Brief Life History of David
When David Palmer was born on 2 February 1875, in Burford, Burford, Brant, Ontario, Canada, his father, George Palmer, was 25 and his mother, Alice Jane Muir, was 21. He married Monthelene Cameron on 25 January 1896, in Paris, South Dumfries Township, Brant, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Saltcoats, Saltcoats No. 213, Saskatchewan, Canada in 1911 and Saskatchewan, Canada in 1916. He died on 15 April 1958, at the age of 83, and was buried in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Burnaby, Metro Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
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Sources (15)
- David Palmer in household of George Palmer, "Canada Census, 1881"
- David Palmer, "Ontario Births, 1869-1911"
- David Palmer, "British Columbia Marriage Registrations, 1859-1932; 1937-1938"
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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.
1896
Oldest Grave seen in the Memorials list.
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 Middle English palmer(e) ‘palmer, pilgrim to the Holy Land’ (Anglo-Norman French palmer, Old French pa(l)mer, paum(i)er), so called from the palm branch carried by such pilgrims. The term was also used to denote an itinerant monk who traveled from shrine to shrine under a vow of poverty. This surname is also common in Ireland, where it has been recorded from the 13th century onward.
Irish: when not of English origin (see 1 above), a surname adopted for Gaelic Ó Maolfhoghmhair (see Milford ), the name of an ecclesiastical family.
Swedish (mainly Palmér): ornamental name formed with palm ‘palm tree’ + the suffix -ér (a derivative of Latin -erius) or -er (from German).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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