Janet Turnbull " Jessie" Boa

Female19 December 1852–1938

Brief Life History of Janet Turnbull " Jessie"

When Janet Turnbull " Jessie" Boa was born on 19 December 1852, in Jacques-Cartier, Quebec, Canada, her father, John Boa, was 24 and her mother, Marion Hislop, was 25. She lived in East Hawkesbury, Prescott and Russell, Ontario, Canada for about 20 years and Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada in 1911. She died in 1938, in Hawkesbury, Prescott and Russell, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 86.

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Family Time Line

John Boa
1828–1875
Marion Hislop
1827–1890
Marion Susan or Susanna " Mary" Boa
1851–1924
Janet Turnbull " Jessie" Boa
1852–1938
James Muir Boa
1854–1867
Robert Benjamin Boa
1858–1937
Simeon Boa
1860–1933
Ruth McCutcheon Boa
1862–1952
Laura Boa
1865–1888
Edward Raymond Boa
1867–1942
Margaret Muir Boa
1870–

Sources (6)

  • Jenet Boa in household of John Boa, "Canada Census, 1871"
  • Janet Turnbull Boa baptismal record in Quebec, Non-Catholic Parish Registers, 1763-1967
  • Janet T. Boa, "Canada Census, 1881"

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Siblings (9)

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World Events (6)

1867 · Ontario Founded

Age 15

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

Age 17

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1883 · Mining Boom

Age 31

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

Scottish: see Bow .

Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland © University of the West of England 2016

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