When Jemima Miniker Ostrander was born on 11 October 1830, in South Marysburgh Township, Prince Edward, Ontario, Canada, her father, Samuel Ostrander, was 47 and her mother, Nancy Ann Roblin, was 27. She married Robert Kelly about 1850, in Athol, Prince Edward, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 8 daughters. She lived in Athol Township, Prince Edward, Ontario, Canada in 1871 and Prince Edward, Ontario, Canada in 1901. She died on 26 July 1910, in Picton, Prince Edward, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 79, and was buried in Cherry Valley United Church Cemetery, Cherry Valley, Prince Edward, Ontario, Canada.
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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.
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Altered form of Dutch Van Ostrande, which is most likely a variant of Van Nostrand formed by misdivision of the preposition van ‘from, of’ and the placename. The surname (Van) Ostrande is not found in the Netherlands.
Swedish: probably of the same etymology as Ostrand , the addition of the suffix -er giving the appearance of a name formed with the suffix -ander, derived from Greek anēr (genitive andros) ‘man’. This surname is very rare in Sweden.
In some cases reportedly also a shortened and altered form of Swedish Sjöstrand (see Sjostrand ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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