Brief Life History of Margaret Wilhelmina
When Margaret Wilhelmina Howland was born on 14 December 1907, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, her father, Joseph Anthony Howland, was 27 and her mother, Jessie Todd Butchart, was 31. She married Walter Balfour on 11 August 1939, in Leven, Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in York, Ontario, Canada in 1911. She died on 13 December 1985, in Fearn, Ross-shire, Scotland, United Kingdom, at the age of 77, and was buried in Balintore, Highland, Scotland, United Kingdom.
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- Margret W Howland in household of Joseph A Howland, "Canada Census, 1911"
- Margaret Wilhelmina Howland, "Ontario Births, 1869-1912"
- Margaret W Howland, "Find A Grave Index"
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1908
London, United Kingdom hosts Summer Olympic Games.
1913 · Leith dockers strike 1913
The Leith dockers strike was a strike that brought the town of Leith to a standstill after dock workers demanded an increase in pay, better working conditions, and shorter hours. The strike had an effect on the local community by not allowing trade to flow smoothly out of the docks. There totaled around 4,600 people a part of the strikes and riots but it ended near the middle of August with no demands met. since then two more strikes would happen at the same location, once in 1983 and, most recently, in 1989.
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.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Holland .
Americanized form of Norwegian Hovland .
History: Howland was the name of three Quaker brothers, original settlers in Marshfield, MA. They were from Huntingdonshire, England. The eldest, John Howland (c. 1593–1672) was a passenger on the Mayflower, servant to Gov. John Carver, who died in the first winter at Plymouth Colony.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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