Brief Life History of Mary Ann
When Mary Ann Cornett was born in 1839, in Ontario, Canada, her father, Joseph Cornett, was 28 and her mother, Agnes Ard, was 23. She married William Walker Hall on 13 December 1869, in Proton Township, Grey, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Proton Township, Grey, Ontario, Canada for about 10 years and Grey, Ontario, Canada in 1901.
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- Mary Ann Hall, "Canada Census, 1881"
- M Kilpatrick, "Canada, Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927"
- Mary A Cornett in entry for Joseph Cornett Hall and Elizabeth Armstrong, "Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927"
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1867 · Ontario Founded
On July 1, 1867, the province of Ontario was founded. It is the second largest province in Canada. A third of the population of Canada live here. Before it was Ontario it was called Upper Canada and had a Governor.
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.
Name Meaning
English (of Norman origin): nickname for a cornet player, from Old French cornet ‘wind instrument made of horn or resembling a horn’, a diminutive of corn. Compare Corner .
Altered form of French Cornet , reflecting the Canadian and American French practice of sounding the final -t.
Americanized form of German Cornet , Kornet or Kornett, cognates of 2 above.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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