Margaret (McCallum) Johnson (1797 - 1891)

Born 1797 in Argyll and Bute, Scotland

Descendants

Died 8 Nov 1891 at about age 94 in Wallaceburg, Sombra, Kent, Ontario, Canada

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Biography

Margaret, born in Scotland in 1797,^[1] was the daughter of original Lord Selkirk settlers Donald McCallum and Mary Morrison. She was the sister of

• Hugh (Lydia Ward of Port Huron, Michigan),
• Isabella (William Harson of Harson's Island),
• Flora (Angus Mcdougall),
• Emily,
• Anna (George Little). Annie died in 1870 at age 71 and was buried on her farm in a family plot. At the time of her death, the farm was owned by her grandson George Mickle.

Margaret married James Johnson on Feb 17, 1817. They lived on Lot #3 1st concession of Sombra (North Gore of Chatham at Johnson's Bend).^{[2] [3]}

She died in 1891.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ "Ontario Census, 1861," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQ7X-ZS9 : 5 September 2017), Margaret Johnson, Gore, Kent, Ontario, Canada; citing p. 71, line 47; Library and Archives Canada film number C-1038-1039, Public Archives, Toronto; FHL microfilm 2,435,858.
2. ↑ Lauriston, Victor “Romantic Kent: More than Three Centuries of History 1626-1952”, Chamberlain Press, Chatham Ontario (1952), p 53
3. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/69888178/margaret-johnson : accessed 27 August 2021), memorial page for Margaret McCallum Johnson (1797–8 Nov 1891), Find A Grave: Memorial #69888178, citing Riverview Cemetery, Wallaceburg, Chatham-Kent Municipality, Ontario, Canada ; Maintained by Tulips (contributor 47204949) .
4. ↑ "Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JNJ9-TXH : 27 April 2019), Margaret Johnson, 08 Nov 1891; citing Ontario, Canada, 7412, Registrar General. Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,853,537.