Elizabeth Taylor Blain

Brief Life History of Elizabeth Taylor

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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Family Time Line

Samuel Scott
1870–1956
Elizabeth Taylor Blain
1880–1961
Marriage: 14 June 1900
John Knox Scott
1900–
G Jean Scott
1916–
George Scott
1919–
Charles Russell Scott
1902–1981
Merle Vivian Scott
1904–2000
Samuel Blain Scott
1906–1985
Elise Bernice Scott
1909–
Lillian Grace Scott
1912–1977
Jean Marguerite Scott
1916–1999

Sources (18)

  • Elizabeth Blain in household of John Knox Blain, "Canada Census, 1881"
  • Elizabeth Taylor Blain, "Ontario Births, 1869-1911"
  • Lizzie Taylor Blain, "Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927"

World Events (6)

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

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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