Brief Life History of Edith Edna
When Edith Edna Stone was born on 30 October 1877, in Smiths Falls, Lanark, Ontario, Canada, her father, John Stone, was 23 and her mother, Lydia Ellen Hunter, was 20. She lived in North Elmsley Township, Lanark, Ontario, Canada in 1881. She died on 24 September 1897, in Smiths Falls, Lanark, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 19.
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Family Time Line
Sources (3)
- Edith Stone in household of John Stone, "Canada Census, 1881"
- Edith Edna Stone, "Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947"
- Edith Stone, "Canada Census, 1891"
Parents and Siblings
Siblings (10)
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World Events (2)
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.
Name Meaning
English: from Middle English ston(e) ‘stone, rock’ (Old English stān). The surname may be topographic, for someone who lived on stony ground, by a notable outcrop of rock, or by a stone boundary-marker or monument, or habitational, from a place called Stone, such as those in Buckinghamshire, Devon, Gloucestershire, Hampshire, Kent, Somerset, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire.
Irish (Kilkenny): adopted for Irish Ó Clochartaigh (see Clougherty ) and/or Ó Clochasaigh (see Clohessy ), and possibly several other names containing or thought to contain the element cloch ‘stone’.
Americanized form (translation into English) of various surnames in other languages, meaning ‘stone’, including Jewish Stein , Norwegian Steine, French Lapierre .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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