Brief Life History of Myrtle Rosella
When Myrtle Rosella Gadsby was born on 9 February 1897, in Dawn, Lambton, Ontario, Canada, her father, Joseph Walter Gadsby, was 29 and her mother, Teresa Frank, was 20. She died in 1979, at the age of 82, and was buried in Poplar Hill Cemetery, Poplar Hill, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada.
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Sources (6)
- Myrtle Rosella Gadsley, "Canada, Ontario Births, 1869-1912"
- Myrtle R Gadsby, "Canada, Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927"
- Myrtle Rosella Gadsby Pincombe, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (5)
1906 · Hydro-Electric of Ontario
Ontario Hydro was established in 1906. It is the Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario.
1934 · Dionne Quintuplets Born
Born on May 28, 1934, the Dionne quintuplets were the first set of quintuplets to survive infancy. The five girls were born two months prematuare and months later were taken from their parents by the Red Cross. In the 1940s they were returned to their family.
1943 · Conservative Party Wins Ontario Election
George A. Drew was the leader of the Progressive Conservative Party. In 1943, they won the Ontario election.
Name Meaning
English (Midlands): habitational name from Gaddesby in Leicestershire, recorded in Domesday Book as Gadesbi and so named from the Old Norse personal name Gaddr or from Old Norse gaddr ‘spur (of land)’ + bȳ ‘settlement’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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