Reesor (other)

	Reesor (other) Reesor may refer to: Reesor is a surname. Reesor is an altered spelling of Swiss German surname, Reusser, an occupational name for a fisherman or maker of fish traps. * Peter Reesor, founder of Markham, Ontario * David Reesor, Ontario businessman and political figure John Reesor Williams, former politician in Ontario, Canada Reesor Siding Strike of 1963 Reesor, Ontario Reesor Lake (Alberta) Reesor Lake is a lake in Cypress Hills Provincial Park, in Alberta Alberta ( ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is part of Western Canada and is one of the three prairie provinces. Alberta is bordered by Britis ... {{disambiguation, surname, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Swiss German Swiss German (Standard German: , gsw, Schwiizerdütsch, Schwyzerdütsch, Schwiizertüütsch, Schwizertitsch Mundart,Because of the many different dialects, and because there is no defined orthography for any of them, many different spellings can be found. and others) is any of the Alemannic dialects spoken in the German-speaking part of Switzerland and in some Alpine communities in Northern Italy bordering Switzerland. Occasionally, the Alemannic dialects spoken in other countries are grouped together with Swiss German as well, especially the dialects of Liechtenstein and Austrian Vorarlberg, which are closely associated to Switzerland's. Linguistically, Alemannic is divided into Low, High and Highest Alemannic, varieties all of which are spoken both inside and outside Switzerland. The only exception within German-speaking Switzerland is the municipality of Samnaun, where a Bavarian dialect is spoken. The reason Swiss German dialects constitute a special group is their a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Surname In some cultures, a surname, family name, or last name is the portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family, tribe or community. Practices vary by culture. The family name may be placed at either the start of a person's full name, as the forename, or at the end; the number of surnames given to an individual also varies. As the surname indicates genetic inheritance, all members of a family unit may have identical surnames or there may be variations; for example, a woman might marry and have a child, but later remarry and have another child by a different father, and as such both children could have different surnames. It is common to see two or more words in a surname, such as in compound surnames. Compound surnames can be composed of separate names, such as in traditional Spanish culture, they can be hyphenated together, or may contain prefixes. Using names has been documented in even the oldest historical records. Examples of surnames are documented in the 11th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Peter Reesor Peter Reesor (December 25, 1775 – November 16, 1854) was one of the original settlers of Markham, Ontario. Peter Reesor was born December 25, 1775, in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania to Christian Reesor (1747–1806) and Veronica (Fanny) Reiff (1751–1818). Reesor's grandparents Peter Rieser (1713-1804) and Elizabeth Hershey had moved from Switzerland to Bavaria and then to America in 1739. First visit to Canada At the close of the American Revolution, many pacifist Mennonites left the newly formed United States in loyalty to the British Crown which guaranteed them exemption from military service. In 1798, Peter Reesor was appointed by his family and community to travel to Upper Canada and explore newly opened lands for settlement. He saddled up a horse and packed a few things for his seven-week, 500 mile journey to York (Toronto). Upon arrival Peter was directed to travel up the Rouge River trail to an area which later became known as Cedar Grove. There was ample amount of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	David Reesor David Reesor (January 18, 1823 – April 28, 1902) was an Ontario businessman and political figure. He was a Liberal member of the Senate of Canada for King's division from 1867 to 1901. He was born in Reesorville (later the Village of Markham), Upper Canada in 1823 to parents Abraham Reesor (1790–1831) and Anna Dettwiler (1787 - 1854), descended from Pennsylvania Dutch Mennonite immigrants who first settled in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. David was the nephew of Abraham Stouffer, founder of Stouffville, and of Peter Reesor, co-founder of Reesorville (later Markham) and Cedar Valley. In 1848, he married Emily McDougall, who was the sister of politician William McDougall. Reesor was editor of the '' Markham Economist''. He was also a magistrate and notary public, reeve of Markham, Ontario (1851, 1856–57 and 1859–1860) and served as warden for York and Peel counties. Though Reesor came from a pacifist Mennonite background, he became a lieutenant-colonel in the loca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	John Reesor Williams John Reesor Williams (born September 9, 1930) is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. He served as a Progressive Conservative member in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1975 to 1985, and was briefly a cabinet minister in the government of Frank Miller. Background Williams was born in Toronto, the son of Luella Mae Maud (Reesor) and Thomas John Williams. He was educated at the University of Western Ontario and Osgoode Hall Law School. He worked as a lawyer before entering political life. Comedian Harland Williams is one of his five children. His mother was the daughter of George Reesor, a descendant of one of the German families that originally settled Markham, Ontario, in 1794. Municipal politics Williams was an alderman in North York, Ontario, from 1963 to 1972, and was deputy mayor and Controller of the borough from 1973 to 1974. He also served on the Metro Toronto Council during this period, and was a board member of St. Matthew the Apostle Anglican Church in 197 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Reesor, Ontario Reesor is a ghost town located in Cochrane District, Ontario, Canada, along Highway 11 (Trans-Canada Highway), named after its founder, Thomas Reesor. History Around 1925, Thomas Reesor (1867-1954), a Mennonite minister from Markham, Ontario, sponsored and helped to settle new German-speaking Mennonite immigrants from the Soviet Union The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national ... in the area which would become known as Reesor.Reesor, Thomas (1927). "Thomas Reesor's Reflections on the Reesor Settlement, 1927." ''Ontario Mennonite History'' (May 2008). Retrieved from http://www.mhso.org/publications/Ontmennohistory26-1.pdf.Fretz, J.C. (1959). "Thomas Reesor." ''Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online'' (1959). Retrieved from http://www.gameo.org/encyclopedia/contents/R44 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]