Brief Life History of Sarah Jane
When Sarah Jane Moore was born about 1850, in North Augusta, Augusta Township, Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, Canada, her father, William Moor, was 39 and her mother, Mary Barry, was 28. She married George Washington Hannah on 2 October 1873, in Pierrepont, St. Lawrence, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, Canada in 1871 and Carleton, Ontario, Canada in 1901.
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- Sarah I Hana in household of George W Hana, "Canada Census, 1901"
- Sarah Jane Moore, "New York Marriages, 1686-1980"
- Sarah Jane Moore in entry for Sidney George Leeson and Catherine Mccormick, "Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927"
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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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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
English: from Middle English more ‘moor, marsh, fen’ (Old English mōr), hence a topographic name for someone who lived in such a place, or a habitational name from any of various places called with this word, as for example Moore in Cheshire or More in Shropshire.
English (of Norman origin): ethnic name from Old French more ‘Moor’, either someone from North Africa or, more often, a nickname for someone thought to resemble a Moor. Compare Morrell and Moreau .
English (of Norman origin): from the Middle English personal name More (Old French More, Maur, Latin Maurus), originally denoting either ‘Moor’ or someone with a swarthy complexion (compare Morrell , Morrin , Morris , and sense 2 above). There was a 6th-century Christian saint of this name.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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