Brief Life History of Clara Robina
When Clara Robina Laughton was born on 26 October 1882, in Walkerton, Bruce, Ontario, Canada, her father, Robert Robertson Laughton, was 40 and her mother, Margaret Jane Dreaver, was 31. She married Ivan Ross Gillpatrick on 19 June 1906, in Two Rivers Township, Morrison, Minnesota, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in Duluth, St. Louis, Minnesota, United States for about 10 years and Biwabik, St. Louis, Minnesota, United States in 1905. She died on 25 December 1910, in Thomson, Carlton, Minnesota, United States, at the age of 28.
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Sources (13)
- Clara Laughton, "Minnesota State Census, 1905"
- Clara Robina Laughton, "Ontario Births, 1869-1911"
- Clara Rubena Gillpatrick, "Minnesota Deaths, 1887-2001"
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World Events (8)
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.
1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
Name Meaning
English:
habitational name from Laughton en le Morthen in Yorkshire, Laughton in Leicestershire or any of the two places called Laughton in Lincolnshire (one near Gainsborough and another near Folkingham). The places are named with Old English lēac ‘leek’ + tūn ‘enclosure’, meaning ‘village or farm where leeks are grown’. It may sometimes have alternated with Leighton , which is mostly from placenames with the same etymology.
variant of Lawton .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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