When William Marshall was born on 16 October 1836, in Ontario, Canada, his father, James Marshall, was 33 and his mother, Catherine Taylor, was 31. He married Rachael Code on 19 March 1868, in Beckwith Township, Lanark, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 5 daughters. He lived in Morris Township, Huron, Ontario, Canada for about 10 years and Huron, Ontario, Canada for about 10 years. He died on 25 June 1912, in East Wawanosh Township, Huron, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 75, and was buried in Blyth Union Cemetery, Blyth, Huron, Ontario, Canada.
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English: usually an occupational name ‘farrier’, occasionally a status name ‘chief official of a royal household or court; a high officer of state’, from Middle English mareshal and Old French maresc(h)al. An even wider range of meanings is found in some other languages: compare for example Polish Marszałek (see Marszalek ). This name has been established in Ireland since the 13th century. It is also borne by Jews, presumably as an Americanized form of one or more similar (like-sounding) Jewish surnames.
Americanized form of German Marschall .
Americanized form of French Mercier .
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