Brief Life History of Catherine Jane
When Catherine Jane Pappin was born on 22 February 1885, her father, Peter Pappin, was 31 and her mother, Catherine Jane Lavalley, was 26. She lived in Renfrew, Ontario, Canada in 1901.
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Family Time Line
Sources (3)
- Catherine Desmarteau, "Canada, Prairie Provinces Census, 1926"
- Maggie Pappin in household of Peter Pappin, "Canada Census, 1911"
- Catherine J. Pappin in household of Peter Pappin, "Canada Census, 1901"
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World Events (8)
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.
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.
Name Meaning
English (Cornwall): possibly French, from Occitan papon ‘ancestor’, or perhaps a variant of Papin, from French papin ‘gruel’, a suffixed derivative of paper ‘to chomp’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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