Born about in New Lairg, Pictou, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Ancestors 
Daughter of Duncan Matheson
and Jane Matheson
Sister of
Elizabeth (Matheson) Ross, Catherine (Matheson) Fraser, William Matheson, Neil Matheson, Georgena (Matheson) Fraser, Christina (Matheson) McDonald, Margaret (Matheson) McLeod, Hugh Donald Matheson, Duncan Matheson and John James Matheson
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died before
before about age 63
in Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada [uncertain]
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Biography
Nancy was born about 1828, likely at New Lairg, to Duncan Matheson and Jane Matheson.
On April 19, 1844 Christian Matheson of New Lairg made her will. She made bequeathments to her family members, including her niece by her brother Duncan, Ann.[1]
Nancy married John McArthur of Wikins Grant, and they later moved to Cumberland Co.[2][3] They had:
- Duncan, b. abt. 1851[4]
- Jane, b. abt. 1853[4]
- Christy, b. abt. 1855[4]
- Alexander, b. abt. 1858[4]
- Margaret, b. abt. 1860[4]
- Bessie, b. abt. 1864[4]
- Cyrus, b. abt. 1866[4]
- Mary A., b. abt. 1868[4]
In 1871, Nancy is enumerated with her husband and their children in the Pugwash polling district.[4] Her husband is a widower in the 1891 census.[5]
Research Notes
Duncan and Jane Matheson's family is mentioned in Ward's Farms and Farmers series in segments on their grandsons Charles H. Matheson (son of William),[2] and C. Tupper Matheson (son of Neil).[3] Nancy (the aunt of the featured farmers) is mentioned as marrying John McArthur of Wilkins Grant, and later of Cumberland Co.
Sources
- ↑ Pictou County, Nova Scotia. Registry of Probate, Original Estate Papers, no. 368 "Christian Matheson", will of Christian Matheson. Digital images of microfilm. FamilySearch, DGS film, 007503930.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Ward: The Free Lance, September 5, 1919, "Hopewell & Foxwell Brook", p. 5 "Charles H. Matheson"
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Ward: The Free Lance, September 3, 1919, "Wilkins Grant & Lansdowne", p. 4 "C. Tupper. Matheson"
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8 1871 Census of Canada, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Schedule No. 1 Return of the Living, Pugwash, p. 78, ED 198, Sub C, Div. 2, household 259, family "McArthur, John", lines 10-19. Digital images of microfilm. Library and Archives Canada, (http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/)
- ↑ 1891 Census of Canada, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Schedule No. 1 Return of the Living, Victoria, p. 18, ED 30 , Sub P, household 88, family "McArthur, John", lines 9-14. Digital images of microfilm. Library and Archives Canada, (http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/)
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