Brief Life History of Mary Etta
When Mary Etta Harper was born in August 1895, in Ontario, Canada, her father, Samuel Harper Jr., was 47 and her mother, Ellen Martin, was 36. She married William Veley on 25 May 1915, in Verona, Frontenac, Ontario, Canada. She died in 1948, at the age of 53.
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- Mary Harper in household of Samuel Harper, "Canada Census, 1911"
- Mary Etta Veley, "Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927"
- Mary E Harper in entry for Wilma M Huband, "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007"
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1906 · Hydro-Electric of Ontario
Ontario Hydro was established in 1906. It is the Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario.
1934 · Dionne Quintuplets Born
Born on May 28, 1934, the Dionne quintuplets were the first set of quintuplets to survive infancy. The five girls were born two months prematuare and months later were taken from their parents by the Red Cross. In the 1940s they were returned to their family.
1943 · Conservative Party Wins Ontario Election
George A. Drew was the leader of the Progressive Conservative Party. In 1943, they won the Ontario election.
Name Meaning
English (Staffordshire), Scottish, Irish (Antrim and Down), and Dutch: occupational name for a player on the harp, from Middle English harper(e) ‘harper’ (Old English hearpere) and Middle Dutch harper, herper. The harper was one of the most important figures of a medieval baronial hall, especially in Scotland and northern England, and the office of harper was sometimes hereditary. The Scottish surname is probably an Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Chruiteir ‘son of the harper’ (from Gaelic cruit ‘harp’, ‘stringed instrument’). This surname has long been present in Ireland.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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