Brief Life History of John
When John Church was born on 18 July 1832, in County Sligo, Ireland, his father, Michael Church, was 22 and his mother, Elizabeth Lipsett, was 19. He married Elizabeth Wilson on 30 September 1862, in Ottawa, Ottawa-Carleton, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Ottawa, Carleton, Ontario, Canada for about 20 years and Carleton, Ontario, Canada in 1901. He died on 10 February 1903, in Ottawa, Ottawa-Carleton, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 70.
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- John Church, "Canada Census, 1901"
- John Church, "Ontario, County Marriage Registers, 1858-1869"
- John Church, "Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947"
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1839
The Night of the BIG WIND. In Killarney and its neighborhood there was a terrible hurricane. The town sustained much damage and many houses were shattered.
1845
The Irish Potato Famine. Many Irish emigrate to America. Irish population drops from 8 million to 6 million due to death from starvation or emigration.
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.
Name Meaning
English: topographic name mostly found in southern and midland England, for someone who lived near a church, or possibly an occupational name for someone who worked at a church, such as a verger or sexton, from Middle English chirche ‘church’. The word comes from Old English cyrice, ultimately from medieval Greek kyrikon, for earlier kyriakōn (dōma) ‘(house) of the Lord’, from kyrios ‘lord’. Compare Kirk .
Americanized form (translation into English) of German Kirch .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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