Adelaide McCormick

Brief Life History of Adelaide

When Adelaide McCormick was born on 8 June 1865, in Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada, her father, Mathew William McCormick, was 34 and her mother, Elizabeth Jane Taylor, was 29. She married George Jason Fox on 2 September 1891, in Colchester South Township, Essex, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Essex, Essex, Ontario, Canada in 1901 and Ontario, Canada in 1911. She died on 15 September 1921, in Colchester South Township, Essex, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 56.

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Family Time Line

George Jason Fox
1858–1940
Adelaide McCormick
1865–1921
Marriage: 2 September 1891
Blanche Ann Fox
1893–1923
Clyde Mathew Fox
1893–1959
Perry Ellsworth Fox
1895–
George Arnold Fox
1896–1908
Nina Fox
1899–1940
Verne Franklin Fox
1903–1996
Mildred Fox
1907–

Sources (22)

  • Adelaide Mc Cormick in household of Mathew Mc Cormick, "Canada Census, 1871"
  • Adelaide Mccormick, "Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927"
  • Adelaide Fox, "Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947"

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

Irish and Scottish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Cormaic ‘son of Cormac’, a personal name based on corb ‘raven’ + mac ‘son’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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