Mary McPherson
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Mary McPherson (abt. 1851 - 1903)

Mary McPherson
Born about in Cape North, Victoria, Nova Scotia, Canadamap
Ancestors ancestors
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died at about age 52 in Uigg, Queens, Prince Edward Island, Canadamap
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Biography

Mary was born about 1851. She was the daughter of William McPherson and Margaret McLeod. Mary left Cape North before 1891 and moved in with her uncle John Norman McLeod at Uigg, Prince Edward Island as his housekeeper.[1] and [2] Mary lived there until she passed away in 1903.[3] Mary is commemorated on her grandparents' gravestone in Uigg Baptist Cemetery.

Sources

1871 Census of Canada, Cape North, Victoria, Nova Scotia, Peggy McPherson, age 47, born Scotland with husband William McPherson, 52, born Scotland and 9 children [[4]] and [[5]] retrieved from Library and Archives Canada website 2016

1881 Census of Canada, Cape North, Victoria, Nova Scotia, Margaret McPherson, age 55, widow, lives with John McPherson, married man, age 54, farmer and her children Mary, 30, Malcolm, 23, Ann, 20 [[6]] and Norman, 19, farmer, Rachel, 15, and Catherine,11 [[7]] pages retrieved June 2016 from Library and Archives Canada website.


  1. 1891 Census of Canada, Prince Edward Island, Queen's Lot 50 Original image online at Library and Archives Canada [1]
  2. 1901 Census of Canada, Prince Edward Island, Queen's County, Township 50 online at Library and Archives Canada[2] Inexplicably, the enumerator listed her as a much younger age, born in PEI. However, she was the only Mary McPherson who lived in Uigg in 1901 so this has to be the same Mary referred to in the 1891 Census and on the gravestone.
  3. "Prince Edward Island Church Records, 1777-1985." Images. FamilySearch. http://FamilySearch.org : 14 June 2016. Parishes, Prince Edward Island. Orwell Head, United Church of Canada, Deaths, Burials 1887-1965, p. 344 shows the death of Mary McPherson of Uigg who was born in Cape North, Nova Scotia. [[3]]




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