When David Russell Read was born on 23 August 1794, in Hinchinbrooke, Huntingdon, Quebec, Canada, his father, William Read, was 46 and his mother, Agnes Nancy Russell, was 41. He married Lovinia Church on 21 March 1831, in Elizabethtown-Kitley Township, Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. He died on 2 January 1868, in Lansdowne, Leeds and the Thousand Islands, Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 73, and was buried in Lansdowne, Leeds and the Thousand Islands, Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, Canada.
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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.
English and Scottish: variant of Reed .
History: A family called Read were established in America in the early 18th century by John Read, who was born in Dublin, sixth in descent from Sir Thomas Read of Berkshire, England. His son, George Read (1733–98), was one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, and as a lawyer helped frame the Constitution.
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