Jannet Haight
1847–29 April 1928 (Age 81)
Brantford, Ontario, Canada
The Life of Jannet
When Jannet Haight was born in 1847, in Brantford, Ontario, Canada, her father, Elijah Haight, was 42 and her mother, Christina Elizabeth McDonald, was 38. She died on 29 April 1928, in Wentworth, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 81.
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Family Time Line
Richard Cartwright Oxford
1842–
Jannet Haight
1847–1928
Spouse and Children
Richard Cartwright Oxford
1842–Male
1847–1928Female
Parents and Siblings
1805–1901Male
1809–1875Female
siblings
(7)
1832–Male
1834–1906Female
1835–Male
1838–Male
1845–Male
+2 More Children
World Events (4)
1867 · Ontario Founded
Age 20
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.
1869
Age 22
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1883 · Mining Boom
Age 36
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
English: topographic name for someone who lived at the top of a hill ( see Hight ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Sources (3)
- Janet Harkins, "Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927"
- Jennie Orford, "Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947"
- Jennie Haight in household of Elijah Haight, "Canada Census, 1871"
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