Brief Life History of Beatrice
When Beatrice Bickford was born on 27 March 1893, in Winchester Township, Stormont Dundas and Glengarry, Ontario, Canada, her father, Samuel Bickford, was 39 and her mother, Margaret Rebecca Todd, was 35. She married William Edwin Adams on 14 September 1916, in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 5 daughters. She lived in Stormont Dundas and Glengarry, Ontario, Canada for about 10 years. She died on 2 August 1964, at the age of 71, and was buried in South Dundas, Stormont Dundas and Glengarry, Ontario, Canada.
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- Beatrice Bigford in household of Samuel Bigford, "Canada Census, 1901"
- Ida Beatrice Bickford, "Ontario Births, 1869-1912"
- Beatrice Margaret Bigford, "Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927"
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1906 · Hydro-Electric of Ontario
Ontario Hydro was established in 1906. It is the Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario.
1934 · Dionne Quintuplets Born
Born on May 28, 1934, the Dionne quintuplets were the first set of quintuplets to survive infancy. The five girls were born two months prematuare and months later were taken from their parents by the Red Cross. In the 1940s they were returned to their family.
1943 · Conservative Party Wins Ontario Election
George A. Drew was the leader of the Progressive Conservative Party. In 1943, they won the Ontario election.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from either Beckford Farm in Membury (Devon), Bickford Town in Plympton Saint Mary (Devon), or Bickford in Staffordshire. Beckford Farm is from the Old English personal name Becca + Old English ford ‘ford’, whereas the other two examples are derived from the Old English personal name Bicca + ford ‘ford’. The surname is more common in Devon and Cornwall.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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