Brief Life History of Margaret
When Margaret Johnston was born in December 1872, in Seeleys Bay, Leeds and the Thousand Islands, Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, Canada, her father, David Henry Johnston, was 43 and her mother, Annie Jarrell, was 29. She married Albert Edward Fitzpatrick about 1895, in Brockville, Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. She died on 26 February 1935, in Brockville, Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 62.
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- Margaret Johnson in household of David Johnson, "Canada Census, 1881"
- Margaret Fitzpatrick, "Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947"
- Margaret Johnston in entry for George Raymond Fitzpatrick, "Ontario Births, 1869-1912"
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World Events (4)
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.
1886 · First Workmen's Comp Act
In 1886, Ontario passed its first Workmen's Compensation Act. This was in response to the number of railway workers that were being injured.
1906 · Hydro-Electric of Ontario
Ontario Hydro was established in 1906. It is the Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario.
Name Meaning
Scottish: habitational name, deriving in most cases from the place so called in Annandale, in Dumfriesshire. This is derived from the genitive case of the personal name John + + Middle English ton ‘town, village, settlement’ (Old English tūn). There are other places in Scotland so called, including the city of Perth, which used to be known as Saint John's Toun, and some of these may also be sources of the surname.
English: habitational name from Johnson Hall (Staffordshire), recorded as Johannestonc. 1233 and Joneston in 1314. The placename means ‘John's settlement’, from the genitive case of the Middle English personal name Johan, Jon (see John ) + Middle English ton ‘town, village, settlement’.
History: As far as can be ascertained, most Scottish bearers of this surname are descendants of John, probably a Norman baron from England, who held lands at Johnstone in Annandale from the Bruce family in the late 12th century. His son Gilbert was the first to take the surname Johnstone and their descendants later held the earldom of Annandale.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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