Elmina Lake

Female12 July 1822–22 October 1882

Brief Life History of Elmina

When Elmina Lake was born on 12 July 1822, in Ernestown, Lennox and Addington, Ontario, Canada, her father, William Lake, was 27 and her mother, Mary Hogle Lake, was 25. She married John Chapman about 1839, in Lennox and Addington, Ontario, Canada. She died on 22 October 1882, in Fredericksburgh, Lennox and Addington, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 60, and was buried in Ernestown, Lennox and Addington, Ontario, Canada.

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Family Time Line

John Chapman
1817–
Elmina Lake
1822–1882
Marriage: about 1839

Sources (5)

  • Elmina Chapman in household of John Chatman, "Canada Census, 1881"
  • Almina Chapman, "Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947"
  • Elmine Lake, "Canada Census, 1851"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    about 1839Lennox and Addington, Ontario, Canada
  • Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (3)

    World Events (3)

    1867 · Ontario Founded

    Age 45

    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.

    1869

    Age 47

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    1871

    Age 49

    British Columbia joins the confederation.

    Name Meaning

    English (mainly West Country): topographic name usually for someone who lived by a streamlet (Middle English lak(e), Old English lacu) or who lived at or came from any of the places so named, such as Lack in Church Stoke (Shropshire) and Lake in Wilsford near Amesbury (Wiltshire). Lake is a common minor placename in Devon.

    English: occasionally perhaps a topographic name for someone who lived by a lake or pool (Middle English, Old French lake), though it is uncertain that this word was current in ordinary vocabulary during the main period of surname formation (1250–1400).

    North German and Dutch: habitational name from any of several places in Westphalia and Lower Saxony so named, or a topographic name from Middle Low German, Middle Dutch lake ‘swamp, swampy meadow’ (Middle Dutch also ‘border water’).

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

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