When Flora Todd was born in 1865, in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, her father, James Todd, was 47 and her mother, Flora McAulay, was 24. She married David Thomson on 28 March 1889, in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. They were the parents of at least 3 daughters. She died on 19 April 1901, in Victoria, Southern Rhodesia, at the age of 36.
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"Origin as ""Rhodesia"" Initially, the territory was referred to as ""South Zambezia"", a reference to the River Zambezi, until the name ""Rhodesia"" came into use in 1895. This was in honour of Cecil Rhodes, the British empire-builder and key figure during the British expansion into southern Africa. In 1888 Rhodes obtained mineral rights from the most powerful local traditional leaders through treaties such as the Rudd Concession and the Moffat Treaty, which was signed by King Lobengula of the Ndebele people. ""Southern"" was first used in 1898 and dropped from normal usage in 1964, on the break-up of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland. ""Rhodesia"" then remained the name of the country until the creation of Zimbabwe Rhodesia in 1979. Legally, from the British perspective, the name Southern Rhodesia continued to be used until 18 April 1980, when the Republic of Zimbabwe was promulgated."
English (mainly northern) and Scottish: nickname for someone thought to resemble a fox, for example in cunning or slyness, or perhaps more obviously in having red hair, from northern Middle English tod(de) ‘fox’. Compare Todhunter , Todman . This name was brought to Ulster, Ireland, from Scotland in the 17th century.
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