Elizabeth Taylor Blain was born on 12 May 1880, in Ryerson, Parry Sound, Ontario, Canada. She married Samuel Scott on 14 June 1900, in Orillia, Simcoe, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Joly, Parry Sound, Ontario, Canada in 1891 and Simcoe, Ontario, Canada for about 10 years. She died on 28 April 1961, in Orillia, Simcoe, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 80.
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Some characteristic forenames: French/Haitian Donat, Jacques, Michel, Cecile, Elzear, Ermite, Fernand, Gaston, Germain, Gisele, Jean Claude, Jobe.
Scottish: shortened form of MacBlain, a shortened form of Mac Gille Blathain ‘son of Gille Blááin’, a personal name meaning ‘servant of Saint Bláán’. Bláán, after whom Dunblane in Perthshire was named, appears in placenames in both Ireland and Scotland.
English: from Middle English bleyne ‘inflamed swelling on the surface of the body’, possibly a nickname for a person suffering from boils or some form of inflamation of the skin.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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