Brief Life History of Irvine Robinson
When Major Irvine Robinson Snider was born on 1 January 1864, in Nobleton, York, Ontario, Canada, his father, Edwy William Snider, was 29 and his mother, Margaret or May Robinson, was 28. He married Helen Swales on 24 May 1887, in Portage La Prairie, Manitoba, Canada. They were the parents of at least 3 sons. He lived in Manitoba, Canada for about 5 years and Portage La Prairie, Manitoba, Canada in 1926. He died on 19 July 1936, in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, at the age of 72, and was buried in Hillside Cemetery, Portage La Prairie, Manitoba, Canada.
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- Irvine Robinson Snider, "Canada, Prairie Provinces Census, 1926"
- Irvine Robinson Snider, "British Columbia, Victoria Times Birth, Marriage and Death Notices, 1901-1939"
- Irvine Robinson Snider, "British Columbia Death Registrations, 1872-1986; 1992-1993"
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1867 · Ontario Founded
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.
1871
British Columbia joins the confederation.
1883 · Mining Boom
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.
Name Meaning
Americanized form of German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) Schneider ‘tailor’ and of its Slavicized (Czech, Slovak, Slovenian, and Croatian) form Šnajder (Czech mostly Šnajdr). The Slovenian and Croatian surname is in most cases derived from the dialect loanword šnajder ‘tailor’. Compare Sneider 1 and Snyder 1.
Dutch: variant, mostly Americanized, of Snieder or Snijder ‘tailor’ (see Snyder 2).
In some cases probably also an Americanized form of Slovenian Žnider: variant of Žnidar, from žnidar ‘tailor’, an archaic word of German origin (see Schneider , compare 1 above and Znidarsic ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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