When Joseph Sutherland Gill was born on 12 June 1823, in Newmarket, York, Ontario, Canada, his father, Jacob Charles Gill, was 29 and his mother, Sarah Ann Parmer Sutherland, was 26. He married Catherine Elliot Hartford on 5 September 1844, in Coldwater, Muskoka, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 9 daughters. He lived in Orillia, Simcoe, Ontario, Canada for about 10 years and Simcoe, Ontario, Canada in 1901. He died on 12 February 1906, in Lovering, Severn Township, Simcoe, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 82, and was buried in Orillia, Simcoe, Ontario, Canada.
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In 1840, the government bought extra land from the First Nations and laid out the settlement of Orillia. The population in 1846 was about 200. The settlement had a church, a post office, four stores, three taverns, a tannery, two blacksmiths, four shoemakers, a tailor, and two furniture makers. A grist mill could be found about a mile away. In 1869, the population was 1200. Construction of the Monck Road began in 1866 and was completed in 1873. A 100-mile stretch allowed for travel to Bancroft, Ontario where other roads could be found for travel to Ottawa. Transportation links with Toronto and Georgian Bay stimulated Orillia's development as a commercial centre and summer resort.[10] The village of Orillia was incorporated in 1867 (sharing the same birth year as Canada). By 1875, the population was 2,000 and Orillia became a town with a mayor, reeve, deputy reeve, and nine councillors. Orillia was designated a city in 1969.
British Columbia joins the confederation.
Ontario Hydro was established in 1906. It is the Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario.
Some characteristic forenames: Indian Avtar, Amritpal, Darshan, Hardip, Nirmal, Sohan, Ajit, Balwinder, Charan, Jasvir, Kewal, Navdeep.
English and Scottish: in northern England and Scotland sometimes from Middle English Gille, Old Norse Gilli, which is of Irish (Gaelic) origin (see below), and pronounced with a hard g. As a personal name it is not found after c. 1200.
English and Scottish: topographic name from Middle English gille ‘deep glen, ravine’ (Old Norse (Norwegian) gil), pronounced with a hard g. The term is found mainly in northwestern England, where Norwegian Vikings settled.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Possible Related NamesThe Orillia Packet, Dec 29, 1876- ORILLIA AND MATCHEDASH- Mr. Joseph Gill has declined nomination for the council, and requests his friends to vote for Mr. Lovering. The Orillia Packet, Nov. 25, 1881- …
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