Aug 21
1847 The Canada Life Insurance Company was established.
1884 The Canadian Government received, and acceded to, a British request for the service of 300 voyageurs to pilot small river craft over the rapids of the upper Nile in the attempted relief of Gen. Charles Gordon at Khartoum.
Aug 22
1878 Birthdate in Guelph of Edward Johnson, a leading tenor at La Scala, Milan, and general director of the New York Metropolitan Opera from 1935 to 1950.
1892 A leading exponent of world peace, the Rev. James R Mutchmor, was born at Providence Bay, Manitoulin Island.
Aug 23
1917 The Ontario cabinet passed an order-in-council providing for the change of the name of the city of Berlin to Kitchener, effective September 1.
1926 The Waterloo Pioneers Memorial Tower, erected near the Grand River, to commemorate the population of German descent in the western peninsula of Ontario, was dedicated.
Ottawa Branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society (OGS) is responsible for Carleton, Lanark, Renfrew, Prescott and Russell Counties. Our mission is “To encourage, assist and bring together all those interested in the pursuit of family history.” If you want to discover more about your family origins, or how and where to locate information about your ancestors, our members will be there to help you.
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