George Helm

Brief Life History of George

When George Helm was born about 1806, in Scotland, United Kingdom, his father, Thomas Helm, was 23 and his mother, Agnes Crawford, was 23. He married Mary Ann Oliver on 3 June 1830, in Sutherland, Scotland, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. He died on 29 March 1878, in Galt, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 73.

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George Helm
1806–1878
Mary Ann Oliver
1810–1898
Marriage: 3 June 1830
Isabella Betsey Helm
1831–1917
Thomas Helm
1833–
James Helm
about 1838–
Agnes Helm
1841–
Helen Besty Helm
about 1842–
Robert Helm
1834–1858
William Helm
1837–1919
Mary Oliver Helm
1845–1920
George Helm
1847–1918

Sources (7)

  • George Helm, "Canada Census, 1871"
  • George Helm, "Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947"
  • George Helen in entry for Isabelle Helen Blain, "Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947"

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1811 · The Tron Riot

The Tron riot was a riot which occurred in Edinburgh, Scotland on New Year's Eve. A group of young men attacked and robbed wealthier passers-by. One police officer was killed in the riot. Though the total count of participants is unknown, sixty-eight youths were arrested, with five sentenced to death for their actions during the riot.

1815

The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.

1830

Eclectic Period (Art and Antiques).

Name Meaning

English (Lancashire): from Old English helm ‘protection, covering’ (in later northern English dialects, ‘cattle shelter, barn’). The name may be topographic, for someone who lived by or worked at a barn, or habitational, from a place so named, such as Helme in Meltham (Yorkshire).

English: variant of Elm with prosthetic H-.

German, and Dutch: metonymic occupational name for a maker of helmets, from Middle High German, Middle Dutch helm.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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