Brief Life History of James Benjamin
James Benjamin Murdy was born in 1857, in Ontario, Canada as the son of Stewart Murdy and Martha Downy. He had at least 2 sons and 1 daughter with Isabella Smith. He lived in Simcoe, Ontario, Canada in 1901 and Dufferin, Ontario, Canada in 1911. He died on 29 November 1928, in Shelburne, Dufferin, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 71, and was buried in Shelburne, Dufferin, Ontario, Canada.
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- Benjamin Murdy, "Canada Census, 1901"
- James Benjamin Murdy, "Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927"
- James Benjamin Murdy, "Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947"
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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.
1871
British Columbia joins the confederation.
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
Scottish and Irish: variant of Murdoch , and possibly also a shortened form of McMurdie .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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