Brief Life History of Martha
When Martha Saltzberger was born on 20 October 1808, in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, her father, John Philip Saltzberger, was 28 and her mother, Veronica Hunsaker Gingerich, was 27. She had at least 4 sons and 11 daughters with John Jones. She lived in Wilmot Township, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada in 1871. She died on 15 February 1885, in Blandford-Blenheim, Oxford, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 76, and was buried in Blandford-Blenheim, Oxford, Ontario, Canada.
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- Martha Jones in household of George Wing, "Canada Census, 1871"
- Legacy NFS Source: Martha Saltzberger - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Martha Saltzberger
- Martha Saltzberger Jones, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (3)
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.
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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.
Name Meaning
New Testament name, of Aramaic rather than Hebrew origin, meaning ‘lady’. It was borne by the sister of Lazarus and Mary of Bethany (John 11:1). According to Luke 10:38, when Jesus visited the house of Mary and Martha, Mary sat at his feet, listening to him, while Martha ‘was cumbered about much serving’, so that she complained to Jesus, ‘Lord, dost thou not care that my sister hath left me to serve alone?’ For this reason, the name Martha has always been associated with hard domestic work, as opposed to the contemplative life.
Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.
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