Margaret Vernwery

Female20 August 1817–20 April 1862

Brief Life History of Margaret

Margaret Vernwery was born on 20 August 1817, in Ontario, Canada. She married Henry Joseph Crosson in 1835. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters. She died on 20 April 1862, in Thornhill, York, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 44, and was buried in Kleinburg, York, Canada West, British Colonial America.

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Family Time Line

Henry Joseph Crosson
1809–1870
Margaret Vernwery
1817–1862
Marriage: 1835
Elizabeth CROSSON
1837–
Mary F. CROSSON
1839–
Sarah A. CROSSON
1842–1932
William CROSSON
1843–
John CROSSON
1844–1921
Joseph Crosson
1848–1930
Jacob CROSSON
1848–1927
Margaret Amelia Crosson
1851–1902
Harriett CROSSON
1854–1862
Henry CROSSON
1858–

Sources (7)

  • Margaret Van Nexery in entry for Jacob Crosson, "Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947"
  • Margaret in entry for Henry Crosson and Willemina F Campbell, "Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927"
  • Margaret in entry for Joseph Crosson and Ellen Whitmore, "Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    1835
  • Children (10)

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    Name Meaning

    An extremely common given name from the Middle Ages onwards, derived via Old French Marguerite and Latin Margarita from Greek Margarītēs, from margaron ‘pearl’, a word ultimately of Hebrew origin. The name was always understood to mean ‘pearl’ throughout the Middle Ages. The first St Margaret was martyred at Antioch in Pisidia during the persecution instigated by the Emperor Diocletian in the early 4th century. However, there is some doubt about her name, as the same saint is venerated in the Orthodox Church as Marina . There were several other saintly bearers of the name, including St Margaret of Scotland ( d. 1093 ), wife of King Malcolm Canmore and daughter of Edmund Ironside of England. It was also the name of the wife of Henry VI of England, Margaret of Anjou ( 1430–82 ), and of Margaret Tudor ( 1489–1541 ), sister of Henry VIII , who married James IV of Scotland and ruled as regent there after his death. See also Margery , Marjorie .

    Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.

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