When David Rogers was born on 6 December 1846, in Mariposa, Victoria, Canada West, British North America, his father, William Rogers, was 31 and his mother, Mary Hannah Cruess, was 25. He married Maria Elizabeth Lapp on 20 April 1875, in Haldimand Township, Northumberland, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He died on 28 September 1934, in Mariposa, Victoria, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 87, and was buried in Friends Cemetery, Mariposa, Victoria, Ontario, Canada.
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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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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.
English (of Norman origin): variant of Roger , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.
Irish: adopted for Gaelic Mac Ruaidhrí (see Rorie ).
History: Thomas Rogers (c. 1587–1621), born in London, England, was among the Pilgrim Fathers who sailed on the Mayflower in 1620. He died during the first winter at Plymouth Colony, but his son Joseph survived and married, and was later joined in MA by his brother John. This name was subsequently brought to North America independently by many different bearers.
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