Margaret Henderson

Brief Life History of Margaret

When Margaret Henderson was born on 16 July 1854, in Moncton, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada, her father, John Henderson, was 40 and her mother, Sarah J Trites, was 23. She married George Albert Read on 31 December 1873, in Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada in 1901. She died on 11 November 1937, in Sackville, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada, at the age of 83, and was buried in Four Corners Burying Ground, Upper Sackville, Sackville Town, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada.

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Family Time Line

George Albert Read
1849–1912
Margaret Henderson
1854–1937
Marriage: 31 December 1873
Herbert Stanley Read
1874–1939
Alice Grace Read
1875–1956
George Edward Read
1880–1935
Catherine Amelia Read
1884–1975
Walter Ross Read
1888–1896
William Leslie Read
1896–1966

Sources (22)

  • Margret Read in household of George Read, "Canada Census, 1881"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Margaret Henderson - Government record: Census record: birth: 16 July 1855; Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada
  • Margaret Henderson, "Canada Marriages, 1661-1949"

World Events (5)

1867 · British North America Act

The British North America Act or Constitution Act of 1867 caused three British colonies, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Canada to be united as one under the name Canada. Until this point New Brunswick had been the British crown colony.

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1880 · Legislature in Fredericton Destoryed by Fire

On February 25, 1880, the legislature building in Frederiction was destroyed by fire. The builiding was completely made of wood meaning that there was nothing left of it. The chair that the speaker used and a marble top table were all that remained.

Name Meaning

English and Scottish: usually from Middle English and Older Scots Hener(i)son ‘Henry's son’, occasionally from Middle English Hendeson ‘son of Hen’, a pet form of Henry , both with an intrusive -d-. Compare Hendrie . In Scotland Henderson was sometimes substituted for McKendrick .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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