Flora Pearcy

Brief Life History of Flora

When Flora Pearcy was born in 1867, in King Township, York, Ontario, Canada, her father, Gilbert Pearcy, was 24 and her mother, Marian Turner, was 28. She married Donald Ewen MacDonald on 7 June 1901, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 4 daughters. She lived in Penetanguishene, Simcoe, Ontario, Canada in 1881 and York, Ontario, Canada in 1911. She died on 5 August 1916, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 49.

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Family Time Line

Donald Ewen MacDonald
1864–
Flora Pearcy
1867–1916
Marriage: 7 June 1901
Marion MacDonald
1901–1990
Isabella MacDonald
1904–1984
Flora MacDonald
1905–1905
Alexander MacDonald
1907–1966
Jennie MacDonald
1909–1994

Sources (17)

  • Flora Pearcy in household of Marion Pearcy, "Canada Census, 1881"
  • Laura Pearcy, "Canada, Ontario, Marriages, 1869-1927"
  • Flora Macdonald, "Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947"

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.

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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: variant of Percy .

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

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