Margaret Neilson^{[1, 2]}

1799 - 1882  (~ 82 years)

• Name	Margaret Neilson
  Born	Sep 1799	, Scotland   [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  Gender	Female
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/188244776
  Name	Margaret McLachlan
  Residence	Presbyterian
  Residence	1851	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Presbyterian
  Residence	1861	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	United Presbyterian
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-255613
  Died	12 Mar 1882	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10]
  	Cause: Pneumonia 10 days
  Buried	14 Mar 1882	Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 5, 7]
  Person ID	I255613	Generations
  Last Modified	25 Apr 2024

  
  

  Family	William McLachlan,   b. CALC 11 Jul 1793, Buchlyvie, , Stirling, Scotland ,   d. 11 Mar 1882, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age ~ 88 years)
  Married	16 Dec 1838	Kippen, , Stirling, Scotland   [11]
  Children	1. William McLachlan,   b. 1815, , Scotland ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Margaret McLachlan,   b. 1840, Buchlyvie, , Stirling, Scotland ,   d. 13 Mar 1931, New Windsor, Orange, New York, United States  (Age 91 years)   3. John McLachlan,   b. 26 Sep 1841, Bucklyvie, Stirlingshire, Scotland ,   d. 27 Jan 1915, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States  (Age 73 years)
  Last Modified	26 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F229174	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Death of an Aged Couple, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. McLachlan, of Galt - Foremost in all the good work in our town for nearly thirty-five years, this aged couple passed to their well-earned rest within a few hours of one another on Saturday and Sunday last. In Galt, it is not necessary to say aught of the lives of these two old friends. Earnest, helpful, Christian, in its fullest sense, they held the affection, respect and esteem of all with whom they were brought in contact for the past month it had been known that the illness with which Mr. McLachlan was afflicted precluded the possibility of recover, and while the inevitable had to be accepted there were but few in our town but felt and expressed the greatest regret. His, certainly, since taking up his residence in Galt, was a well spent life. Quiet, unassuming, yet sufficiently prominent in all good work to bring him into contact with all classes, not an organization, temporal or spiritual, but held him in the highest esteem and honored him for his efforts for the good of all. He had a worthy helper in his wife, and while the aged couple enjoyed the esteem of their fellow townsmen they also enjoyed the warmest affection of their children, now grown to men and women, and had the all sufficient satisfaction of knowing that they left behind them worthy descendants whose hands the reputation of their parents was not likely to suffer. Mr. McLachlan came to Galt in 1847, accompanied with his late wife and two children, leaving behind him five grown up sons and daughters by a former marriage. These children subsequently followed and are all, if we mistake not, settled in the United States. Before emigrating, Mr. McLachlan was an elder in his native church and almost immediately on his arrival here he was also selected as one of the elders of the late Rev'd James Strang's Church, and Superintendent of the Sabbath School of the Church. In later days becoming a member of the Knox Church, he was also elected an elder, retaining that honorable position as long as his health permitted him to attend the church. On the Temperance question Mr. McLachlan gave no uncertain sound, and in all the various organizations in the town was ever foremost in the fight against intemperance. Honestly and conscientiously he fought the evil. Nothing damped his efforts in this direction, and whatever standing or effect these organizations have ever had amongst us was very largely due to him. Of the family, during his last illness one son and two daughters were present by his bedside, while of the other members of his family ne son is in North Carolina, a daughter in Racine, Wis., and one near Topeka, Kansas. The Funeral on Tuesday afternoon was a fitting testimonial to the respect in which the aged couple, together in life and together in death, were held in the town. All classes joined in attendance, and thus paid their last tribute to those whose names were long "household words" amongst us. Galt Reporter Mar 17 1882 pg 1 Part 1, Part 2 In Gait, on Sabbath, March 12th, 1882, at 1 o'clock, p. m., Margaret Neilson, wife of the late William McLachlan, aged 82 years. Galt Reporter - Mar 17, 1882, pg 8

  
  

• Sources

  [S5] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - 1858-1869 Marriage Register. Downey b. Scotland res: Cleveland, OH Age: 24 born abt 1840 father: John mother: Janet Parker married Margaret McLachlan Age:: 23 born abt 1841 b. Scotland Spouse res: Galt father: William mother: Margaret Wilson married 23 Sep 1864 county: Waterloo [S1338] News - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Galt Reporter (1846-1973), Obituary of William and Margaret McLachlan - 17 Mar 1882. [S313] Census - ON, Waterloo, Galt - 1851, Pg.24. [S1838] Census - ON, Waterloo, Galt - 1861, Galt 1861 Div. 5 Page 61. [S122] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Mount View CC#4495 Internet Link . In memoriam/ William McLaughlan/ died March 11, 1882/ in his 90th year/ Margaret Neilson/ his second wife/ died Mar. 12, 1882/ aged 82 years/ McLaughlan [S1338] News - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Galt Reporter (1846-1973), Obituary of Margaret Neilson - McLachlan - 17 Mar 1882, pg 8. [S2697] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge, Mount View Cemetery Internet Link. [East] In memoriam/ William McLAUGHLAN/ died March 11, 1882/ in his 90th year/ Margaret NEILSON/ his second wife/ died Mar. 12, 1882/ aged 82 years/ McLAUGHLAN/ [S1338] News - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Galt Reporter (1846-1973), Death of an Aged Couple - Galt Reporter Mar 17 1882 pg 1. [S1338] News - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Galt Reporter (1846-1973), death notice of Margaret Neilson McLachlin - Galt Reporter Mar 17 1882 pg 8. [S2491] aaa Vit - ON - Death Registration, death certificate 018162 (1882). Name:Margaret McLachlan Gender:Female Age:82 Religion:Presbyterian Birth Date:abt 1800 Birth Place:Scotland Death Date:12 Mar 1882 Death Place:Waterloo, Ontario, Canada Cause of Death:Pneumonia [S2181] Scotland, Select Marriages, 1561-1910. NameWilliam McLachlan GenderMale Marriage Date16 Dec 1838 Marriage PlaceKippen, Stirling, Scotland SpouseMargaret Nielson

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - Sep 1799 - , Scotland Married - 16 Dec 1838 - Kippen, , Stirling, Scotland Residence - Presbyterian - 1851 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - United Presbyterian - 1861 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - Cause: Pneumonia 10 days - 12 Mar 1882 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - 14 Mar 1882 - Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth