Brief Life History of Elizabeth
When Elizabeth Manson was born in 1840, in Olrig, Caithness, Scotland, United Kingdom, her father, Donald Manson, was 42 and her mother, Barbara Sutherland, was 26. She married Jarvis Robson on 3 February 1874. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Stouffville, York, Home District, Upper Canada, British Colonial America in 1881. She died on 9 March 1907, in Stouffville, York, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 67.
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- Elizabeth Robson in household of Jarvis Robson, "Canada Census, 1881"
- Elizabeth Manson, "Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927"
- Elizabeth Hanson in entry for Frank Robson, "Ontario Births, 1869-1912"
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1843
Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.
1843 · The Disruption in the Church of Scotland
The Disruption of 1843 was a division within the Church of Scotland, which 474 evangelical ministers of the Church broke away from the Church to form the Free Church of Scotland. They didn’t reject the principles of the Church of Scotland but were trying to establish a purer version of the Church without the King or Parliament being its head. It had huge effects not only within the Church of Scotland, but also with Scottish civic life.
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
Scottish (mainly the Northern Isles): shortened form of Magnusson .
English: patronymic, probably sometimes from the Middle English personal name Man, Manne (Old English Mann(a) or Old Danish Manni) + -son; compare Mann . Occasionally perhaps from a Middle English personal name Mainstan (Old English Mægenstān, from mægen ‘might, power’ + stān ‘stone’).
Americanized form of Swedish Månsson (rarely Månson): patronymic from the personal name Måns, a derivative of Magnus . Compare Monson .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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