Brief Life History of William Walter
When William Walter Eastman was born on 15 September 1889, in Minden Township, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada, his father, Peter Thurston Eastman, was 37 and his mother, Matilda Jane Pollick, was 29. He married Isabella Rutherford on 6 October 1920, in Fenelon Falls, Peterborough, Canada West, British Colonial America. He lived in Victoria, Ontario, Canada for about 10 years.
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Sources (5)
- William Eastman in household of Pater Eastman, "Canada Census, 1901"
- William Walker Eastman, "Ontario Births, 1869-1912"
- Wm Walter Eastman, "Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927"
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World Events (7)
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.
1943 · Conservative Party Wins Ontario Election
George A. Drew was the leader of the Progressive Conservative Party. In 1943, they won the Ontario election.
Name Meaning
English: from the Middle English personal name Estmund (Old English Ēastmund, from ēast ‘east’ + mund ‘protection’). See also Esmond .
English: occasionally a variant of Heasman, a topographic name for a dweller ‘(in the) brushwood’, from Old English hǣse ‘brushwood’ + mann (compare Hayes 3).
Americanized form (translation into English) of Swedish Östman (see Ostman ) and North German Ostmann or Östmann (see Oestmann ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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