Brief Life History of Robert James
When Robert James Mitchell was born on 20 March 1856, in East Gwillimbury, York, Ontario, Canada, his father, William Mitchell, was 36 and his mother, Eleanor Higgins, was 28. He married Charlotte Maria Parr on 25 June 1886, in McKillop Township, Huron, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 5 daughters. He lived in Huron, Ontario, Canada in 1901 and Algoma, Ontario, Canada in 1911. He died on 15 July 1922, in Manitoulin Island, Manitoulin, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 66, and was buried in Ontario, Canada.
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- R James Mitchell in household of William Mitchell, "Canada Census, 1871"
- Richard Mitchell, "Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927"
- Robert James Mitchell, "Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947"
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World Events (5)
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.
1871
British Columbia joins the confederation.
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
English and Scottish: from the vernacular pronunciation in Middle English and Older Scots of the personal name Michael . See Michelson .
English and Scottish: nickname for a big man, from Middle English michel, mechel, muchel ‘big’.
Irish (County Connacht): surname adopted as equivalent of Mulvihill .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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