Margaret Armstrong^[1]

1842 - 1923  (80 years)

• Name	Margaret Armstrong
  Born	23 Dec 1842	, Scotland   [2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Female
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/171169930
  Name	Margaret Rodger
  Residence	1921	Greenfield (Reidsville), North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo County, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  Residence	1923	North Dumfries Concession 09 Lot 37, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-134067
  Died	8 May 1923	North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 6]
  	Cause: Cause: Bronchopneumonia
  Buried	11 May 1923	Ayr Cemetery, Ayr, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 4]
  Person ID	I134067	Generations
  Last Modified	6 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	John Armstrong,   b. Abt 1808, of, Minnigaff, , Wigtown, Scotland ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Jane McDowell,   b. Abt 1808, of, Minnigaff, , Wigtown, Scotland ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F43289	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Peter Rodger,   b. CALC 28 Jan 1823, , Scotland ,   d. 28 Nov 1893, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age ~ 70 years)
  Married	1 Jul 1866	Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Children	1. James Rodger,   b. 1869, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1 Mar 1941, Grimsby, , Lincolnshire, England  (Age 72 years)   2. Margaret Jane "Jane" Rodger,   b. 28 Jun 1871, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 16 Jan 1933, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 61 years)   3. Jessie Ellen Rodger,   b. Between 1875 and 1876, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F48995	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Died in North Dumfries, on Tuesday, May 8th 1923, at 12 o'clock p.m. Margaret Armstrong relict of the late Peter Rodger in her 82nd year. The funeral will take place from the residence of her son-in-law, John Myers, lot 37, Con. 9, North Dumfries, on Friday, May 11, at 2.30 p. m., to the Ayr Cemetery. Funeral Card _____________ Mrs. Rodger, notice of whose death was briefly mentioned last week, was born in Scotland and came to Canada at the age of about 18, locating in Blenheim, where, some seven years later, she was joined in wedlock with the late Peter Rodger. Her maiden name was Margaret Armstrong. All her life in this country she spent in Blenheim, with the exception of a few years in Ayr and Greenfield. In religion she was a staunch Presbyterian, being a consistent member of Stanley Street Church before the union, and took an intelligent interest in everything pertaining to the spiritual and moral welfare of mankind. Deceased's family comprises six sons and two daughters. They are John and William, Manitoba; James, Ayr; Andrew, Mowat and Albert, Sask.; Mrs. Jas. Smart, Richwood; Mrs. Jno. Myers, Greenfield. Three sisters and a brother also survive, viz.: Mrs. Muir and Mrs. Ross, Paris; Mrs. Wm. Reid, Australia; Thos. Armstrong, Woodstock. The late Mrs. Gourlay of Ayr was also a sister. The funeral on Friday was largely attended, interment being made in the Ayr cemetery, and Rev. J. J. Brown conducting the service. The pallbearers were six nephews - John, Robert, Peter and Alex. Gourlay, David Rodger and Robert Ross. The Ayr News May 17 1923 pg 1

  
  

• Sources

  [S3108] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 18961-08. James Alfonso Smart, 25, occ. Farmer, b. Blenheim Oxford, res. Caistorville, son of Robert Smart and Ettie Melick, married Jessie Ellen Rodger, 32, b. Blenheim, res. Ayr, daughter of Peter Rodgers (Sic) and Margaret Armstrong, Witn: Andrew Rodgers of Ayr and Estelle Smart of Caistorville, 11 March 1908 At Ayr [S367] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Ayr - Ayr Public CC#4489 Internet Link . [Front/East] M. Armstrong/ wife of/ Peter Rodgers/ 1842 - 1923/ James Rodger [sic]/ 1869 - 1941/ Rodgers/ [Left/South] Peter Rodgers/ died/ Nov. 28th 1893/ aged/ 71 years/ 10 Mos [S58] Vit - ON, Oxford - Oxford County Marriage Register 1858-1869. Margaret Armstrong Age: 23 Birth Date: abt 1843 Birth Place: Scotland Marriage Date: 1 Jul 1866 Marriage County or District: Oxford Father: John Armstrong Mother: Jane McDonell Spouse: Peter Rogers Spouse's Age: 40 Spouse Birth Date: abt 1826 Spouse Birth Place: Scotland Spouse Residence: Blenheim Township Spouse Father: John Rogers Spouse Mother: Margaret Burton Residence: Blenheim Township [S367] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Ayr - Ayr Public CC#4489 Internet Link . [Front/East] M. Armstrong/ wife of/ Peter Rodgers/ 1842 - 1923/ James Rodger [sic]/ 1869 - 1941/ Rodgers/ D. Miller Woodst(ock) [Left/South] Peter Rodgers/ died/ Nov. 28th 1893/ aged/ 71 years/ 10 Mos [S619] News - ON, Waterloo, Ayr - Ayr News (1897- ), "The Demise of Mrs. Gourlay Sr.," 6 Oct 1921, p. 1. [S116] Vit - ON - Death Registration. Name: Margaret Rodger Gender: Female Birth Year: abt 1842 Birth Place: Scotland Age at Death: 81 Death Date: 8 May 1923 Death Place: Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 23 Dec 1842 - , Scotland Married - 1 Jul 1866 - Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Residence - 1921 - Greenfield (Reidsville), North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo County, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1923 - North Dumfries Concession 09 Lot 37, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - Cause: Cause: Bronchopneumonia - 8 May 1923 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - 11 May 1923 - Ayr Cemetery, Ayr, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth