Brief Life History of Elmer Harold
When Elmer Harold Lake was born on 13 August 1893, in Battersea, Frontenac, Ontario, Canada, his father, Miles Willous Lake, was 21 and his mother, Jennie Innes, was 20. He married Estella Myrtle Sleeth on 13 June 1917, in Kingston, Frontenac, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Frontenac, Ontario, Canada for about 10 years. He died in 1970, in Storrington Township, Frontenac, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 77, and was buried in Battersea, Frontenac, Canada West, British Colonial America.
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Family Time Line
Sources (8)
- Elmer Lake in household of Miles Lake, "Canada Census, 1901"
- Elmer Herrel Lake, "Ontario Births, 1869-1912"
- Elmer Harold Lake, "Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927"
Spouse and Children
1893–1970 Male
1893–1981 Female
Children (2)
1930–1930 Female
1932–1994 Male
Parents and Siblings
1871–1959 Male
1873–1933 Female
Siblings (4)
1893–1970 Male
1896–1983 Female
1907– Male
1908–1942 Female
World Events (5)
1906 · Hydro-Electric of Ontario
Age 13
1934 · Dionne Quintuplets Born
Age 41
1943 · Conservative Party Wins Ontario Election
Age 50
Name Meaning
English (mainly West Country): topographic name usually for someone who lived by a streamlet (Middle English lak(e), Old English lacu) or who lived at or came from any of the places so named, such as Lack in Church Stoke (Shropshire) and Lake in Wilsford near Amesbury (Wiltshire). Lake is a common minor placename in Devon.
English: occasionally perhaps a topographic name for someone who lived by a lake or pool (Middle English, Old French lake), though it is uncertain that this word was current in ordinary vocabulary during the main period of surname formation (1250–1400).
North German and Dutch: habitational name from any of several places in Westphalia and Lower Saxony so named, or a topographic name from Middle Low German, Middle Dutch lake ‘swamp, swampy meadow’ (Middle Dutch also ‘border water’).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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