When Sarah Houck was born on 2 October 1873, in West Zorra Township, Oxford, Ontario, Canada, her father, George Houck, was 31 and her mother, Alice Jane Bossence, was 31. She married Archibald McMillan on 22 November 1899, in Downie Township, Perth, Ontario, Canada. She lived in Ontario, Canada in 1873 and Perth, Ontario, Canada in 1911.
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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.
Ontario Hydro was established in 1906. It is the Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario.
German: northern variant of Hauck and, in North America, (also) an altered form of this.
Flemish: variant of Hoeck .
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