Joseph Todd Armstrong (1889 - 1981)

Born 7 Sep 1889 in Haltwhistle, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Husband of Agnes Mork (Hansen) Armstrong — married 1922 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Died 19 Dec 1981 at age 92 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

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Biography

This profile is part of the Armstrong Name Study.

Joseph Armstrong was born on September 07, 1889 in Haltwhistle, Northumberland, England. His parents were Joseph Armstrong and Margaret Nixon. ^[1]

In 1891, according to the England census, he was 1 year old. He lived with his parents and three siblings at their home at Kirkcambeck in Askerton, Cumberland, England, United Kingdom^[2] His mother died in 1900 and his father remarried in 1901.

During the 1901 census he was recorded with his father, stepmother Catherine and three siblings at their home in Houghton le Spring, Durham, England, United Kingdom. ^[3]

In 1904 he immigrated to Canada with his family. ^[4] They settled in Humbolt, Saskatchewan. ^[5]

He married Agnes Hansen in 1922 and they were living in Calgary, Alberta during the 1926 census. ^[6]

He died on December 19, 1981 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada (source needed)

Sources

1. ↑ "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2XYM-M94 : 1 October 2014), Joseph Todd Armstrong, 1889; from "England & Wales Births, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Birth Registration, Brampton, Cumberland, England, citing General Register Office, Southport, England.
2. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1891," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:4NPM-ZMM : 8 May 2019), Joseph Todd Armstrong in household of Joseph T Armstrong, Askerton, Cumberland, England, United Kingdom; from "1891 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 12, Cumberland county, subdistrict, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
3. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1901," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XSCW-XR2 : 21 May 2019), Joseph T Armstrong in household of Joseph T Armstrong, Houghton le Spring, Durham, England, United Kingdom; from "1901 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing Houghton Le Spring subdistrict, PRO RG 13, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
4. ↑ "Canada Passenger Lists, 1881-1922," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2QSW-4KR : 23 February 2021), Jos T Armstrong, Apr 1904; citing Immigration, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, T-498, Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario.
5. ↑ "Recensement du Canada de 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:27XL-X46 : 16 March 2018), Jos T Armstrong in entry for Jos T Armstrong, 1911; citing Census, Humboldt Sub-Districts 3-109, Saskatchewan, Canada, Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm 2,418,574.
6. ↑ "Canada, Prairie Provinces Census, 1926," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPK9-71WP : 24 September 2020), Joseph T. Armstrong, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; citing Census, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa.

See Also:

• FamilySearch profile for Joseph Todd Wilson