When John Alexander Honeyman was born on 20 November 1873, in Owen Sound, Grey, Ontario, Canada, his father, Alexander Honeyman, was 38 and his mother, Elizabeth "Eliza" Masterson, was 34. He married Elizabeth Ellen DeForest on 30 December 1904, in Port Carling, Muskoka, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 10 daughters. He lived in Saskatchewan, Canada in 1916 and Melfort, Star City No. 428, Saskatchewan, Canada for about 5 years. He died on 13 January 1951, in Sylvania, Saskatchewan, Canada, at the age of 77, and was buried in Saskatchewan, Canada.
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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 and Scottish (Fife): occupational name for a beekeeper or honey seller, from Middle English honi + man (Old English hunig + mann).
English: from the Middle English personal name Honeman (Old English Hūnmann ‘bear-cub’ + ‘man’).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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