Samuel Chambers

Brief Life History of Samuel

When Samuel Chambers was born on 8 September 1853, in Ontario, Canada, his father, Henry Chambers, was 33 and his mother, Ellen Butler, was 19. He married Jennet Imrie on 21 January 1874, in Fenelon, Victoria, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Fenelon, Victoria, Ontario, Canada in 1881 and Souris, Manitoba, Canada in 1926.

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Family Time Line

Samuel Chambers
1853–
Jennet Imrie
1854–1926
Marriage: 21 January 1874
John Wesley Chambers
1876–1952
Fredrick Henry Chambers
1877–
Edith May Chambers
1879–1915
Maria Elisabeth Chambers
1882–
Matilda Maud Chambers
1883–
George Arthur Chambers
1888–1972
Percy Samuel Herbert Chambers
1892–1971
Vera Alberta Chambers
1897–
Olive D Chambers
1900–
Olive Ducilla Chambers
1900–1989

Sources (23)

  • Samuel Chambers, "Canada Census, 1881"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Samuel Chambers - Government record: Census record: birth: 8 September 1853; Ontario, Canada
  • Samuel Chambers, "Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927"

World Events (8)

1867 · Ontario Founded

On July 1, 1867, the province of Ontario was founded. It is the second largest province in Canada. A third of the population of Canada live here. Before it was Ontario it was called Upper Canada and had a Governor.

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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 chaumbre ‘room (in a house); reception room in a palace or official building’ (Old French chambre). It is identical in implied function with the Chamberlain , which denoted an official: to pay in cameram was to pay into the exchequer, of which the camerarius or chamberer was in charge. The surname also applied to clerks employed there. As the office of Chamberlain rose in the social scale, this term remained reserved for more humble servants of the bedchamber or private quarters.

(of Norman origin): habitational name from Les Chambres, Manche (France).

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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