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
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
1817– Male
1822–1882 Female
Parents and Siblings
1795–1859 Male
1796–1854 Female
Siblings (3)
1820–1911 Male
1822–1882 Female
1828–1852 Male
World Events (3)
1867 · Ontario Founded
Age 45
1869
Age 47
1871
Age 49
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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