Brief Life History of Mary Anne
When Mary Anne Lindley was born in 1863, in Ontario, Canada, her father, William Lindley, was 38 and her mother, Harriet Dry, was 30. She lived in South Dorchester Township, Elgin, Ontario, Canada for about 10 years.
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Family Time Line
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- Emma Lindley in household of Harriet Lindley, "Canada Census, 1881"
- Mary Anne Lindley in household of William Lindley, "Canada Census, 1871"
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World Events (7)
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.
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1906 · Hydro-Electric of Ontario
Ontario Hydro was established in 1906. It is the Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name chiefly from two places in Yorkshire called Lindley, one near Otley and another near Huddersfield. In other parts of England it may be from any of the places called Lindley in Leicestershire or Linley in Shropshire and Wiltshire. The Wiltshire, Shropshire and Huddersfield names derive from līn ‘flax’ + lēah ‘wood, glade’. The Otley and Leicestershire names derive from lind ‘lime’ + lēah ‘wood’. Possibly also a topographic name for someone residing near a lime-wood or a clearing where flax was grown.
German: topographic name from Lindle or Lindlein for someone living near a small linden (lime tree) stand.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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