When Thomas William Quaife was born on 6 August 1851, in Sussex, England, United Kingdom, his father, Samuel Spencer Quaife, was 29 and his mother, Sarah Moon, was 25. He married Nancy Ellen Fetterly on 11 April 1876, in Bracebridge, Muskoka, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 10 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Muskoka, Ontario, Canada for about 10 years and York Township, York, Ontario, Canada in 1901. He died on 5 June 1917, in Cranbrook, East Kootenay, British Columbia, Canada, at the age of 65, and was buried in Cranbrook, East Kootenay, British Columbia, Canada.
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Irish and Manx: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Caoimh (see O'Keefe ). Gaelic c followed by a, o, or u is often Anglicized as q in Manx.
English (Sussex): of Norman origin, a nickname from Old French coif ‘coif’, a kind of close-fitting cap, presumably denoting someone who was a maker or habitual wearer of such caps.
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