Brief Life History of Maud Lillian
When Maud Lillian Myers was born about 3 April 1871, in Rideau Lakes Township, Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, Canada, her father, Thomas Myers, was 37 and her mother, Lavonia Farnam, was 35. She had at least 3 sons and 2 daughters with Charles Rossington Cannon. She lived in Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, Canada for about 20 years and Ontario, Canada in 1911. She died in 1943, in South Porcupine, Timmins, Cochrane, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 72, and was buried in Halladay Burial Place, Elgin, Rideau Lakes Township, Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, Canada.
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Sources (12)
- Maud Myers in household of Thomas Myers, "Canada Census, 1881"
- Maud Lillian Myers Cannon, "Find A Grave Index"
- Maud Lillian Cannon in entry for Edna Gertrude Cannon, "Ontario Births, 1869-1912"
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Siblings (8)
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World Events (5)
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.
1886 · First Workmen's Comp Act
In 1886, Ontario passed its first Workmen's Compensation Act. This was in response to the number of railway workers that were being injured.
1906 · Hydro-Electric of Ontario
Ontario Hydro was established in 1906. It is the Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario.
Name Meaning
Irish (Tipperary, Limerick and Waterford): Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Meidhir ‘descendant of Meidhir’, with post-medieval excrescent -s. Meidhir is a personal name based on meidhir ‘mirth’.
English (northern): variant of Myer , with post-medieval excrescent -s.
English (northern): habitational name from one or more of the minor placenames derived from Middle English mire ‘marsh’ (Old Norse mýrr) in the plural form, such as Melmerby Mire in Melmerby, or Mires in Docker (both Cumbria).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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