Margaret (Graham) Misner (1834 - 1918)

Born 14 Feb 1834 in Ireland

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Died 18 Jan 1918 at age 83 in Windham, Norfolk Co., Ontario, Canada

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Biography

Margaret was born in 14 February 1834, County Tyrone, Ireland.^[1][2] She is the daughter of Robert Graham and Isabella Wilson.^[3][2]

She emigrated to Canada with her family of origin from Pollockshaws, Scotland (near Glasgow) where they spent six years avoiding the Potato Famine in Ireland.^[2] Her father Robert, died of ships fever shortly after arriving in Burwick, now Woodbridge, where he had two sisters living.^[2]

She married James Walter Misner, a farmer from Simcoe, in 1858 in Norfolk, Ontario.^{[2][4] [5]}

Their children were: Elizabeth, Isabella Jane, Adam Franklin, David, Caroline "Carrie" Rebecca, Margaret "Maggie", James Walter, Jr., Alfred W. Christina May, and Graham,

In the 1861 through 1891 Census she and family living Woodhouse Township, Norfolk County, Ontario. They moved Windham in 1901. By 1911 they were back at Woodhouse. [see husband's profile]

Margaret died in 1918 and is buried at Oakwood Cemetery inSimcoe, Norfolk County, Ontario.^[1]

Research Notes

Obit:

The funeral of an aged resident of this neighborhood took place on Sunday at Oakwood Cemetery, when the remains of Margaret Graham, widow of Mr. James W. Misner, were laid away for their long rest. Mrs. Misner died at the home of her son in windham on Friday last, having reached to within a month of her 84th yer. Her husband presceceased her ive yers. She is survived by three sons, Frank and Graham of Windham, and James of Woodhouse, and four daughters, Mrs James Dufton of Woodhouse, Mrs. Archie Everett of Simcoe and Misses Carrie and Lena of Windham. Lady Hearat, wife of Ontario's premier, is a niece. Her mother, Mrs. John Dunkin, being a sister of Mrs. Misner, and a former, well known resident of Simcoe. -- The Simcoe Reformer, 24 Jan 1918, p10c4

• Fact: Immigration (1846)
• Fact: Residence (1871) Woodhouse, Norfolk, Ontario, Canada
• Fact: Residence (31 Mar 1901) G, Norfolk (north/nord), Ontario, Canada
• Fact: Residence (1911) Norfolk Sub-Districts 1-56, Ontario, Canada
• Fact: Burial Oakwood Cemetery, Simcoe, Haldimand-Norfolk Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/71346001/margaret-misner : accessed 24 January 2022), memorial page for Margaret Graham Misner (1834–1918), Find a Grave Memorial ID 71346001, citing Oakwood Cemetery, Simcoe, Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada ; Maintained by James Lemon (contributor 46987614) .
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4} A Family History of The Grahams. Descendants of Robert Graham (b 1800) and Isabella Wilson (b 1801). By Thomas D. Graham. 1982.
3. ↑ Library and Archives Canada. Census of Canada, 1851. Canada West, York, Vaughan. LINK.
4. ↑ Library and Archives Canada. Census of Canada, 1871. Ontario, Norfolk South, Woodhouse. LINK.
5. ↑ "Canada, Ontario County Marriage Registers, 1858-1869," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2YM-3JQ4 : 17 March 2018), James Walter Misner and Margaret Graham, 08 Dec 1858; citing Norfolk, Norfolk, Ontario, Canada, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,030,061.

See also:

• Early Reminiscences of David Graham, her brother.
• Year: 1871; Census Place: Woodhouse, Norfolk South, Ontario; Roll: C-9908; Page: 21
• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/vitals/9QW8-PC1