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Margaret (Young) Naismith (abt. 1834 - 1870)

Margaret Naismith formerly Young
Born about in Ramsay, Lanark, Upper Canadamap
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of — married 19 Jan 1858 in Leeds And Grenville, Ontario, Canadamap
Descendants descendants
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Died at about age 36 in Québec, Canadamap
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Biography

Margaret, born in Ramsay, Lanark, Upper Canada [1]about 1834, was the daughter of Robert and Annie Young. In 1861 she and her husband James Naismith lived in Ramsay Twp, Lanark County, Canada West (Ontario), where John worked as a carpenter. They lived in a house on Robert Young's farm with their seven-year-old daughter, Ann.[2]After moving to Quebec, Margaret and John both died of typhoid fever in 1870, leaving three young children, Annie, James and Robert.[3][4]

Research Notes

Margaret's son James Naismith married on 19 June 1894 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States.[5]

Sources

  1. "Canada Marriages, 1661-1949," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F2LV-918 : 5 December 2014), John Naismith and Margaret Young, 19 Jan 1858; citing Leeds And Grenville, Ontario, reference p 21; FHL microfilm 1,030,059.
  2. Census of Canada West 1861
  3. Almonte Gazette, July 30, 1970
  4. Daly, Brian J. Canada's Other Game. Dundurn, 2013, p. 16
  5. Marriage of son James Naismith: "Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1925"
    citing Digital film/folder number: 004273750; FHL microfilm: 480792; Record number: 33; Packet letter: J
    FamilySearch Record: FHCQ-6T3 (accessed 25 December 2023)
    Margaret Young's son James Naismith marriage on 19 Jun 1894 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States.




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