Brief Life History of Elizabeth
When Elizabeth Brock was born on 12 December 1900, in Hillsdale, Springwater Township, Simcoe, Ontario, Canada, her father, Samuel Thomas Brock, was 35 and her mother, Melissa Alice Swan, was 29. She married Vincent Battin Johnson on 6 September 1915, in Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Simcoe, Ontario, Canada in 1911. She died on 21 March 1972, in Lindsay, Victoria, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 71.
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- Elizabeth Brock in household of Thomas Brock, "Canada Census, 1911"
- Bessie Elizabeth Brock, "Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927"
- Bessie Brock, "Canada, Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947"
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1906 · Hydro-Electric of Ontario
Ontario Hydro was established in 1906. It is the Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario.
1934 · Dionne Quintuplets Born
Born on May 28, 1934, the Dionne quintuplets were the first set of quintuplets to survive infancy. The five girls were born two months prematuare and months later were taken from their parents by the Red Cross. In the 1940s they were returned to their family.
1943 · Conservative Party Wins Ontario Election
George A. Drew was the leader of the Progressive Conservative Party. In 1943, they won the Ontario election.
Name Meaning
English, Scottish, and North German: variant of Brook .
English and Scandinavian: nickname for a person supposedly resembling a badger, from Middle English brok(ke) ‘badger’ (Old English brocc) and Danish brok (a word of Celtic origin; compare Welsh broch, Cornish brogh, Irish broc). In the Middle Ages badgers were regarded as unpleasant creatures.
Dutch and Flemish: from a personal name, a short form of Brockert .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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