Person:Margaret White (88)

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Margaret (Maggie) White
  • HJames Stewart1844 - 1915
  • WMargaret (Maggie) White1844 - 1921
m. 26 Apr 1873
Facts and Events
Name Margaret (Maggie) White
Alt Name Maggie White
Gender Female
Birth? 30 Jun 1844 Tyrone, Livingston, Michigan, United States
Marriage 26 Apr 1873 Iosco, Michigan, United Statesto James Stewart
Death? 12 Dec 1921 Goderich, Huron, Ontario, Canada
Burial? Goderich, Huron, Ontario, CanadaMaitland Cemetery

Name and Relationships

Name: Margaret White. She was called Maggie and is listed as such in several documents. Source is her 1921 death registration.

Parents: Alfred White and Nancy Beidelman. Source is Margaret's 1921 death registration.

Spouse: James Stewart. Source is their grave marker, Maitland Cemetery, Goderich, Ontario and their 1873 marriage registration.

Personal History

1873 - Marriage: On April 26, 1873, Maggie White 28, married James Stewart 28, Carpenter, in Iosco County, Michigan, USA. The marriage registration listed his birth location as Ireland and hers as Michigan, USA. He resided in Goderich, Ontario and she in Tawas City, Iosco County, Michigan, USA. Witnesses were William Wilkins, Tawas City and Augusta Bowman. Source is their 1873 marriage registration, Iosco County, Michigan.

1921 - Census: In 1921, Margaret Stewart 76, widow, Housekeeper, was living on Arthur St, Town of Goderich, Huron. She was born in the USA and immigrated in 1870. Source is 1921 Census of Canada, Town of Goderich, Huron North, Ontario. P 6.

1921 - Death and Burial: Margaret (listed as Maggie) Stewart 70, housewife, widow, died December 12, 1921 in Goderich, Huron, Ontario. She was born in Tyrone Township, Michigan. Her father was Alfred White, born in New York State, and her mother was Nancy Beidelman, born in New York State. Informant was her sister, Mrs. Deb Batchelor, Oak Grove, Michigan. Margaret died of apoplexy (stroke). She was buried in Maitland Cemetery, Goderich, Ontario. Source is her 1921 death registration, Goderich, Ontario, P 142.

Grave Marker: In loving memory of JAMES STEWART 1844-1915 MARGARET WHITE his bel'd wife 1851-1921. Maitland Cemetery, Goderich Township, Huron County, Ontario.

From Ancestry.ca Public Trees

Bio

Birth: Jun. 30, 1844 Livingston County, Michigan, USA

Death: Dec. 12, 1921, Goderich, Ontario, Canada

Margaret "Maggie" married James Stewart, an Irish carpenter, who immigrated to America in 1865 with his brothers.

Daughter of Albert E. White and Nancy Beidelman of Livingston, Michigan. USA.

Following her marriage to James Stewart, she went to Huron County, Ontario, Canada. Maggie renounced her American citizenship and became a citizen of Canada. Maggie and James met in Tawas MI when Maggie was visiting with her sister Adelia Malvira (White) Rodman.

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