Brief Life History of Loftus
When Loftus Welsh was born on 3 January 1871, in Huron, Ontario, Canada, his father, William Welsh, was 34 and his mother, Catherine Lyons, was 34. He married Alice Patience Banks on 6 February 1901, in Goderich Township, Huron, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Ontario, Ontario, Canada in 1881 and Goderich, Huron, Ontario, Canada in 1891. He died in 1957, at the age of 86, and was buried in Goderich, Huron, Ontario, Canada.
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Sources (14)
- Loftus Welsh, "Canada Census, 1881"
- Loftus Welsh, "Canada, Ontario Births, 1869-1912"
- Loftus Welsh, "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
Scottish, English, and Irish: ethnic name from Middle English welshe (Old English wēalisc, wēlisc) ‘foreign, Welsh’, for someone from Wales or a speaker of the Welsh language. Compare Walsh and Wallace .
Americanized form of German Welsch .
Americanized form of Ukrainian and Jewish (from Ukraine) Voloshin or its Polish variant Wołoszyn (see Woloszyn ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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