Clara Harriet Blackstone was born in 1852 as the daughter of Richard Blackstone and Sarah. She married John Richard Barron on 20 September 1876, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Toronto, Ontario, Canada in 1881 and Halton, Ontario, Canada in 1911. She was buried in Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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habitational name from Blackstone in Woodmancote (Sussex), from the Old English personal name Blæcsige + ing + tūn ‘the estate called after Blæcsige’.
habitational name from Blaxton in Yorkshire, named with Old English blæc ‘black’ + stān ‘stone’.
habitational name from Blakeston (Hall) in Norton (Durham), from the Old Norse personal name Bleikr + Old English tūn meaning ‘Bleikr's estate’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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