Brief Life History of Jonathan "John"
Jonathan "John" Corbett was born in 1810, in Ontario, Canada. He married Jane Ellen Mayes on 28 February 1833, in Simcoe, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He died in Bruce, Ontario, Canada.
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- John Corbett in entry for Fred Corbett, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
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World Events (4)
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
English (West Midlands, of Norman origin): nickname from Old French corbet ‘raven’, probably denoting someone with dark hair or a dark complexion.
History: This is the name of a family descended from Hugh Corbet, a Norman baron who settled in Shropshire following the Norman Conquest. One of his descendants, Sir Richard Corbet, was granted land near Shrewsbury in 1223; since the 13th century, this place has been known as Moreton Corbet. The name was taken from Shropshire to Scotland in the 12th century and to northern Ireland in the 17th century, and thence to North America by at least one group of bearers of the name.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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