Margaret (Spencer) Conway (abt. 1854)

Born about 1854 in Canada West [uncertain]

Descendants

Died [date unknown] in Canada

Biography

Margaret Spencer was probably born in 1854 in Canada. She was the daughter of Richard Spencer and his wife Mary Purcell, who had emigrated from Ireland.

According to various records, she was baptised 14 Nov 1854 in Peterborough Canada, born about 1853 in Ireland,^[1] about 1852,^[2] or about 1856 in Canada^[3].

In the 1861 Canada census, she was living with her parents Richard and Mary Spencer, and her siblings, in Peterborough, Canada West [now Ontario].^[3]

In the 1871 Canada census, she was still living with her parents and siblings in Peterborough.^[1]

Maggie married Michael Conway on 22 Sept 1877 in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada.^[4]

They had several children including:

• Catherine "Kate" Conway, who married Alexander Winchester.
• Nellie Conway.

Maggie passed away before 1977.

Sources

• Information as told to Sharon Centanne, Saturday, May 9, 2015.
• 1901 Census of Canada

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Richard Spencer. Year: 1871; Census Place: Monmouth, Peterborough North, Ontario; Roll: C-9988; Page: 21; Family No: 69. 1871 Census of Canada [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2009.
2. ↑ "Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JKK4-Z2X : 11 December 2014), Richard Spencer in entry for Margaret Conroy, 02 May 1937; citing Peterborough, , Ontario, 029786, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 2,435,799.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Richard Spencer. Library and Archives Canada; Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Census Returns For 1861; Roll: C-1065-1066. 1861 Census of Canada [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2009.
4. ↑ Margaret Spenser. "Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FMNV-9JC : 10 April 2015), Richard Spenser in entry for Michael Conroy and Margaret Spenser, 22 Sep 1877; citing registration , Peterborough, Ontario, Canada, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,863,653.