Margaret Lennox McLaurin1

#23405, (1892 - )
FatherLewis King McLaurin1 (1853 - 1927)
MotherMargaret Steel Graham1 (1853 - 1934)
Relationship4th great-granddaughter of James Graham
Extended Family
ChartsJames Graham & Agnes Finlayson - collapsible 7-generation descendant chart

Life Events

BirthMargaret Lennox McLaurin was born in Feb 1892 in Quebec.
[Although the 1911 census gave her birth year as 1891, she was not with her parents in the 1891 census so the year is more likely 1892]2 
(Subject) Photograph3
(with Parents) 1911 CensusMargaret appeared on the 1911 Census of Lachine, Quebec with her parents. She was 19, born February 1891 in Quebec, no occupation.2 
MarriageShe married Cavie Percy Howard on 26 Sep 1917 in St Andrew Presbyterian, Lachine, Quebec.
Details from the register: Cavie Percy Howard, banker of the city of Lachine, son of the late Dr James Herbert Howard and Matilda Amelie Ogilvie, bachelor;
Margaret Lennox MacLaurin, daughter of Lewis King MacLaurin, lumberman & Margaret Steele Graham, spinster.
They were both of full age and the witnesses were Louise Howard and T G McLaurin [Margaret's brother].1 
(Mentioned) NewspaperUncle and aunt Mr and Mrs C Howard of McGregor Lake were mentioned in the newspaper story about the death of Margaret's nephew Cedric King MacLaurin on 6 Jul 1939.4 
(Widowed) DeathHer husband Cavie Percy died on 22 Sep 1940, only one week after they had retired to Vancouver, British Columbia.5,6 
(Mentioned) ObituaryA surviving sister, Mrs C P Howard of Westmount was mentioned in John McLaurin's 1941 obituary.7 
Last Edited12 Mar 2012

Citations

  1. [S2457] Parish Registers of St Andrew Presbyterian, Lachine, Quebec. Drouin Collection. Image viewed at Ancestry.com, Marriage of Cavie Percy Howard & Margaret Lennox McLaurin, 1917.
  2. [S951] 1911 Census for Canada. Image from Library and Archives Canada viewed at Ancestry.com. Quebec, Jacques-Cartier (162), subdistrict 20, page 15.
  3. [S2615] E-mails from Alison McLaurin Turnbull to J Kolthammer.
  4. [S2485] The Ottawa Citizen, "C.K. MacLaurin Dies of Injuries After Road Mishap", 6 July 1939, page 4. Image viewed at Google news archives.
  5. [S2372] The Windsor Daily Star, Cavie Percy Howard death, 25 Sep 1940, Sports section, page 2. Image viewed at Google news archives.
  6. [S2217] Family Search Record Search Indexes to British Columbia Deaths, 1872-1986, viewed online, Cavie Percy Howard, #1940-5057.
  7. [S2470] Obituary of John McLaurin in the Ottawa Citizen, 9 July 1941. Digitized copy viewed on Google news archive.