Brief Life History of Mary Laura
When Mary Laura Russell was born on 16 October 1877, in McGillivray Township, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada, her father, Jesse Russell, was 39 and her mother, Jane Neil, was 42. She married Alexander Flowers on 10 April 1901, in London, Ontario, Canada West, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in London, Ontario, Canada West, British Colonial America in 1911. She died in 1950, at the age of 73, and was buried in London, Ontario, Canada West, British Colonial America.
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- Laura Flowers in household of Alesander Flowers, "Canada Census, 1911"
- Mary Lawrie Russel, "Ontario Births, 1869-1910"
- Mary Laurenda Russell, "Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927"
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World Events (5)
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: of Norman origin, from Old French and Anglo-Norman French r(o)ussel, a diminutive of Old French rous(e) ‘red, reddish’, used either as a nickname for someone with red hair or a ruddy complexion, or as a personal name. Compare Rouse . This Norman name has been established in Ireland since the 12th century. It has been reinforced in Britain and Ireland by Huguenot bearers of the name Roussel, of the same Old French origin.
English: habitational name from any of several places called Rushall (Norfolk, Staffordshire, Wiltshire) or possibly sometimes from Rusthall in Speldhurst (Kent). Rushall in Staffordshire derives from Old English rysc ‘rush, rushes’ + halh ‘nook, corner of land’. Rushall in Norfolk derives from an uncertain first element + Old English halh. Rushall in Wiltshire derives from an Old English personal name Rust (genitive Rustes) + halh. Rusthall in Speldhurst (Kent) probably derives from Old English rust ‘rust, rust color’ + wella ‘well, spring, stream’, but with a change in the final element due to influence from Middle English, Old English hall ‘hall, residence’, perhaps referring to a nearby building.
Americanized form of German Rüssel, from a pet form of any of various personal names formed with the element hrōd ‘fame, renown’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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