When Archelaus Doran was born in 1834, in Meaford, Simcoe, Upper Canada, British North America, his father, David Doran, was 76 and his mother, Mary Bouch, was 39. He married Nancy Cox on 12 November 1854. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Grey, Ontario, Canada for about 10 years and St. Vincent Township, Grey, Ontario, Canada for about 10 years. He died on 29 March 1900, at the age of 66, and was buried in Meaford, Simcoe, Upper Canada, British North America.
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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.
British Columbia joins the confederation.
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Some characteristic forenames: Irish James Patrick, Kieran, Pegeen, Brendan, Caitlin, Dymphna, Dympna, Lorcan, Roisin, Siobhan.
Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Deoradháin ‘descendant of Deoradhán’, a byname representing a diminutive of deoradh ‘pilgrim, stranger, exile’.
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