Brief Life History of Henry Harry
When Henry Harry Cronk was born about 1864, in Olden Township, Frontenac, Ontario, Canada, his father, Matthew Cronk, was 29 and his mother, Harriet Clark, was 28. He married Emma Lavina Killins on 5 July 1886, in Frontenac, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Flint, Genesee, Michigan, United States in 1920 and Marks Township, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada in 1916. He died on 12 March 1949, in Fort William, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 86.
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- Henry Cronk in household of Matthew Cronk, "Canada Census, 1881"
- Legacy NFS Source: Harry Cronk - Government record: Marriage record or certificate: birth: about 1864; Ontario, Canada
- Henry Cronk, "Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927"
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1865
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
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.
1887 · The Bagley Memorial Fountain
"The Bagley Memorial Fountain was erected in 1887 with funds from the estate of John Judson Bagley. Bagley's will ordered the construction of the drinking fountain which would provide the people of Detroit ""water cold and pure as the coldest mountain stream."" H.H. Richards was the architect for the Romanesque-style, pink granite, lionhead fountain. It is engraved with the words, ""TESTAMENTARY GIFT FOR THE PEOPLE FROM JOHN JUDSON BAGLEY A.D. MDCCCLXXXVII""."
Name Meaning
English (Kent): variant of Crank .
Possibly an Americanized form of German Kranke (see Crank ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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