John Aloysius Pollard

Brief Life History of John Aloysius

When John Aloysius Pollard was born in May 1875, in Grundy Center, Grundy, Iowa, United States, his father, Michael Pollard, was 41 and his mother, Bridget Maloney, was 36. He married Edith Lord about 1904, in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. He immigrated to Alberta, Canada in 1898 and lived in Alberta, Canada in 1901 and Strathcona, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada for about 10 years. In 1911, his occupation is listed as brick maker in Strathcona, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. He died in 1958, in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, at the age of 83, and was buried in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

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Family Time Line

John Aloysius Pollard
1875–1958
Edith Lord
1885–1969
Marriage: about 1904
James Lord Pollard
1907–1967
John Michael "Red" Pollard Sr.
1909–1981
William Garvin Pollard
1911–1990
Evelyn Mary Pollard
1914–1982
Edith Pollard
1917–1995
Norah Agnes Pollard
1920–1990

Sources (11)

  • John Pollard, "Canada, Prairie Provinces Census, 1926"
  • John Aloysius Pollard, "Find A Grave Index"
  • John Pollard in entry for William Garvin Pollard and Alice Gertrude Carter, "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952"

World Events (8)

1876 · The First Worlds Fair in the U.S.

The First official World's Fair, was held to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia. 37 Countries provided venues for all to see.

1884 · There is now a Capital Building

The capitol building in Des Moines originally had a budget of $1,500,000 but complications arose because of the need of a redesign. The building was dedicated on January 17, 1884, but it wasn’t completed until 1886. On January 4, 1904, a fire started and swept through the areas that housed the Supreme Court and Iowa House of Representatives. A major restoration was performed and documented, with the addition of electrical lighting, elevators, and a telephone system. By the early 1980s, the sandstone exterior of the Capitol had started deteriorating and prompted the installation of canopies to protect pedestrians from falling rubble. The entire reconstruction process took around 18 years to complete.

1898 · War with the Spanish

After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.

Name Meaning

English:

perhaps a nickname from an unrecorded Middle English pollard, a derivative of the Middle English verb poll ‘to clip’ or the noun poll ‘the head’. It may have denoted someone with a close‐cropped head or a big head.

from the Middle English (Old French) personal name Pollard, a pet form of Paul (Old French Pol). The surname has been established in both England and Ireland since the 13th century.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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