Brief Life History of Harriet
When Harriet Matthews was born on 26 January 1882, in Denfield, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada, her father, Benjamin Matthews, was 33 and her mother, Sarah Jane Haskett, was 28. She married Joseph Fergus Linden on 29 March 1905, in Middlesex, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. She lived in Middlesex, Ontario, Canada for about 10 years.
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- Harriet Linden in household of Joseph F Linden, "Canada Census, 1911"
- Harriet Matthews, "Ontario Births, 1869-1912"
- Hattie Matthews, "Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927"
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World Events (7)
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.
1886 · First Workmen's Comp Act
In 1886, Ontario passed its first Workmen's Compensation Act. This was in response to the number of railway workers that were being injured.
1934 · Dionne Quintuplets Born
Born on May 28, 1934, the Dionne quintuplets were the first set of quintuplets to survive infancy. The five girls were born two months prematuare and months later were taken from their parents by the Red Cross. In the 1940s they were returned to their family.
Name Meaning
English and Irish (Ulster and County Louth): patronymic from the personal name Matthew . In North America, this surname has absorbed various cognates from other languages, such as German Matthäus (from the personal name Matthäus, from Latin Matthaeus) and Slovenian Matavž (from an obsolete vernacular form of the personal name Matevž, from Latin Matthaeus). Compare Mathews .
Irish: Anglicized form of Mac Mathghamhna (see McMahon ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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