Brief Life History of Ellen
When Ellen Green was born on 10 October 1840, in Lachute, Argenteuil, Quebec, Canada, her father, James Green, was 52 and her mother, Mary Murray, was 39. She married Samuel Smith on 6 February 1862, in Lachute, Argenteuil, Quebec, Canada. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. She died on 17 November 1915, in Winchester Township, Stormont Dundas and Glengarry, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 75, and was buried in Chesterville, North Dundas Township, Stormont Dundas and Glengarry, Ontario, Canada.
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- Hellen Smith in household of Samuel Smith, "Canada Census, 1871"
- Ellen Smith, "Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947"
- Ellen Greene in entry for Wm A Shae and Margret A Smith, "Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927"
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World Events (5)
1867 · Ontario Founded
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.
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.
Name Meaning
English: either a nickname for someone who was fond of dressing in this color (Old English grēne) or was young or immature, or who had played the part of the ‘Green Man’ in the May Day celebrations, or a topographic name for someone who lived near a village green (Middle English grene, a transferred use of the color term). This is one of the most common and widespread of English surnames. In North America it has assimilated cognates from other languages, notably German Grün (see Gruen ) and Dutch Groen ; compare 7 below. This surname is also very common among African Americans.
English: alternatively, from a Middle English personal name Grene.
Irish: adopted for Ó hUainín ‘descendant of Uainín’, a personal name from a pet form of uaine ‘green’, see Honan .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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