Brief Life History of Catherine Charlotte
When Catherine Charlotte Spence was born on 25 February 1880, in Orillia, Simcoe, Ontario, Canada, her father, John Cadwell Spence, was 36 and her mother, Catherine Emily Gill, was 24. She married Arthur Johnston on 18 December 1900, in Orillia, Simcoe, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She lived in Simcoe, Ontario, Canada in 1901 and Simcoe, Norfolk, Ontario, Canada in 1911. She died on 19 January 1945, at the age of 64, and was buried in Midland, Simcoe, Ontario, Canada.
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- Catherine C. Spence in household of John C. Spence, "Canada Census, 1881"
- Legacy NFS Source: Catherine Charlotte Spence - Family genealogies: birth: about 1879; Orillia, Simcoe, Ontario, Canada
- Catherine Charlotte Spense, "Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927"
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World Events (5)
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.
1886 · First Workmen's Comp Act
In 1886, Ontario passed its first Workmen's Compensation Act. This was in response to the number of railway workers that were being injured.
1906 · Hydro-Electric of Ontario
Ontario Hydro was established in 1906. It is the Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario.
Name Meaning
English and Scottish: nickname for a servant employed in the pantry of a great house or monastery, from Middle English spense, spence ‘pantry, larder, storeroom’ (Old French despense, from a Late Latin derivative of dispendere, past participle dispensus ‘to weigh out or dispense’). Compare Spencer .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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