Margaret Jane (Harman) Wrightman (1861 - 1931)

Born 2 Apr 1861 in King, South Riding, York, Canada West

Ancestors

Wife of William Henry Wrightman — married 13 Oct 1881 in Uxbridge, Ontario County, Ontario, Canada

Descendants

Died 25 Feb 1931 at age 69 in York, Ontario, Canada

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Biography

Margaret appeared in the 1871 Canada Census. The information is as follows: Surname: Harman, Given Name: Margret, Gender: Female, Age: 10, Birth Year: 1861, Place of Birth: Ontario, Religion: Protestant, Province: Ontario, District Name: York North, District Number: 43, Sub-District Name: King, Sub-District Number: a, Page Number: 68, Line Number: 7, Microfilm: C-9964, Reference: RG31 - Statistics Canada Item Number: 2914256. The household included: Timothy age 32; Amelia, age 31; Caroline, age 12; Margaret, age 10; Fletcher, age 8; Nancy, age 6; James, age 4; William age 4; Alexander age 10 months.

Margaret appears in the Canada Census of 1881. The information is as follows: Surname: HARMAN, Given Name: Margeret, Gender: F, Age: 20, Birth Year: 1861, Place of Birth: Ontario, Religion: C Methodist, Nationality: German, Province: Ontario, District Name: York North, District Number: 137, Sub-District Name: Gwillimbury North, Sub-District Number: H, Division Number: 1, Family Number: 200, Page Number: 40, Microfilm: C-13249, Reference: RG31 - Statistics Canada Item Number: 3627982. Others in the household included: Timothy age 45; Amelia, age 43; Fletcher, age 18; Nancy, age 16; William, age 14; James, age 14; Alexander, age 12; Walter, age 5; Olive, age 2.

The following information records the 1881 marriage of Margaret Harman and William Wrightman: Name: Margaret Hartman of North Gwillimbury; Age: 23, Birth Place: King twp. Ontario; Marriage Date: 13 Oct 1881 at Uxbridge, Ontario co, Ontario; Parents: Timothy & Amelia Hartman; Spouse: William H Wrightman, Blacksmith of Georgina, Age: 23, Birth Place: Pickering, Ontario, Spouse Parents: Henry & Jane Wrightman. Archives of Ontario; Series: MS932; Reel: 40.

Margaret appeared in the 1891 Canada Census. The information is as follows: Surname: Wrightman, Given Name: Margaret, Gender: Female, Age: 36, Birth Year: 1855, Marital Status: Married, Province: Ontario, District Name: York North, District Number: 131, Sub-District Name: Gwillimbury North and Snake Island, Sub-District Number: E, Family Number: 68, Reference: RG31 - Statistics Canada Item Number: 3076138. Others included on the census are: Margaret (age 30), Almeda (age 8), William (age 6), John (age 4), Charlie (age 2), Ethel (age 8 months). The family's religion is stated as Methodist. William's occupation is farmer. William, Margaret and Almeda could read and write. On the next page of the census it shows that his mother, Jane, was living with them. She was a widow.

Margaret appears in the 1901 Census of Canada. The information is as follows: Location: Snake Island, Gwillimbury North, York North, Ontario; William L Wrightman - Birth date: 18 Apr 1859 - Age: 41 Birth location: Ontario. Religion: Methodist. Occupation: farmer; Margaret Wrightman - Birth date: 2 Apr 1860 - Age: 40 - Birth location: Ontario - Religion: Methodist; Almeda Wrightman - Birth date: 16 Mar 1882 - Age: 18 - Birth location: Ontario - Religion: Methodist; William W Wrightman - Birth date: 14 Jul 1884 - Age: 16 - Birth location: Ontario - Religion: Methodist; John W Wrightman - Birth date: 5 Oct 1886 - Age: 14 - Birth location: Ontario - Religion: Methodist; Charles E Wrightman - Birth date: 27 June 1888 - Age: 12 - Birth location: Ontario - Religion: Methodist; Florence M Wrightman - Birth date: 21 Nov 1895 - Age: 5 - Birth location: Ontario - Religion: Methodist; Cora E Wrightman - Birth date: 22 Sept 1897 - Age: 3 - Birth location: Ontario - Religion: Methodist; Harman A Wrightman - Birth date: 22 Apr 1900 - Age: 1 month - Birth location: Ontario - Religion: Methodist

Appeared in the Newmarket Era, 1 Mar 1901, p. 7

"College Corner - Mrs. Timothy Harman of (unreadable) ville, is visting her sister Mrs. W. Writeman, Baldwin, Mrs. W. Young, Belhaven and Mrs. J. Rhines, Belhaven."

Margaret appears in the 1911 Canada Census. The information is as follows: Surname: Wrightman, Given Name: Margret, Gender: Female, Age: 51, Birth Year: 1860, Birth Month: April, Marital Status: Married, Place of Birth: Ontario, Relationship: Wife, Ethnic Origin: French, Province: Ontario, District Name: York North, District Number: 137, Sub-District Name: Gwillimbury East, Sub-District Number: 9, Family Number: 39, Page Number: 4, Microfilm: T-20411, Reference: RG31, Statistics Canada Item Number: 7472056. Others in the household include: William (age 52), John (age 25), Florence (age 15), Cora (age 13), Harman (age 11), Christie (age 9), Ross (age 5).

Margaret appeared n the 1921 Canada Census. The information is as follows: Surname: Wrightman, Given Name: Margarett, Gender: Female, Age: 61, Marital Status: Married, Relationship: Wife, Ethnic Origin: English, Province: Ontario, District Name: York North, District Number: 143, Sub-District Name: New Market (Town), Sub-District Number: 21, Sub-District Description: St. George's Ward - Polling Division No. 1 - Comprised of that part of the town lying on the east side of the Grand Trunk Railway.; Family Number: 24, Page Number: 2, Line Number: 34, Reference: RG31, Statistics Canada, Item Number: 4067689. The household included: William age 62; Margaret (age 61), Ross (age 15).

Margaret died in 1931. The information is as follows: Name: Margaret Jane Wrightman, Gender: Female, Age at Death: 69; Birth Date: 2 Apr. [year blank], Birth Place: Ontario, Parents: Timothy Harman - Amelia Evans Death Date:25 Feb 1931 - Death Place: East Gwillimbury, York, Ontario, Canada Cause: Coronary Thrombosis, Informant: W. H. Wrightman [husband].

She was buried in Newmarket on 28 Feb. 1931.

Margaret's obituary appeared in the Newmarket Era on 27 Feb. 1931. It states the following:

Deaths - Wrightman - In East Gwillimbury, Feb. 25th, Margaret Jane Harman, beloved wife of W. H. Wrightman, in her 70th year.

Funeral service at her late residence, Lot 17, Con. 5, East Gwillimbury, on Saturday, Feb. 28, at 2 p.m. Interment at Newmarket Cemetery.

Sources

Archives Canada. “Canada Census 1871: Margaret Harman.” Library and Archives Canada, Government of Canada, 30 May 2016, https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1871/Pages/item.aspx?itemid=2914256.

Archives Canada. “Canada Census 1881: Margaret Harman.” Library and Archives Canada, Government of Canada, 7 Apr. 2016, www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1881/Pages/item.aspx?itemid=3627982. North Gwillimbury Township, York County, Ontario, Canada.

"Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FMJX-2WZ : 11 March 2018), William H Wrightman and Margaret Hartman, 13 Oct 1881; citing registration, Uxbridge, Ontario, Canada, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,869,759.

"Ontario Births, 1869-1912," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FM8Q-NN1 : 8 August 2017), Margaret Jane Harman in entry for William Wallace Wrightman, 14 Jul 1884; citing Birth, Georgina Township, York, Ontario, Canada, citing Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,845,888.

"Ontario Births, 1869-1912," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FM8Q-NDW : 8 August 2017), Margaret Jane Harman in entry for John Walker Wrightman, 05 Oct 1886; citing Birth, Georgina Township, York, Ontario, Canada, citing Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,845,888.

"Canada Births and Baptisms, 1661-1959," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F2VJ-S7R : 27 November 2014), Margaret Jane Harmon in entry for Charles Edward Wrightman, 27 Jun 1888; citing Georgina Township, York, Ontario, Canada, 27 Jun 1888, reference cn 502165; FHL microfilm 1,871,041.

"Ontario Births, 1869-1912," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FMXQ-7G3 : 9 August 2017), Margaret Jane Harman in entry for Christina Wrightman, 15 May 1902; citing Birth, North Gwillimbury Township, York, Ontario, Canada, citing Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 2,131,248.

"Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FMFK-1QC : 11 March 2018), Henry Wrightman in entry for Marshall Bidwell Crittendon and Rachel Wrightman, 14 Feb 1870; citing registration, Pickering, Ontario County, Ontario, Canada, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,862,474.

"Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JN14-CQ3 : 11 December 2014), Margaret Jane Wrightman, 25 Feb 1931; citing East Gwillimbury Township, York, Ontario, Canada, 38424, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 2,296,543.

Newmarket Era (Newmarket, ON1861), March 1, 1901, 1 Mar 1901, p. 7. (1901, March 1). Newmarket Public Library Digital History Collection. Retrieved 2022, from https://news.ourontario.ca/newmarket/2425001/page/1240190?q=timothy+harman

Archives Canada. “Canada Census 1911: Margaret Harman.” Library and Archives Canada, Government of Canada, https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1911/Pages/item.aspx?itemid=7472056 . East Gwillimbury Township, York County, Ontario, Canada.

Archives Canada. “Canada Census 1921: Margaret Wrightman.” Library and Archives Canada, Government of Canada, 30 Aug. 2017, https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1921/Pages/item.aspx?itemid=4067689.

Ancestry.com. Canada, Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. Find A Grave: Memorial #180481114

“Newmarket Era (Newmarket, ON1861), February 27, 1931, 27 Feb 1931, p. 2 - Deaths - Wrightman - Margaret Jane Harman.” Search: Ontario Community News, Newmarket Public Library, news.ourontario.ca/newmarket/115155/page/3.

Acknowledgments

• Thanks to Ball-2533 Rae Ball for starting this profile.
• Thanks to Carla Reynolds for sharing information.