in entry for John Lebeau and Jemima Pearl Brannan, "Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927"
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World Events (5)
1871
British Columbia joins the confederation.
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.
1906 · Hydro-Electric of Ontario
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.
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