Victoria Gamble was born on 13 August 1872, in Perth, Ontario, Canada as the daughter of William Gamble and Elizabeth Hutchison. She married John McNeish Vance in Neepawa, Manitoba, Canada. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She died in 1937, in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, at the age of 65.
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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 the personal name Gamall, Gamal (Old Norse gamall ‘old’). The medial [b] has developed as a transitional consonant between [m] and [l], as in thimble (from Old English thȳmel).
Altered form of German Gambel .
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