Brief Life History of Henry
When Henry Cole was born on 1 May 1874, in Clarendon, Pontiac, Quebec, Canada, his father, John Cole, was 49 and his mother, Mary Ann Black, was 36. He married Sarah Emma Maxwell on 2 July 1895, in Clarendon, Pontiac, Quebec, Canada. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Pontiac, Quebec, Canada in 1911. He died on 30 April 1963, in North Bay, Nipissing, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 88.
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- Henry Cole, "Canada Census, 1911"
- Legacy NFS Source: Henry Cole - Church record: birth: 1 May 1874; Clarendon, Pontiac, Quebec, Canada
- Legacy NFS Source: Henry Cole - Published information: death: 30 April 1963; North Bay, Nipissing District, Ontario, Canada
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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 · 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.
1906 · Hydro-Electric of Ontario
Ontario Hydro was established in 1906. It is the Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario.
Name Meaning
English: usually from the Middle English and Old French personal name Col(e), Coll(e), Coul(e), a pet form of Nicol (see Nichol and Nicholas ), a common personal name from the mid 13th century onward. English families with this name migrated to Scotland and to Ulster (especially Fermanagh).
English: occasionally perhaps from a different (early) Middle English personal name Col, of native English or Scandinavian origin. Old English Cola was originally a nickname from Old English col ‘coal’ in the sense ‘coal-black (of hair), swarthy’ and is the probable source of most of the examples in Domesday Book. In the northern and eastern counties of England settled by Vikings in the 10th and 11th centuries, alternative sources are Old Norse Kolr and Koli (either from a nickname ‘the swarthy one’ or a short form of names in Kol-), and Old Norse Kollr (from a nickname, perhaps ‘the bald one’).
English: nickname for someone with swarthy skin or black hair, from Middle English col, coul(e) ‘charcoal, coal’ (Old English col).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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