When William Parish Bresee was born about 4 December 1816, in Rideau Lakes Township, Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, Canada, his father, William Bresee, was 25 and his mother, Rachel Parish, was 17. He married Tryphena Bissell on 30 June 1841, in Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. He lived in North Ward, Central Elgin, Elgin, Ontario, Canada in 1881. He died on 8 August 1888, in Philipsville, Rideau Lakes Township, Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 71, and was buried in Old Protestant Cemetery, Brockville, Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, Canada.
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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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Americanized form of Dutch Brizee: altered form of French Brisé, which is probably from an old vernacular form of the personal name Brictius (see Brice ) and, in part, a habitational name from Brisé, a place in Loire-Atlantique. Compare Brazie and Brazee .
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