Born in Perotte, Annapolis, Nova Scotia
Ancestors 
Daughter of Benjamin Mason Goldsmith
and Elizabeth Mary (Powell) Goldsmith
Sister of
Mary E. (Goldsmith) Bailey, Martha (Goldsmith) Fitzgerald, Henry Goldsmith, Thomas Goldsmith, Catherine (Goldsmith) Matthews, Charles H. Goldsmith, Frances Goldsmith, Hugh Colville Goldsmith, William Oliver Goldsmith, George E. Goldsmith and Benjamin Goldsmith
Wife of
James Abraham Spurr
— married
16 Oct 1863 in Perotte, Annapolis, Nova Scotia
Descendants 
Mother of
Elizabeth Jane (Spurr) Ramsay, Frances S (Spurr) Wilson, James Howard Spurr, Robert Leslie Spurr, James Ritchie Spurr, Thomas Almon Spurr, Susan Eliza (Spurr) Fett, Alice May Spurr, Henry Stewart Spurr, John Wesley Spurr, Wilbert Stanley Spurr, Lydia Lavinia Spurr, George Spurr, Isabelle Spurr, Charles Goldsmith Spurr, Mabel Olive Gertrude (Spurr) Gormley and Violet Strange (Spurr) Sanford
Died
at age 79
in Round Hill, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada
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Biography
Margaret was born in 1844. She is the daughter of Benjamin Goldsmith and Eliza Powell.Margaret Goldsmith passed away in 1923. [1]
Sources
- ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #166891730, St. Mark's Anglican Church Cemetery Perotte, Perotte, Annapolis County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
"Canada Marriages, 1661-1949," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F2KW-N89 : 10 February 2018), James A. Spurr and Margaret O. Goldsmith, 15 Oct 1863; citing Annapolis, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, reference p 47 cn 194; FHL microfilm 1,298,664.
"Canada Births and Baptisms, 1661-1959," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F243-XSC : 10 February 2018), Margaret Goldsmith in entry for Susan Spurr, 01 Feb 1871; citing Annapolis, Nova Scotia, 01 Feb 1871, reference item 1 p 126; FHL microfilm 1,298,664.
"Canada Births and Baptisms, 1661-1959," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F2DN-DFN : 10 February 2018), Margaret C. Goldsmith in entry for Henry Steward Spurr, 10 Jan 1874; citing Parrlll Settlement, Annapolis, Novia Scotia, 10 Jan 1874, reference ; FHL microfilm 1,318,342.
"Canada Births and Baptisms, 1661-1959," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F24Q-27G : 10 February 2018), Margaret Goldsmith in entry for Thomas Almon Spurr, 30 Aug 1869; citing Perott, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, 30 Aug 1869, reference item 1 p 126; FHL microfilm 1,298,664.
"Canada Births and Baptisms, 1661-1959," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F243-XSD : 10 February 2018), Margaret Goldsmith in entry for Alice May Spurr, 21 Jul 1872; citing Perott, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, 21 Jul 1872, reference item 1 p 126; FHL microfilm 1,298,664.
"Canada Births and Baptisms, 1661-1959," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F24Q-VV1 : 10 February 2018), Margaret O. Goldsmith in entry for Robert Leslie Spurr, 20 Feb 1868; citing Perot, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, 20 Feb 1868, reference item 1 p 47; FHL microfilm 1,298,664.
"Canada Births and Baptisms, 1661-1959," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F247-DR6 : 10 February 2018), Margaret C. Goldsmith in entry for Henry Steward Spurr, 10 Jan 1874; citing Perott Settlement, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, 10 Jan 1874, reference item 1 p 158; FHL microfilm 1,298,664.
"Canada Births and Baptisms, 1661-1959," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F24Q-KS3 : 10 February 2018), Margaret Goldsmith in entry for Robert L. Spurr, 20 Feb 1868; citing Perott, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, 20 Feb 1868, reference item 1 p 126; FHL microfilm 1,298,664.
"Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N4C9-8WR : 24 May 2018), Margaret O. Goldsmith in entry for Charles Goldsmith Spurr and Lynda Weber Wood, 26 Nov 1904; citing Newton City, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 2,057,590.
"Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N46L-C4X : 25 May 2018), Margaret Goldsmith in entry for William W Sanford and Violet S Spurr, 5 Jun 1913; citing Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 2,409,946.
"Canada Births and Baptisms, 1661-1959," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F2DN-WGM : 10 February 2018), Margaret Goldsmith in entry for Thos. Almon Speer, 30 Aug 1869; citing Perott Annapolis, Nova Scotia, 30 Aug 1869, reference ; FHL microfilm 1,318,342.
"Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N7FX-Z3G : 11 March 2018), Margaret Goldsmith in entry for Alice M. Spurr, 13 May 1900; citing Boston, Massachusetts, v 507 p 253, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 1,843,729.
"Nova Scotia Deaths, 1890-1955," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK99-VQDS : 8 November 2017), Margaret Goldsmith in entry for John Wesley Spurr, 18 Sep 1944; citing Round Hill, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada, certificate 595, Nova Scotia Archives, Halifax.
"Nova Scotia Deaths, 1890-1955," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK99-VQ8R : 8 November 2017), Margaret Goldsmith in entry for Violet Strang Sanford, 25 Aug 1944; citing Clementsport, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada, certificate 592, Nova Scotia Archives, Halifax.
"Nova Scotia Deaths, 1890-1955," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK9S-NQLB : 8 November 2017), Margaret Olivia Goldsmith in entry for Thomas Almon Spurr, 26 Oct 1926; citing Moschelle, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada, certificate 615, Nova Scotia Archives, Halifax.
See also: First-hand information as remembered by Geoff Burns, Thursday, June 5, 2014.
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