Brief Life History of Emma Almeda
When Emma Almeda Moscrip was born on 14 January 1881, in Bosanquet, Lambton, Ontario, Canada, her father, John Andrew Moscrip, Jr., was 26 and her mother, Emily Sapphira Godley, was 19. She married Morris Telford Bailey on 15 October 1906, in St. Marys, Perth, Ontario, Canada. She lived in Perth, Ontario, Canada in 1901. She died in January 1961, in Ontario, Canada, at the age of 80.
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- Almeda Moscrip in household of Emma Moscrip, "Canada Census, 1901"
- Emma Almeda Moscrip, "Ontario Births, 1869-1912"
- Emma Almeda Bailey, "Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927"
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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: nickname from the Middle English plant-name mos-crop ‘moss-crop (i.e. cotton-grass or silverweed)’, perhaps used of someone with a distinctive tufty or cottony head of hair. Compare Lillicrap .
Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland © University of the West of England 2016
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