When Mary Jane Hill was born on 1 December 1878, in Oro Township, Simcoe, Ontario, Canada, her father, Reuben James Hill, was 38 and her mother, Margaret Egan, was 34. She married Joseph Lincoln Bastedo. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Saskatchewan, Canada in 1916 and Alberta, Canada in 1926. She died on 13 April 1953, at the age of 74, and was buried in Moose Jaw, Moose Jaw No. 161, Saskatchewan, Canada.
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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.
In 1886, Ontario passed its first Workmen's Compensation Act. This was in response to the number of railway workers that were being injured.
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English: topographic name for someone who lived on or by a hill, from Middle English hill, hell, hull ‘hill’ (Old English hyll). Compare Hiller . This surname is also very common among African Americans.
English: possibly in some cases from the personal name Hille, a pet form of some name such as Hilger or Hillary .
German: from a short form of Hildebrand or any of a variety of other names, male and female, containing ancient Germanic hild ‘battle’ as the first element.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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