Brief Life History of Margaret Emily
When Margaret Emily Blackstock was born on 5 December 1888, in Algoma, Ontario, Canada, her father, Thomas Blackstock, was 33 and her mother, Margaret Jane Mac Leod, was 31. She married Martin Beaton on 21 December 1910, in Plummer, Plummer Additional Township, Algoma, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She died on 22 February 1984, in Thessalon, Algoma, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 95, and was buried in Rydal Bank, Plummer Additional Township, Algoma, Ontario, Canada.
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- Margaret E Blackstock in household of Geo A Blackstock, "Canada Census, 1901"
- Margaret Emily Blackstock, "Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927"
- Marget E Beaton in household of Martin Beaton, "Canada Census, 1911"
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World Events (6)
1906 · Hydro-Electric of Ontario
Ontario Hydro was established in 1906. It is the Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario.
1934 · Dionne Quintuplets Born
Born on May 28, 1934, the Dionne quintuplets were the first set of quintuplets to survive infancy. The five girls were born two months prematuare and months later were taken from their parents by the Red Cross. In the 1940s they were returned to their family.
1943 · Conservative Party Wins Ontario Election
George A. Drew was the leader of the Progressive Conservative Party. In 1943, they won the Ontario election.
Name Meaning
Scottish: believed to be from a lost or unidentified minor place in Scotland, probably named from Middle English blak(e) ‘black, dark’ + stok ‘stump, stock’.
English: perhaps also occasionally from a place so called in England, such as Blackstock Farm in Hellingly (Sussex), named with Old English blæc ‘black, dark’ + stoc ‘stump, stock’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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