Brief Life History of Harriet
When Harriet Myers was born about 12 July 1872, in Portland, Rideau Lakes Township, Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, Canada, her father, Thomas Myers, was 38 and her mother, Lavonia Farnam, was 36. She married Robert Henry Connor on 10 March 1908, in Forfar, Rideau Lakes Township, Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, Canada for about 30 years. She died on 15 December 1929, in Ontario, Canada, at the age of 57, and was buried in Forfar Methodist Cemetery, Forfar, Rideau Lakes Township, Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, Canada.
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- Hattie Myers in household of Thomas Myers, "Canada Census, 1881"
- Harriet Myers, "Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927"
- Harriet Connors, "Canada, Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947"
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World Events (3)
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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