Brief Life History of Margaret Ann
When Margaret Ann Matheson was born on 25 December 1871, in Nova Scotia, Canada, her father, James Matheson, was 43 and her mother, Johanna Jessom, was 29. She had at least 2 sons and 1 daughter with Harry Hannibal Blewett. She immigrated to United States in 1890 and lived in Lingan, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada for about 10 years and Auburn Election Precinct 5, King, Washington, United States in 1900. She died on 6 March 1936, in Seattle, King, Washington, United States, at the age of 64, and was buried in Iowa, United States.
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- Margaret Mathisn in household of James Mathison, "Canada Census, 1881"
- Margaret Ann Matheson Blewett, "Find A Grave Index"
- Margaret Ann Blewett, "United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011"
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1872 · The Amnesty Act
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1889 · Washington Becomes a State
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Name Meaning
Scottish: patronymic from a short form of the personal name Matthew .
Scottish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Mathghamhna, Mac Mathghamhuin, abbreviated to Mac Mhathain ‘son of Mathghamhain’, a personal name literally meaning ‘good calf’, a kenning for ‘bear’. Compare Irish McMahon , Mahoney .
History: In Scotland, this is the name of a Highland clan associated with the area around Lochalsh.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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