Brief Life History of Margaret
When Margaret Nicol was born on 4 August 1874, in Grey Township, Huron, Ontario, Canada, her father, Alexander Nicol, was 44 and her mother, Grace Robena Ormiston, was 27. She married Albert Ernest Walkey on 26 December 1906, in Owen Sound, Grey, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Grey, Ontario, Canada in 1901 and Manitoba, Canada in 1916. She died on 28 August 1957, in Portage La Prairie, Manitoba, Canada, at the age of 83.
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Family Time Line
Sources (10)
- Margaret Nicol in household of Mary I Nicol, "Canada Census, 1901"
- Margaret Nicol, "Ontario Births, 1869-1910"
- Margaret Nichol, "Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927"
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World Events (6)
1883 · Mining Boom
In 1883, there was a mining boom in Northern Ontario when mineral deposits were found near Sudbury. Thomas Flanagan was the blacksmith for the Canadian Pacific Railway that noticed the deposits in the river.
1886 · First Workmen's Comp Act
In 1886, Ontario passed its first Workmen's Compensation Act. This was in response to the number of railway workers that were being injured.
1906 · Hydro-Electric of Ontario
Ontario Hydro was established in 1906. It is the Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario.
Name Meaning
Scottish: variant of Nichol .
Breton (rarely Le Nicol), French, and German: from a shortened form of a personal name, Breton and French Nicolas , German Nikolaus (see Nicholas ).
In some cases also an American shortened (and altered) form of Greek Nikolas , its variant Nicolas , or of any of various derivatives of the personal name Nikola(o)s ‘Nicholas’, including Nikolis (see Nicoli ). Compare Nichol and Nicola .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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