Marguerite de Dibon Faber (1895 - 1955)

Born 17 Aug 1895 in Port Alberni, Alberni-Clayoquot, British Columbia, Canada

Ancestors

Died 1 Jan 1955 at age 59 in England, United Kingdom [uncertain]

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Biography

Margaret Faber was born in Port Alberni, British Columbia, Canada.

Margaret Faber is the descendant of a Huguenot emigrant.

Marguerite (Margaret) de Dibon Faber was born August 18, 1895, a daughter to Alfred Denis Faber and Christiana Jackson in Port Alberni, British Columbia, Canada. Her birth was registered in Nanaimo.

Margaret was one of four children born to Alfred and Christiana; Dorothy, John, Margaret and Katherine. Dorothy died in a drowning accident, along with two cousins in 1894 on Sproat Lake in Port Alberni, British Columbia.

Her father Alfred, passed away on October 29, 1899 and was buried at the Greenwood Cemetery in Port Alberni, British Columbia.

After her father's death, her mother, Christiana, moved the remaining family back to England.

1901 England & Wales Census, 54 Melrose St, Hessle, Sculcoates, Yorkshire

• Christiana Faber Head Widow 47 Teacher Private School Own Account Keighley, Yorkshire
• John B Faber Son 9 Alberni BC Canada
• Katherine B Faber Dau 7 Alberni BC Canada
• Margaret Faber Dau 5 Albernie BC Canada

1911 England & Wales Census, Hertford, Hertfordshire, England

• Margaret De Dib Faber Single 13 Student B C Vancouver

Her brother, John, died in 1916 in France in WW1.

Sources

• [1] Birth Registration
• [2] 1901 England & Wales Census
• Cite This Record"England and Wales Census, 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X7LS-Z65 : 13 September 2019), Margaret De Dib Faber, Hertford, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom; from "1911 England and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 14, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.

• [3] Death

See Also:

• BC Historical News Vol 21, no1, Winter 1988 page 8