Margaret Hannah (Drillio) Howe (abt. 1857 - 1888)

Born about 1857 in Halifax, Nova Scotia

Ancestors

Wife of Edward Howe — married 15 Mar 1883 (to 8 Mar 1888) in Maitland, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada

Died 8 Mar 1888 at about age 31 in Moodyville, North Vancouver City, British Columbia, Canada

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Biography

John Drillio (45) is on the 1871 census with wife Elizabeth (44) and their children; George (16), Clarence (15), Maggie (13), Augustus (3) and Bessie (1).^[1] John like the Drillios before him is a Sailmaker.

Margaret Hannah Drillio was born in 1857. ^[2] She married 15 Mar 1883 in Maitland, Nova Scotia, Edward Howe, who had been living in Winnipeg, Manitoba. ^[3] They had a daughter, Elizabeth Howe. Another daughter, Margaret Ferosa Howe, was baptised March 7th, 1888 in Vancouver, British Columbia. ^[4] Margaret Hannah died March 8th, 1888 in Moodyville. ^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ 1871 census of Canada, Halifax West, HX, NS https://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?app=Census1871&op=img&id=4396324_00423 and https://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?app=Census1871&op=img&id=4396324_00424
2. ↑ Nova Scotia Historical Quarterly, "The family of John Howe Halifax Loyalist and King's Printer", vol. 6 no. 3 (1976): p. 324.
3. ↑ Nova Scotia Historical Vital Statistics, Edward Howe - Margaret H. Drillio marriage registration, book 1823, p. 159, no. 22 (1883); digital image.
4. ↑ BC Archives Genealogy, baptism of Margaret Ferosa Howe, 1888.
5. ↑ Daniel F Johnson's New Brunswick Newspaper Vital Statistics, Maggie H. Drillo Howe (1888) entry, Volume 18 Number 1881, citing The Daily Telegraph (Saint John, New Brunswick), 13 Mar 1888.