Brief Life History of Ellen Harriet Odessa
When Ellen Harriet Odessa Archer was born on 31 May 1874, in Uxbridge Township, Ontario, Canada West, British North America, her father, Joseph William Archer, was 27 and her mother, Martha Hardy, was 32. She married Joseph Uriah Robins on 17 June 1903, in Wellington, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in Ontario, Canada in 1874 and Ingersoll, Oxford, Ontario, Canada in 1881. She died on 21 October 1961, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 87.
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Sources (7)
- Ellen H. Archer in household of Joseph Archer, "Canada Census, 1881"
- Ellen Odessa Archer, "Ontario Births, 1869-1912"
- Nellie O Archer, "Canada, Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927"
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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
English and French: from Middle English archere, Anglo-Norman French archer, Old French archier ‘bowman’, hence an occupational name for an archer. This Norman French word partially replaced the native English word bowman in the 14th century. In North America, this surname may have absorbed some cases of European cognates such as French Archier. Compare Larcher .
German: from an agent derivative of Old High German archa ‘mill-race’ (from Latin arca ‘chest, box’). This surname is rare in Germany.
Germanized form of Slovenian Arhar: German-influenced patronymic from the personal name Arh (see Arch 3), an old vernacular equivalent of Henry . Alternatively, perhaps a topographic name derived from Old High German archa ‘mill-race’ (see 2 above), hence a cognate of Slovenian Rakar (see Raker 4).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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