Margaret Wilkinson

Cal 1837 - 1912  (~ 74 years)

• Name	Margaret Wilkinson
  Born	CALC 23 Sep 1837	Tarbert, , Argyll, Scotland   [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  Name	Margaret Gilchrist
  Residence	1862	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-143944
  Died	11 Sep 1912	Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Buried	Killean Cemetery, Puslinch Twp., Killean, Wellington Co., Ontario   [2]
  Person ID	I143944	Generations
  Last Modified	7 Nov 2024

  
  

  Father	Neil Wilkinson,   b. CA 1807, of, Argyleshire, Scotland ,   d. 17 May 1865, , Ontario, Canada  (Age ~ 58 years)
  Mother	Davina Gardner,   b. 1799, , Argyleshire, Scotland ,   d. 24 Jul 1878, Harriston, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 79 years)
  Family ID	F36077	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Peter Gilchrist,   b. 1828, Kintyre, Arglyshire, Scotland ,   d. 28 Apr 1916, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 88 years)
  Married	16 Oct 1862	, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Children	1. John William Gilchrist,   b. 16 Jul 1865, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 29 Nov 1942, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 77 years)   2. Mary Christina Gilchrist,   b. 4 Dec 1873, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 27 Dec 1926, Palmerston, Peel Township, Wellington Co., Ontario  (Age 53 years)   3. William Alexander Gilchrist,   b. 1877,   d. 20 Oct 1956, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 79 years)
  Last Modified	12 Nov 2024
  Family ID	F36076	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  GILCHRIST, MARGARET (Nee Wilkinson) Another of the Puslinch pioneers, on Wednesday morning at 8: 30, September 11, 1912, at her home in Puslinch Township, in the 75th year of her age (74 years, 11 months, 19 days), after a short illness of pneumonia. She was born in Tarbert, Argyleshire, Scotland in 1837. She came with her family in 1853 and nine years later, married Peter Gilchrist and settled on lot 10, rear concession 1 of Puslinch, where she resided until her death. Her vigorous constitution enabled her to attend to her household duties until a short time before her death and she declined, receiving every attention that a husband and an affectionate family could give. Besides possessing the qualities that endeared her to a large circle of friends and relatives, she and her husband were eager students of Gaelic literature, of which she possessed a large library. At her fireside, the visitor was sure of a genial welcome and genuine Scottish hospitality and the wayfarer never went hungry from her door. She was well known in the community, as one of the kindest and best, in a community noted for the hospitality and kindness of its people. Her unexpected death is much regretted by a very wide circle of friends. On Friday afternoon, Sept. 13 at 2, a large gathering paid the last tribute to her memory. Service was conducted by Rev. J. L. Small of St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church in Hespeler, from her residence to the quiet Killean Cemetery, where so may with whom she shared the joys and sorrows of pioneer life have preceded. Pallbearers: Marshall Ferguson, Malcolm Wilkinson, Jacob Cooper, John Robertson and John Gilchrist. Survived by John W. of St. Catharines; Mrs. Angus McCormick of Crieff in Puslinch; Janet of the Guelph Public School staff; William A. of Weyburn, SK; Davina, at home; Mrs. (Rev. ) John McKenzie of Elkins, West Virginia; and Mrs. Andrew Leishman of Paris. -Additional information handwritten on her funeral card: Her father and mother, Neil Wilkinson and Davina Gardner, are buried in Harriston Cemetery. Her brothers, Ronald and William Angus were buried in the Old St. Andrew's Cemetery in Galt; John in Harriston; David, Allan and Alex in Florida; Neil in Bristow, Butler Co., Iowa. Ronald died Sept. 24, 1858, 26 years, 5 days. William Angus died March 6, 1861, 16 years, 9 months. Her oldest sister, Jane, is buried in Killean, Kintyre. Her oldest living(?) sister, Jane, was buried in London, England; Christina on the Isle of Skye; Janet in Arthur; Mary in Ridgetown; and Davina in Harriston, with her father and mother, her brother, John and an uncle of their mother's, Ronald McTavish, who always lived with them, who was 84 the day they landed in Quebec and 96 when he died. A Celebration of Lives Obituaries of Puslinch Township, Wellington Co., Ontario Vol 1, Anna Jackson & Marjorie Clark Used with kind permission of Marjorie Clark

  
  

• Sources

  [S5] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - 1858-1869 Marriage Register. Peter Gilchrist b. Argyle, Scotland res: Puslinch Township Age: 30 born abt 1822 father: John mother: Ann Taylor married Margaret Wilkinson Age:: 24 born abt 1838 b. Argyle, Scotland Spouse res: Galt father: Nich mother: Divine Gardner married 16 Oct 1862 county: Waterloo [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/175085373.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - CALC 23 Sep 1837 - Tarbert, , Argyll, Scotland Residence - 1862 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 16 Oct 1862 - , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 11 Sep 1912 - Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Buried - - Killean Cemetery, Puslinch Twp., Killean, Wellington Co., Ontario  = Link to Google Earth