Brief Life History of Gilbert Barbour
When Gilbert Barbour Gray was born on 14 March 1882, in Beverley, Wentworth, Ontario, Canada, his father, William D Gray, was 46 and his mother, Elizabeth Stoddart, was 35. He married Alberta Melvina Johnston on 16 May 1910, in Sullivan Township, Grey, Ontario, Canada. He lived in Grey Township, Huron, Ontario, Canada in 1901. He died in 1960, at the age of 78, and was buried in Chesley, Bruce, Ontario, Canada.
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- Gilbert B Gray in household of Elizabeth Gray, "Canada Census, 1901"
- Gilbert Gray, "Canada, Ontario Births, 1869-1912"
- Gilbert Barbour Gray, "Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927"
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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.
1886 · First Workmen's Comp Act
In 1886, Ontario passed its first Workmen's Compensation Act. This was in response to the number of railway workers that were being injured.
1906 · Hydro-Electric of Ontario
Ontario Hydro was established in 1906. It is the Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario.
Name Meaning
English, Scottish, and Irish (especially Eastern Ulster; of Norman origin): habitational name from Graye in Calvados, France, named from the Gallo-Roman personal name Graec(i)us, meaning ‘Greek’ + the locative suffix -acum. This is probably the chief source of the surname in Britain.
English: nickname for someone with gray hair or a gray beard, from Middle English grey (Old English grǣg, grēg) ‘gray’. In Ireland it has been used as a translation of various Gaelic surnames derived from riabhach ‘brindled, gray’, including Mac Giolla Riabhaigh; see McGreevy . In North America, this surname has assimilated names with similar meaning from other languages.
French: habitational name from Gray in Haute-Saône or Le Gray in Seine-Maritime.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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