Researching George Ecclestone
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The name George means "A Tiller of the Soil or a Farmer" and is of Greek origin.
Records of George Ecclestone on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for George Ecclestone and the Ecclestone Family History
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Some Famous People called George Ecclestone
George Walter Ecclestone
George Walter Ecclestone (October 8, 1865 – August 10, 1940) was a hardware merchant and political figure in Ontario. He represented Muskoka in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1916 to 1934 as a Conservative member.
He was born in Dawn Mills, Kent County, Ontario, the son of John William Ecclestone, of Loddon and Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England and the former Ann Jane Chiltick, born Brookeborough, Fermanagh, Ireland. In 1890, Ecclestone married Alice Warner Jacobs. He served as mayor of Bracebridge, as president of the local board of trade and as chairman of the Bracebridge Power and Light Commission. Ecclestone was elected to the assembly in a 1916 by-election held following the death of Samuel Henry Armstrong.
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