Lebius Wickware Falkner

Brief Life History of Lebius Wickware

Lebius Wickware Falkner was born in 1837, in Elizabethtown Township, Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, Canada as the son of Daniel Falkner. He married Harriet Josephine Dudley on 18 March 1862, in Leeds and Grenville, Canada West, British North America. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Elizabethtown-Kitley Township, Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, Canada for about 10 years and Ontario, Canada in 1901. He died on 25 January 1910, in Augusta Township, Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 73, and was buried in Elizabethtown-Kitley, Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, Canada.

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Family Time Line

Lebius Wickware Falkner
1837–1910
Harriet Josephine Dudley
1843–
Marriage: 18 March 1862
Laura Falkner
1864–
Edith Falkner
1865–
William Dudley Falkner
1867–1930
Charles P. Falkner
1870–1927
Walter Burton Falkner
1873–1932

Sources (15)

  • Lalieus Faulkner, "Canada, Ontario, Census, 1861"
  • Lebus (was indexed as Johns) Falkner, "Canada, Ontario County Marriage Registers, 1858-1869"
  • Libius Falkner, "Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947"

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World Events (5)

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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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

German: occupational name for a falconer, Middle High German valkenaere. In medieval times falconry was a sport practised only by the nobility; it was the task of the falconer to look after the birds and train young ones.

English: variant of Faulkner .

History: Daniel Falckner (1666–c. 1745), German Lutheran pastor and agent for the Frankfurt Land Company, founded the first German Lutheran congregation in America.

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

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