Brief Life History of Mary
When Mary McCrank was born in 1830, in Plantagenet, Alfred and Plantagenet Township, Prescott and Russell, Ontario, Canada, her father, John McCrank, was 33 and her mother, Bridget Brown, was 30. She married Edward Windsor on 4 May 1858, in Curran, Alfred and Plantagenet Township, Prescott and Russell, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Prescott, Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, Canada for about 10 years. She died on 30 May 1897, in Plantagenet, Alfred and Plantagenet Township, Prescott and Russell, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 67.
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- Mary Winsor in household of Edward Winsor, "Canada Census, 1881"
- Mary Mccrank, "Ontario, County Marriage Registers, 1858-1869"
- Mary Mccrank, "Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947"
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World Events (4)
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
Some characteristic forenames: Irish Brendan.
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Bhroin, a patronymic from a personal name derived from bran ‘raven’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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