Brief Life History of Sarah Menetts
When Sarah Menetts Reid was born on 1 September 1858, in Ontario, Canada, her father, John R Reid, was 26 and her mother, Emily Lloyd, was 22. She married David West Russell on 22 May 1878, in Simcoe, Ontario, Canada. She lived in Essa Township, Simcoe, Ontario, Canada in 1871 and Simcoe, Ontario, Canada in 1911. She died on 26 October 1947, at the age of 89, and was buried in New Tecumseth, Simcoe, Upper Canada, British Colonial America.
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- Sarah Russell in household of Emily Nicol, "Canada Census, 1911"
- Sarah Mannetta Reid, "Canada, Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927"
- Sarah M. Russell in household of David Russell, "Canada Census, 1881"
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World Events (7)
1867 · Ontario Founded
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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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.
Name Meaning
Scottish: variant of Reed , of which Reid is the common modern Scots spelling.
History: Samuel Chester Reid (1783–1861), the sea captain who designed the stars and stripes form of the present the American flag, was born at Norwich, CT. His father, Lt. John Reid, a former British naval officer of a distinguished Glasgow family, had resigned his commission and joined the cause of the American Revolution.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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