Brief Life History of Dennis
When Dennis Lake was born on 25 July 1808, in Ernestown Township, Lennox and Addington, Ontario, Canada, his father, Benjamin Lake, was 24 and his mother, Jane Lake, was 23. He married Hester Shibley about 1828. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 4 daughters. He lived in Portland Township, Frontenac, Ontario, Canada for about 10 years. He died on 26 February 1874, at the age of 65, and was buried in Kingston, Frontenac, Ontario, Canada.
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- Dennis Lake, "Canada Census, 1871"
- Benjamin & Jane Lake Old Family Bible - Births, Marriage, Deaths
- Denis Lake, "Find A Grave Index"
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1867
South Frontenac is a township in Frontenac County in eastern Ontario, Canada.[1] It was amalgamated in 1998 from the former townships of Bedford, Loughborough, Portland, and Storrington.[4]
1871
British Columbia joins the confederation.
Name Meaning
English (mainly West Country): topographic name usually for someone who lived by a streamlet (Middle English lak(e), Old English lacu) or who lived at or came from any of the places so named, such as Lack in Church Stoke (Shropshire) and Lake in Wilsford near Amesbury (Wiltshire). Lake is a common minor placename in Devon.
English: occasionally perhaps a topographic name for someone who lived by a lake or pool (Middle English, Old French lake), though it is uncertain that this word was current in ordinary vocabulary during the main period of surname formation (1250–1400).
North German and Dutch: habitational name from any of several places in Westphalia and Lower Saxony so named, or a topographic name from Middle Low German, Middle Dutch lake ‘swamp, swampy meadow’ (Middle Dutch also ‘border water’).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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