Brief Life History of James Harvey
When James Harvey Rosevear was born on 4 September 1842, in Hamilton, Hamilton-Wentworth, Ontario, Canada, his father, Matthew Rosevear, was 24 and his mother, Esther Smith, was 22. He married Sarah Ann Clemens in 1869, in Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Hamilton Township, Northumberland, Ontario, Canada for about 10 years. He died on 22 June 1897, in Dufferin, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 54, and was buried in Shelburne, Dufferin, Ontario, Canada.
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- James Rosevear, "Canada Census, 1871"
- James Harvey Rosevear, "Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927"
- James H. Rosevear, "Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947"
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World Events (4)
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
Cornish: habitational name from Rosevear in Saint Mawgan in Meneage (Cornwall) or Roseveare in Saint Austell (Cornwall). The place in Saint Mawgan in Meneage is named with Middle Cornish ros ‘promontory, hill spur, moor’ + meur ‘big, great’; the place in Saint Austell is named with rid ‘ford’ + meur ‘big, great’. In both cases, the initial m- of the adjective has been lenited to v-.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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