Brief Life History of Henry Wilkinson
When Henry Wilkinson McLachlan was born in 1861, in Caledon, Peel, Canada West, British North America, his father, William McLachlan, was 42 and his mother, Lucinda Scott, was 27. He lived in Cardwell, Ontario, Canada in 1871 and Joly, Parry Sound, Ontario, Canada in 1881. He died on 15 May 1883, in Magnetewan 1, Parry Sound, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 22, and was buried in Chapman Township, Parry Sound, Ontario, Canada.
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- Henry McLauglin in household of Alex McLauglin, "Canada Census, 1881"
- Henry Wilkinson Mclachlan, "Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947"
- Henry W Mc Lauchlan in household of William Mc Lauchlan, "Canada Census, 1871"
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World Events (3)
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.
1871
British Columbia joins the confederation.
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.
Name Meaning
Scottish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Lachlainn ‘son of Lachlann’, from the personal name Lachlann, earlier Lochlann, which means ‘stranger, Norseman’, from a term denoting Scandinavia (possibly ‘land of lakes/fjords’). See also Laughlin and compare Irish McLaughlin .
History: Clan Lachlan is a Scottish clan with traditional lands on the eastern shores of Loch Fyne. They claim descent from Lachlan Mor, a 13th-century chieftain of Irish ancestry.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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