Waterloo Region Generations
A record of the people of Waterloo Region, Ontario.

Margaret Ballentine "Maggie" Scott

Female 1872 - 1958  (86 years)


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  • Name Margaret Ballentine "Maggie" Scott 
    Born 4 Jan 1872  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Female 
    FindAGrave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/183552365 
    Name Margaret Ballentine "Maggie" MacPherson 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-184377 
    Died 11 Oct 1958  Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I184377  Generations
    Last Modified 3 Mar 2025 

    Father Robert Scott,   b. 1842, Beverly Twp., Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Oct 1894  (Age 52 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth Harkness Ballentine,   b. 1844, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Aug 1928, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years) 
    Married 24 Dec 1863  , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Family ID F33123  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Alexander John "Sandy John" MacPherson,   b. 6 Mar 1863, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Dec 1945, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years) 
    Children 
     1. Dr. Robert James McPherson,   b. 1890, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Feb 1965, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years)
     2. Sarah "Sadie" McPherson,   b. 1890,   d. 1982  (Age 92 years)
    Last Modified 4 Mar 2025 
    Family ID F299897  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • MCPHERSON, MARGARET BELL (Nee Scott)

      At the Fairview Nursing Home in Preston, on Saturday, October 11, 1958, in her 87th year. Widow of Alexander J. McPherson. Mother of Sadie (Mrs. A. G. Scott) of Galt and Dr. Robert J. McPherson of Detroit. Funeral at the Coutts Funeral Home, 96 St. Andrews St. in Galt, on Mon. , Oct. 13 at 3: 30. Interment Mountview Cemetery in Galt.

      -Information from the marriage certificate: Daughter of Robert Scott and Elizabeth Ballantyne, she married Alexander J. McPherson, son of John and Sarah McPherson on Mar. 26, 1890.

      A Celebration of Lives Obituaries of Puslinch Township, Wellington Co., Ontario Vol 2 Anna Jackson & Marjorie Clark
      Used with kind permission of Marjorie Clark

  • Sources 
    1. [S57] Vit - ON - Birth Registration.
      Margaret Ballentine b. 4 Jan 1872 d/o Robert Scott - farmer of Tp. Waterloo & Elizabeth Ballentine

    2. [S5] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - 1858-1869 Marriage Register.
      Robert Scott, 21, res. Dumfries, b. Beverly, son of Archibald and Jane (Ballentine), married 24 Dec 1863 Eliza Ballentine, 18, res. Dumfries, b. Dumfries, daughter of Thomas and Margaret (Bell)

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 4 Jan 1872 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 11 Oct 1958 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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