Brief Life History of Peter
When Peter Burkholder was born on 26 March 1856, in Ontario, Canada, his father, Joseph Burkholder, was 56 and his mother, Elizabeth Hoover, was 46. He married Mary Grove Hoover on 17 February 1880, in Markham, York, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Markham, York, Ontario, Canada for about 20 years and York, Ontario, Canada in 1901. He died on 15 July 1932, at the age of 76, and was buried in Wideman Mennonite Cemetery, Markham, York, Ontario, Canada.
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- Peter Burkholder, "Ontario Census, 1861"
- Peter Burkholder, "Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927"
- Peter Burkholder, "Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947"
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1867 · Ontario Founded
On July 1, 1867, the province of Ontario was founded. It is the second largest province in Canada. A third of the population of Canada live here. Before it was Ontario it was called Upper Canada and had a Governor.
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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.
Name Meaning
German: altered form of Swiss German Burkhalter . The surname Burkholder is rare in Germany.
History: This is the most common form of the name of a Swiss Mennonite and Amish family, originally spelled Burkhalter , but in Germany (and in the US) altered to Burkholder and Borkholder .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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