When Ethel Maude Atkinson was born on 22 June 1883, in Sackville, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada, her father, Israel Emery Atkinson, was 44 and her mother, Isabell Kinnear, was 40. She married Frank Dempsey Grass in 1904, in Manitoba, Canada. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She died on 3 January 1966, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, at the age of 82, and was buried in Metro Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
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July 4, 1901, the Hartland covered bridge was finished. It spans across the Saint John River, making it the longest covered bridge. Until it was built, the only way across the river was by ferry.
August 20, 1937, the Miramichi lumber strike took place. Over 1,500 millworkers and longshoremen struck 14 lumber firms for wage increases.
In 1955, New Brunswick broke the record with a freezing temperature of -47.2° C, in Sisson Dam
English (northern): patronymic from the personal name Atkin or Adkin, pet forms of Adam.
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