Jessie Mabel Mott

Brief Life History of Jessie Mabel

When Jessie Mabel Mott was born on 11 December 1872, in Potsdam, St. Lawrence, New York, United States, her father, Joel Parrish Mott, was 34 and her mother, Mary Ann Bryant, was 26. She married Daniel James Bowes McClean on 1 July 1891, in York, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. She lived in Brockville, Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, Canada in 1881 and Grey, Ontario, Canada in 1911. She died on 12 March 1942, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 69, and was buried in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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Family Time Line

Daniel James Bowes McClean
1869–1932
Jessie Mabel Mott
1872–1942
Marriage: 1 July 1891
Herbert Arnold McClean
1892–1947
Clifford Mott McClean
1896–1972

Sources (16)

  • Jessie McClean, "Canada Census, 1901"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Jessie M. Mott - Published information: birth-name: Jessie mott
  • Jessie Mott, "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950"

World Events (8)

1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii

In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.

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.

1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

Name Meaning

English: from the Middle English female personal name Motte, a pet form of Matilda. There has probably been some confusion with Moat .

German: topographic name for someone who lived by or owned property in a marshy area, from Middle High German mot ‘mud, swamp’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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