Brief Life History of Edwin Charles
When Edwin Charles Webster was born on 29 March 1887, in Markham Village, York, Ontario, Canada, his father, Colin Campbell Webster, was 26 and his mother, Eliza Kendall, was 26. He had at least 1 son and 1 daughter with Dorothy Brown. He lived in Alberta, Canada in 1916 and Fort Macleod, MD of Willow Creek No. 26, Alberta, Canada in 1926. He died on 25 February 1952, at the age of 64, and was buried in Stavely, MD of Willow Creek No. 26, Alberta, Canada.
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- Edwin C Webster, "Canada, Prairie Provinces Census, 1916"
- Edwin Charles Webster, "Ontario Births, 1869-1912"
- Edwin Charles Webster, "BillionGraves Index"
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1905
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1906 · Hydro-Electric of Ontario
Ontario Hydro was established in 1906. It is the Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario.
1934 · Dionne Quintuplets Born
Born on May 28, 1934, the Dionne quintuplets were the first set of quintuplets to survive infancy. The five girls were born two months prematuare and months later were taken from their parents by the Red Cross. In the 1940s they were returned to their family.
Name Meaning
English and Scottish: occupational name for a weaver, from Middle English webbester ‘weaver’ (Old English webbestre ‘female weaver’). By the time of surname formation, the gender distinction of the -stre suffix had almost completely disappeared. Compare Webb , Webber , and Weaver .
History: The name Webster was brought to North America from England independently by several different bearers in the 17th and 18th centuries. One John Webster settled in Ipswich, MA, in 1635; another John Webster (died 1661), ancestor of the lexicographer Noah Webster, emigrated to Cambridge, MA, c. 1631 and later became one of the founders of the colony of CT, of which he was appointed governor in 1656. Daniel Webster (1782–1852), politician and orator, was born in Salisbury, NH, a descendant of Thomas Webster, a prominent 17th-century citizen of Ipswich, MA, whose family had settled there around 1635, while he was still a child.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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