Brief Life History of Anson
When Anson Reid was born on 10 May 1868, in Ivanhoe, Hastings, Ontario, Canada, his father, Anson Reed, was 46 and his mother, Rachael Agnes Parks, was 38. He married Mary Jane Hailstone on 22 July 1891, in Hastings, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Wollaston Township, Hastings, Ontario, Canada in 1871 and Hastings, Ontario, Canada for about 10 years. He died on 20 March 1949, at the age of 80.
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- Anna Reid, "Canada Census, 1901"
- Anson Reid, "Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927"
- Ansen Reid in entry for John Wesley Cooney and Florence May Reid, "Canada, Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927"
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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.
1906 · Hydro-Electric of Ontario
Ontario Hydro was established in 1906. It is the Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario.
Name Meaning
Scottish: variant of Reed , of which Reid is the common modern Scots spelling.
History: Samuel Chester Reid (1783–1861), the sea captain who designed the stars and stripes form of the present the American flag, was born at Norwich, CT. His father, Lt. John Reid, a former British naval officer of a distinguished Glasgow family, had resigned his commission and joined the cause of the American Revolution.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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