Annie Madge (Hackney) Dickson (1910 - 2009)

Born 7 Jul 1910 in Kirkton, Usborne Twp, Huron, Ontario, Canada

Ancestors

Wife of Gordon Dickson — married 23 May 1936 in Perth County, Ontario, Canada

Descendants

Died 15 Oct 2009 at age 99 in Listowel, Perth County, Ontario, Canada

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Biography

Madge was born at Kirkton (in the living quarters above the family hardware store) where she started school. She later attended Motherwell school where she completed the 5th class (first year of high school). She was the first of the siblings to attend high school - 3 years at St. Marys, Ontario. She boarded with the Cameron family for $1.25. She took her own food.

She attended Stratford Normal School (teacher college) and taught at Powassan (salary $850) and Rothsay ($1000). In those years, teachers were required to return to Normal school for a second year for additional training, so she did (a waste of time, she said). She then became a teacher at a rural school west of Atwood where she had up to 44 students from grades 1 to 9. Pay was $600 the first year and $700 the next. She married Gordon Dickson in 1936 and they farmed until 1963. They built a house at the north end of the farm on a lot they retained and lived there until 1987 when they moved to Palmerston. After Gordon died in 1993, she moved to a retirement home in Listowel where she lived until her death.

Her interests included Womens' Missionary Society, Ladies Aid (Presbyterian Church in Atwood), Womens' Institute, and flower gardening.

A natural left-hander, she was required to learn how to fit into a right-handed world. She had admirable handwriting skills and was an accomplished knitter, both right-handed. She did both until her final year. She knitted countless mitts and baby clothes that were sent to overseas charities.

And she did enjoy telling others about her talented grandchildren.

Sources

• First hand information from Madge and compiled by Sheila Adams
• Personal Knowledge of Ross Dickson

DNA

• Paternal and Maternal relationships are both confirmed by an autosomal MyHeritageDNA test match between Daniel Dickson and IR, his 2nd cousin 1x removed. Their most-recent common ancestors are Charles Hackney and Helena Madge, the great great grandparents of Daniel Dickson and great grandparents of IR. Predicted relationship from MyHeritageDNA: Parent's 2nd cousin, based on sharing 170.7 cM across 7 segments.