Margaret Dinah (Nelles) Pilkington (abt. 1793 - 1848)

Born about 12 Dec 1793 in Grimsby, Ontario, Canada

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Died 1848 at about age 54 in St James, St Pancras, England

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Biography

Margaret Dinah Nelles was born in 1793 and in February 1814 was married to Major Edward Pilkington. She accompanied her husband to Fort Erie, Fort Niagara, Montreal, Sorel and Chambly. In 1816 Margaret and Edward settled in Grimsby, Upper Canada. Their children were Edward Harpon Pilkington, and twins Mary Ann and Elizabeth Maria Pilkington. In 1827, they went to Ireland to take up Edward's family's estate in King's County. Edward died in 1834. ^[1]

• Reminiscences of Mrs. Edward Pilkington can be found at http://niagarahistorical.museum/media/NHS28Family%20History%20and%20Reminiscences%20of%20Early%20Settlers.pdf (Niagara Historical Society No. 28; Family History and Reminiscences of Early Settlers). Document mentions her grandfather, Henry Nelles, parents, Robert and Elizabeth Nelles, brother, Abram Nelles, and others.

Sources

1. ↑ "Reminiscences of Mrs. Edward Pilkington"

• Loyalist Lineages of Canada, p. 472
• Ancestry.com. London, England, Deaths and Burials, 1813-1980 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Original data: Board of Guardian Records, 1834-1906 and Church of England Parish Registers, 1813-1906. London Metropolitan Archives, London. Call Number: DL/T/063/019
• Nellis-Nelles Immigrants from the Palatinate 1710, Vol.1, published in 1997 by The Nellis and Nelles Family Associations and the Herkimer County Historical Society, #371, page 94.