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Melvina Maria (Strang) Whiting (1848 - 1903)

Melvina Maria Whiting formerly Strang aka McArthur Davis
Born in New Brunswickmap
Ancestors ancestors
Daughter of and
Sister of , , , , , [half], [half], [half], [half], [half], [half], [half], [half] and [half]
Wife of — married 1 Jul 1865 in Prince Edward Island, British North Americamap
Wife of — married 30 May 1883 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United Statesmap
Wife of — married 1 Sep 1898 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United Statesmap
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Mother of , , , , , , , , and
Died at about age 55 in Somerville, Massachusettsmap
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Biography

Melvina was born in 1848 in Bay Verte, New Brunswick, the daughter of George Strang and Sarah Trerice. [1] Her mother died when she was 2, and her father married Emeline Gooden. [2] Melvina, age 13, was living in Westmorland, New Brunswick with her father and step-mother in 1861.[3]

She and Matthias were married 1 July 1865 in Prince Edward Island [4]. In 1867, they registered the death of their son George, in Cambridge Mass. They were living with their two daughters in 1870, in Cambridge. Melvina was age 23, and both she and Matthias were born in Nova Scotia. [5]

Melvina McArthur, a widow, the daughter of George and Sarah, married Nahum Davis on 30 May 1883 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. [6] Melvina Maria Strang Davis married Charles Whiting in 1898. [7]

Melvina died 14 January 1903. [8] Her parents were George Strang and Sarah Terris on this record.


Sources

  1. ↑ "New Brunswick Provincial Marriages 1789-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVBF-VKC4 : 6 March 2015), George Strang and Sarah Trerice, 13 Jul 1837; citing Westmorland, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada, p. 39, Provincial Archives of New Brunswick, Fredericton; FHL microfilm 846,409.
  2. ↑ "New Brunswick Provincial Marriages 1789-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVBF-VGPM : 6 March 2015), George Strang and Emeline Gooden, 13 Jun 1850; citing Westmorland, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada, p. 378, Provincial Archives of New Brunswick, Fredericton; FHL microfilm 846,409.
  3. ↑ Mulvina Strang, Library and Archives Canada; Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Census Returns For 1861; Roll: C-1006
  4. ↑ "Prince Edward Island Marriage Registers, 1832-1888," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939X-319R-R?cc=1827167&wc=MXMW-7MS%3A161346601 : 6 March 2015), Marriages 1862-1867 > image 206 of 344; Public Archives, Charlottetown.
  5. ↑ Year: 1870; Census Place: Cambridge Ward 5, Middlesex, Massachusetts; Roll: M593_624; Page: 698B; Image: 110823; Family History Library Film: 552123
  6. ↑ Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Marriage Records, 1840-1915 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013.
  7. ↑ Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Marriage Records, 1840-1915 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013.
  8. ↑ Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Death Records, 1841-1915 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013.


  • 1861 Census for Westmorland Co, NB Note: Rells C-1006
  • 1881 census for Canada (electronic transcript) Church of Latter Day Saints (2002)
  • Information from Gloria (Strang) Pruyne
  • 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 1854 rolls
  • 1881 Census of Canada [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2009. 1881 Canada Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints © Copyright 1999 Original data: Canada. "Census of Canada, 1881." Statistics Canada Fonds, Record Group 31-C-1. LAC microfilm C-13162 to C-13286. Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa.
  • Massachusetts, Marriage Records, 1840-1915 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013. Original data: Massachusetts Vital Records, 1840–1911. New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital Records, 1911–1915. New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts.




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