Florrie (Prestidge) Hawkrigg

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Biography

CENSUS INFORMATION:' In the 1921 Canadian Census, she is listed as Florence Maud Prestidge, aged 3 and born in Ontario. She is living at 177 Gavan Ave, York Township, Ontario, Canada, with her parents, 3 brothers and 3 sisters. (District: York South, District Number: 144, Sub-district: York (Township), Sub-District Number: 29, Ontario).

GENERAL NOTES: Known as Florrie or Flo. Daughter of Daniel Alf and Rosina Matilda.

Florence Prestidge in the U.S., Index to Alien Arrivals at Canadian Atlantic and Pacific Seaports, 1904-1944:
Name: Florence Prestidge
Age: 4
Birth Year: abt 1918
Arrival Year: 1922
Arrival Country: USA.

MARRIAGES: First marriage: She grew up in East York, Toronto where she met and married Albert Argall. Florence and Albert had four children. This Argall family ran a greenhouse business at O'Connor and St.Clair Ave. The family home was in Islington, Ontario. A son, Johnny was born at home on the kitchen table. The house still stands.

Canada, Voters Lists, 1935-1980 about Mrs Albert Argall:
Name: Mrs Albert Argall
Location: York, Ontario
Electoral District: York East
Year: 1940.

Second marriage: She remarried in 1950 to Nelson Hawkrigg; they had no other children. They lived in Islington to 1960 .

Mrs Florence Hawkrigg in the Canada, Voters Lists, 1935-1980:
Name: Mrs Florence Hawkrigg
Year: 1957 Location: York, Ontario, Canada
Electoral District: York West.

Florence Hawkrigg in the Canada, Voters Lists, 1935-1980: Name: Florence Hawkrigg
Occupation: Grader
Year: 1958
Location: York, Ontario, Canada
Electoral District: York West.

Mrs Florence Hawkrigg in the Canada, Voters Lists, 1935-1980:
Name: Mrs Florence Hawkrigg
Year: 1962
Location: York, Ontario, Canada
Electoral District: York Centre.

Florence Hawkrigg in the Canada, Voters Lists, 1935-1980:
Name: Florence Hawkrigg
Residence: RRl Kettleby
Year: 1965
Location: York, Ontario, Canada
Electoral District: York North.

Mrs Florence Hawkrigg in the Canada, Voters Lists, 1935-1980:
Name: Mrs Florence Hawkrigg
Year: 1968
Location: York: Simcoe, Ontario, Canada
Electoral District: York-Simcoe.

Mrs N Hawkrigg in the Canada, Voters Lists, 1935-1980:
Name: Mrs N Hawkrigg
Year: 1974
Location: York: Simcoe, Ontario, Canada
Electoral District: York-Simcoe.

Then Nels and Florence moved to a small farm in Pottageville, Ontario, where they raised my sister's (Carolyn) child. They lived there till he died in 1983, then she sold the farm and moved in with son, John, and his wife, Sharon, in Malton, Ontario. She moved again to Orillia, Ontario in 1999; she lived there till she passed away in North Bay hospital in 2006.

DEATH: Florence lived in Orillia until she passed away in North Bay hospital in 2006.

OBITUARY: Florence Hawkrigg in the Web: Obituary Daily Times Index, 1995-Current:
Name: Florence Hawkrigg
Age at Death: 89
Birth Date: Abt 1917
Death Date: abt 2006
Death Place: North Bay, ON
Publication or Record Date: 22 Nov 2006
Publication or Record Place: United States.

Obituary: HAWKRIGG, Florence "Flo" ( ); 89; North Bay ON; Toronto Star; 2006-11-22*JB.

BURIAL: She is buried in Caledon, East Ontario, Canada.

Sources

• Argall One-name Study.