Brief Life History of Thomas
Thomas Hanley was born in 1818, in New Brunswick, Canada. He married Elizabeth McNichol on 12 November 1839, in St. George, Charlotte, New Brunswick, Canada. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 4 daughters. He immigrated to New Brunswick, Canada in 1915 and lived in Saint George, Charlotte, New Brunswick, Canada in 1851 and St. George, Charlotte, New Brunswick, Canada for about 30 years. He was buried in Back Bay, Saint George, Charlotte, New Brunswick, Canada.
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- Thomas Handly, "Canada, New Brunswick Census, 1861"
- Thomas Handley, "Canada, New Brunswick Provincial Marriages 1789-1950"
- Thomas Hanley, "Find A Grave Index"
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1867 · British North America Act
The British North America Act or Constitution Act of 1867 caused three British colonies, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Canada to be united as one under the name Canada. Until this point New Brunswick had been the British crown colony.
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1880 · Legislature in Fredericton Destoryed by Fire
On February 25, 1880, the legislature building in Frederiction was destroyed by fire. The builiding was completely made of wood meaning that there was nothing left of it. The chair that the speaker used and a marble top table were all that remained.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Irish Brendan, Conor, Declan, Donovan, Eamonn, John Patrick.
Irish: shortened form of O'Hanley, an Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hÁinle ‘descendant of Áinle’, a personal name meaning ‘champion’. This is the name of a former ruling family in Connacht and is now common throughout southern Ireland.
English: habitational name from any of the many places called Handley (Cheshire, Derbyshire, Dorset, Northamptonshire) or Hanley (Staffordshire, Worcestershire), named with Old English hēan, the weak dative form (originally used after a preposition and article) of hēah ‘high’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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