Alexander "Neil" McPherson

1871 - 1952  (80 years)

• Name	Alexander "Neil" McPherson
  Born	24 Jul 1871	North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1881	North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	C. Presbyterian
  Occupation	1891	North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Agricultural Laborer
  Residence	1891	North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Presbyterian
  Occupation	1911	North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Farmer
  Residence	1911	North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Presbyterian
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-195933
  Died	27 Mar 1952  [5]
  Buried	Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  Person ID	I195933	Generations
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2025

  
  

  Father	John Archibald McPherson,   b. 1829, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 29 Aug 1906, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 77 years)
  Mother	Florence Wilkinson,   b. CALC 12 Jan 1843, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 8 Oct 1896, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age ~ 53 years)
  Family ID	F34893	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Margaret "Maggie" Amos,   b. 1 Mar 1875, Guelph Township, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 27 Feb 1976  (Age 100 years)
  Married	28 Feb 1900	Guelph Township, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada   [6]
  Children	1. Robert John McPherson,   b. 20 Mar 1906, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2025
  Family ID	F187003	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  And there was the story of the time Uncle Neil, the prankster of the family, raced the girls to the hayloft to see who would put down the first forkful of hay. My mother, always the tom-boy, got there first of course. With a mighty heave on the fork, she, fork and hay, all careened together to the stable below. On the way down, the fork somehow hit her nose and it bled profusely. The older ones took her behind the barn, comforted her and warned her by threats of worse to come, that she must on no account tell what had happened. Apparently she did not tell, for, though the family realized her nose was swollen from a bump, no greater thought was taken at the time. But often they would wonder whatever had happened to Katie's nose, "It used to be so pretty and now it was so crooked." It was not until years after her marriage that an operation convinced the Doctors of what she had long suspected; the nose had been broken.

  
  

• Sources

  [S205] Census - ON, Waterloo, North Dumfries - 1881, North Div. 2 Page 80. [S562] Census - ON, Waterloo, North Dumfries - 1911, Div. 2 Pg. 5. [S2042] Census - ON, Waterloo, North Dumfries - 1891, Sect. 2 Page 14. [S2858] z Vit - ON - Birth Registration, Birth Certificate 005620 (1871). Name:Alexander McPherson Date of Birth:24 Jul 1871 Gender:Male Birth Place:Waterloo, Ontario, Canada Father's name:John McPherson Mother's name:Florence Wilkinson [S2697] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge, Mount View Cemetery Internet Link. [NW] In/ memory of/ Archibald McPHERSON/ who died/ Feb. 11th 1895/ aged 93 years/ native of/ Perthshire, Scotland/ his wife/ Grace SCRIMGER/ died March 16th 1898/ aged 89 years/ 3 mos. & 24 dys./ native of/ New York State/ Neil Alex. McPHERSON/ born July 24th 1871/ died Mar. 27th 1952/ Margaret Amos/ born Mar. 1st 1875/ died Feb. 27th 1976/ [S2488] aaa Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, marriage certificate 017019 (1900). Name:Maggie Amos Age:24 Birth Year:abt 1876 Birth Place:Guelph Tp, Ontario Marriage Date:28 Feb 1900 Marriage Place:Wellington, Ontario, Canada Father:Robert Amos Mother:Margaret McFarlane Spouse:Alexander McPherson

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 24 Jul 1871 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - C. Presbyterian - 1881 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Agricultural Laborer - 1891 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Presbyterian - 1891 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 28 Feb 1900 - Guelph Township, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Occupation - Farmer - 1911 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Presbyterian - 1911 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth