Brief Life History of Martha W
When Martha W Mosure was born on 11 September 1840, in Ontario, Canada, her father, James H Mosure, was 33 and her mother, Sarah Toynton, was 33. She had at least 3 sons and 4 daughters with George Thomas Meggison. She lived in Tilbury East, Kent, Ontario, Canada in 1881 and Kent, Ontario, Canada in 1901. She died on 23 December 1917, in Chatham, Chatham-Kent, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 77, and was buried in Saint George's Anglican Cemetery, Tilbury, Chatham-Kent, Ontario, Canada.
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- Martha Meggison in household of George Meggison, "Canada Census, 1901"
- Martha W. Meggison, "Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947"
- Margaret Bowser in entry for William Christopher Meggison, "Minnesota Deaths, 1887-2001"
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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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Name Meaning
Galician and Portuguese: habitational name from any of the places called Moure, from the Latin personal name Maurus.
French: dialect variant of More ‘Moor’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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