Martha Brewer

Brief Life History of Martha

When Martha Brewer was born on 26 March 1821, in Pittsburgh Township, Frontenac, Ontario, Canada, her father, John Brewer, was 31 and her mother, Ann Warner, was 34.

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Family Time Line

John Brewer
1789–1837
Ann Warner
1787–1876
Johnson Brewer Sr
1808–1888
John Brewer
1810–1874
Mary Brewer
1812–
Elizabeth Brewer
1815–
Daniel Brower
1817–
Nancy Ann Brewer
1819–1847
Martha Brewer
1821–
Rachel Ann Brewer
1824–
Sarah Jane Brewer
1826–1915
James Mathewson Brewer
1829–1894

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    World Events (3)

    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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    1871

    British Columbia joins the confederation.

    Name Meaning

    English: occupational name for a brewer of beer or ale, from Middle English brewere ‘brewer’ (an agent derivative of Old English brēowan ‘to brew’). Compare Brewster .

    English (of Norman origin): Anglicized form of French Bruyère (see Bruyere ), a habitational name from a place so called in Calvados, France, from Old French bruiere ‘heath’.

    Americanized form (translation into English) of Dutch Brouwer , German Brauer or Breuer , etc., all occupational names meaning ‘brewer’.

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

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