Brief Life History of Harry Cecil
When Harry Cecil May was born on 1 September 1876, in Clarke, Durham, Ontario, Canada, his father, William Henry May, was 26 and his mother, Caroline Loanna Clark, was 25. He married Laurel Hill on 16 March 1898, in Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in West Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada in 1911 and High Park, Toronto, Ontario, Canada in 1931. In 1931, at the age of 55, his occupation is listed as telegraph operator. He died in 1950, at the age of 74, and was buried in Park Lawn Cemetery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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- Harry C May, "Canada Census, 1931"
- Harry Cecil May, "Ontario Births, 1869-1912"
- Henry Cecil May, "Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927"
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1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
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.
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
Name Meaning
English: from the Middle English male personal name May, a pet form of Matthew (see Mayhew ).
English, Dutch, and German: from a personal name or nickname taken from the month of May (Middle English, Old French mai, Middle High German meie, from Latin Maius (mensis), from Maia, a minor Roman goddess of fertility). This name was sometimes bestowed on someone born or baptized in the month of May; it was also used to refer to someone of a sunny disposition, or who had some anecdotal connection with the month of May, such as owing a feudal obligation then. In England, this name was possibly also a pet form of Mary or Margaret. This surname is also found in France (Alsace and Lorraine) and Denmark.
English: nickname from Middle English mey, may ‘kinsman’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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