Brief Life History of John James
When John James Redditt was born on 26 August 1853, in Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada, his father, Robert Redditt, was 23 and his mother, Margaret Walsh, was 18. He married Elizabeth Jane Ross on 9 May 1878, in King Township, York, Ontario, Canada. He lived in Ontario, Ontario, Canada in 1901. He died on 19 December 1914, in Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 61, and was buried in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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- John J Redditt, "Canada Census, 1901"
- John James Redditt, "Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927"
- John James Redditt, "Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947"
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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.
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1871
British Columbia joins the confederation.
Name Meaning
English (Suffolk): topographic name for someone who lived by a reed-bed, from Middle English redette (Old English hreodet) ‘reed-bed’, a derivative of rede ‘reed’ (Old English hrēod). For the Old English suffix -et ‘collection of’, compare Hazlett . This form of the surname is now rare in Britain.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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