Brief Life History of Fanny Emma
When Fanny Emma Shales was born in 1868, in Ontario, Canada, her father, William Shales, was 40 and her mother, Elizabeth Fife, was 36. She married Kenneth McKenzie Babcock on 13 September 1888, in Kingston, Frontenac, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Kingston, Frontenac, Ontario, Canada in 1871 and Loughborough Township, Frontenac, Ontario, Canada in 1881. She died on 20 November 1963, at the age of 95, and was buried in Sydenham, Frontenac, Ontario, Canada.
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Family Time Line
Sources (20)
- Fanny Shales in household of William Shales, "Canada Census, 1881"
- Fanny Emma Shales, "Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927"
- Fanny Emma Shales Babcock, "Find A Grave Index"
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Children (8)
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World Events (6)
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.
1906 · Hydro-Electric of Ontario
Ontario Hydro was established in 1906. It is the Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario.
Name Meaning
English:
perhaps a nickname from an unrecorded Middle English shail ‘crooked gait, shuffling’ (attested in the adverb ashayle, 1530), derived from Middle English shailen ‘to stumble, shuffle’ and probably related to shailard (see Shaler ).
variant of Seal , from Netherseal or Overseal (Derbyshire), recorded in medieval records as Seyle and Scheyle.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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