Brief Life History of Délima Alexandrina "Alice"
When Délima Alexandrina "Alice" Bénéteau was born on 29 August 1879, in Sandwich West Township, Essex, Ontario, Canada, her father, Rémi Charles Bénéteau, was 28 and her mother, Mathilde Célina Drouillard, was 23. She married Alphonse Albert Drouillard on 10 October 1911, in River Canard, Essex, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Essex, Ontario, Canada for about 10 years. She died on 19 January 1957, in River Canard, Essex, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 77, and was buried in Saint Joseph's Roman Catholic Cemetery, River Canard, Essex, Ontario, Canada.
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Family Time Line
Sources (12)
- Alice Drouillard, "Canada Census, 1931"
- Délima Alexandrina Beneteau, "Ontario Births, 1869-1910"
- Alice Beneteau, "Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927"
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World Events (6)
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
Of uncertain origin. Its first known occurrence is in a poem by Thomas Gray ( 1716–71 ), recording the death of Horace Walpole's cat Selima, ‘drowned in a tub of gold fishes’. The metre shows that the name was stressed on the first syllable, but there is no clue as to its derivation. Gray (or Walpole) was possibly influenced by the Arabic name Selim ‘peace’.
Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.
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