Magnus Fidlar1,2

#1170, (1845 - 1930)
FatherJohn Fidlar3 (1804 - a 1881)
MotherElizabeth Harvey3 (1811 - 1882)
Extended Family
ChartsDescendants of Magnus Fidlar & Janet Irvine

Life Events

BirthMagnus Fidlar was born on 16 Jul 1845 in Ontario.4
 
(with Parents) 1861 CensusMagnus appeared on the 1861 Census of Marmora Township, Hastings County, Ontario with his parents. He was 15 years old, born in Canada, Church of Scotland, and attended school that year.1 
(Witness) Marriage Magnus Fidler of Marmora witnessed the marriage of William Inkster and his sister Janet Irvine Fidlar on 19 Oct 1870 in Madoc, Hastings County, Ontario.5
William Inkster & Janet Irvine Fidlar
marriage
19 October 1870 in Madoc, Ontario
(with Parents) 1871 CensusMagness Fidler [sic] appeared on the 1871 Census of Marmora Township, Hastings County, Ontario with his parents. He was 24, born in Ontario, Free Presbyterian, and a farmer.2 
(with Parents) 1881 CensusMagnus Fidlar appeared on the 1881 Census of Marmora Township, Hastings County, Ontario with his parents. He was 34 years old, single, born in Ontario, a farmer, and Presbyterian.3 
Residence In 1884, brothers Magnus Fidlar and James Harvey Fidlar lived in Concession 5 Lot 15, Shanick, Marmora Township, Hastings County, Ontario.6 
(Sibling) 1891 CensusMagnus Fidlar appeared on the 1891 Census of Marmora Township, Hastings County, Ontario, in the household of his brother James. Magnus was 47, born in Ontario, parents born in Scotland, religion Presbyterian, and was a farmer. Neither his marital status nor relationship to the head of the household was recorded.7 
(Sibling) 1901 CensusMagnus Fidlar appeared on the 1901 Census of Marmora, Hastings County, Ontario, in his brother James' household. Magnus was 55 years old, single, born 16 July 1845 in rural Ontario, working as a farmer on his own account, and not able to read or write.4 
1921 CensusMagnus Fiddler [sic] appeared on the 1921 Census of Marmora Township, Hastings County, Ontario. He was a lodger with the Chas Jones family. Magnus was single, age 77, born in Ontario, parents born in Scotland, Presbyterian, and a farmer.8 
DeathMagnus died on 26 Jul 1930 in House of Refuge, Thurlow Township, Hastings County, Ontario.
Information from certificate: male, Irish, single, born Ontario July 16, 1845, age 85 yrs 10 days, laborer, resided in Thurlow Township for 2 years, parents' names not known. The informant was the Superintendent of the Refuge and the cause of death dropsy of duration 3 months. Burial in Marmora, Ontario.9
Magnus Fidlar
Death Certificate
BurialHe was buried in Marmora.9 
Last Edited23 Jun 2014

Citations

  1. 1861 Census for Canada. Image from Library and Archives Canada viewed at Ancestry.com. Canada West, Hastings County, Marmora & Lake Township (1), page 14.
  2. 1871 Census for Canada. Image from Library and Archives Canada viewed at Ancestry.com. Ontario, Hastings North (62), Marmora & Lake (d-1), page 18.
  3. 1881 Census for Canada. Image from Library and Archives Canada viewed at Ancestry.com. Ontario, North Hastings (122), Township of Marmora & Lake (f-1), page 15.
  4. 1901 Census for Canada. Image from Library and Archives Canada viewed at Ancestry.com. Hastings (71), Marmora & Lake (j-2), page 15, line 5.
  5. Marriage Registrations of Ontario, 1857-1928. Image viewed at Ancestry.com. Inkster/Fidler, 1870, page 240.
  6. The Union Publishing Company The Union Publishing Co's Farmers' and Business Directory, for the Counties of Frontenac, Hastings, Leeds, Lennox, Addington and Prince Edward. 1884-5, Union Publishing Co., Ingersoll, (1884) (Archives of Canada (online), www.collectionscanada.ca) "page 106."
  7. 1891 Census for Canada. Image from Library and Archives Canada viewed at Ancestry.com. Ontario, Hastings North (74), Marmora & Lake Township (j-2), page 20.
  8. 1921 Census for Canada. Image from Library and Archives Canada viewed at Ancestry.com. Ontario, Hastings West, SD 7, Page 5.
  9. Death Registrations of Ontario, 1869-1938. Image viewed at Ancestry.com. Magnus Fidler, #018874-30.