When Miranda Maude Waite was born on 3 March 1810, in Haldimand Township, Northumberland, Ontario, Canada, her father, Jenks Wait, was 32 and her mother, Martha Lynn Harriman, was 27. She married David Gould in 1832, in Northumberland, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 9 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Cramahe Township, Northumberland, Ontario, Canada in 1871. She died on 23 December 1889, in Ontario, Canada, at the age of 79, and was buried in Hastings, Percy Township, Northumberland, Ontario, Canada.
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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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English (of Norman origin): occupational name for a watchman, either in a town or castle, from Anglo-Norman French waite ‘watchman, member of the watch’ (of ancient Germanic origin; compare Wachter ). In the Middle Ages the town waits typically combined the functions of watchmen and musicians through being trumpeters or pipers. There may also have been some late confusion with White or Wheat .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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