Margaret May (Matheson) Grafton (1871 - 1949)

Born 25 Jan 1871 in Nova Scotia, Canada

Wife of William Alfred Grafton — married 8 Feb 1905 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Died 16 May 1949 at age 78 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Biography

Margaret May Matheson was born in Nova Scotia, Canada in 1871 to William Matheson and Elizabeth (Unknown). She married William Alfred Grafton in Vancouver, British Columbia in 1905. Margaret passed away in Vancouver in 1949. She is buried at the Mountain View Cemetery in Vancouver.

Sources

• "British Columbia Marriage Registrations," database with images. Entry for William Alfred Grafton and Margaret May Matheson; Registration Number: 1905-09-051001, Vancouver, 8 Feb 1905. http://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/043e9ec2-b2d8-41c4-8edc-b68ff2b042ca Royal British Columbia Museum: BC Archives (royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/genealogy : accessed 8 Aug 2020).

• "Recensement du Canada de 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV95-9F5S : 16 March 2018), Margret Grafton in entry for A W Grafton, 1911; citing Census, Vancouver Sub-Districts 1-18, British Columbia, Canada, Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm 2,417,661.

• "British Columbia Death Registrations," database with images. Entry for Margaret May Grafton; Registration Number: 1949-09-005102, Vancouver, 16 May 1949. http://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/2c66772b-b1a8-4397-85bb-4861df1ec851 Royal British Columbia Museum: BC Archives (royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/genealogy : accessed 8 Aug 2020).

• Obituary for Margaret May Grafton; Vancouver, BC: The Province, 18 May 1949, p18. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/56942085/margaret-may-grafton-obituary (newspapers.com : accessed 8 Aug 2020).

• Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/26277040/margaret-may-grafton : accessed 04 August 2021), memorial page for Margaret May Matheson Grafton (25 Jan 1871–19 May 1949), Find A Grave: Memorial #26277040, citing Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, Greater Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia, Canada ; Maintained by Headstone Genealogist (contributor 46999396) .