When Minnie Elisabeth Moore was born on 26 August 1875, in Point Edward, Lambton, Ontario, Canada, her father, Archibald Moore, was 29 and her mother, Charlotte Elizabeth Strange, was 27. She married Stephen Henry Styles on 20 October 1897, in St. Catharines, Lincoln, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 5 daughters. She lived in Welland, Ontario, Canada in 1911. She died on 13 December 1943, in Niagara Falls, Welland, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 68, and was buried in Niagara Falls, Welland, Ontario, Canada.
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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.
In 1886, Ontario passed its first Workmen's Compensation Act. This was in response to the number of railway workers that were being injured.
Ontario Hydro was established in 1906. It is the Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario.
English: from Middle English more ‘moor, marsh, fen’ (Old English mōr), hence a topographic name for someone who lived in such a place, or a habitational name from any of various places called with this word, as for example Moore in Cheshire or More in Shropshire.
English (of Norman origin): ethnic name from Old French more ‘Moor’, either someone from North Africa or, more often, a nickname for someone thought to resemble a Moor. Compare Morrell and Moreau .
English (of Norman origin): from the Middle English personal name More (Old French More, Maur, Latin Maurus), originally denoting either ‘Moor’ or someone with a swarthy complexion (compare Morrell , Morrin , Morris , and sense 2 above). There was a 6th-century Christian saint of this name.
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