Bulah A. Knapp
1850–
Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, Canada
The Life Summary of Bulah A.
When Bulah A. Knapp was born in 1850, in Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, Canada, her father, Luther A Knapp, was 46 and her mother, Mary Sanford, was 50. She lived in Elizabethtown, Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, Canada in 1851.
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Family Time Line
Luther A Knapp
1804–1852
Mary Sanford
1800–1887
Ithamar Knapp
1826–1896
Leroy Hiram Knapp
1828–1906
Rhoda Ann Knapp
1830–1856
Orre Knapp
1832–1892
Charles Orville Orval Knapp
1834–1895
Sarah A. Knapp
1839–1869
Armena Knapp
1840–
Luther Delmer Knapp
1841–1896
Abraham Knapp
1842–
Rosanna Knapp
1845–
William N Knapp
1845–
Bulah A. Knapp
1850–
Parents and Siblings
1804–1852Male
1800–1887Female
Siblings
(12)
1826–1896Male
1828–1906Male
1830–1856Female
1832–1892Male
1834–1895Male
+7 More Children
World Events (7)
1867 · Ontario Founded
Age 17
1867 · Ontario Founded
Age 17
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.
1869
Age 19
1869
Age 19
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1883 · Mining Boom
Age 33
1883 · Mining Boom
Age 33
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 or status name from the German word Knapp(e), a variant of Knabe ‘young unmarried man’. In the 15th century this spelling acquired the separate, specialized meanings ‘servant, apprentice’, and ‘miner’. This surname is also found elsewhere in central Europe, e.g. in Czechia and Slovakia, where it is more commonly spelled Knap (compare 3 below).German: in Franconia, a nickname for a dexterous or skillful person, of the same ultimate origin as 1 above.Germanized or Americanized form of Polish, Czech, Slovak, Rusyn, and Slovenian Knap , a surname of ultimately German origin (see 1 above).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Sources (2)
- Bulah A Knapp, "Canada Census, 1851"
- Bulah A Knapp, "Canada Census, 1851"
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