Brief Life History of William Thomas
When William Thomas Hands was born on 3 July 1868, in Drummond Township, Lanark, Ontario, Canada, his father, Thomas Hands, was 34 and his mother, Caroline "Carrie" James, was 26. He married Bertha Florence James on 11 June 1902, in Clayton, Lanark, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Lanark, Ontario, Canada for about 10 years. He died on 24 May 1939, in Drummond Township, Lanark, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 70, and was buried in Perth, Lanark, Ontario, Canada.
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- William S Hand in household of Thomas Hand, "Canada Census, 1901"
- William Thomas Hands, "Ontario Births, 1869-1912"
- William T Hands, "Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927"
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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.
1906 · Hydro-Electric of Ontario
Ontario Hydro was established in 1906. It is the Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario.
Name Meaning
English (mainly West Midlands): variant of Hand , perhaps a plural form if a nickname or with genitival -s if a patronymic. In most instances it is probably a post-medieval variant, with excrescent -s. Compare Hance 1.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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