Margaret McLachlan

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• Name: Margaret Downie
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-255614
• Residence: 1851, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian
• Residence: 1861, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Presbyterian
• Residence: 1864, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

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MARGARET DOWNIE DIES IN NEW YORK

Friends here have received word from Mrs. R. B. Wilson of the death Friday of her mother, Mrs. Margaret Downie in Newburgh, N. Y. Memorial services were held in the church she attended in Newburgh yesterday afternoon. Services in Cleveland, O., her former home, will be held today. Burial will be in Woodland cemetery, Cleveland, beside the body of her husband, William Downie, who died several years ago.

Mrs. Downie was born in Bucclivy, Scotland, March 22, 1840, and came to this country as a young girl with her parents. She was the last survivor of a family of eleven children. most of whom settled in Cleveland more than seventy years ago, and became prominent in the religious and business life of the city. Her husband was the son of John Downie. a pioneer merchant, who established the first painting and decorating company in Cleveland, and the busness is still carried on by a son, William Downie Jr.

Mr. and Mrs. Downie were charter members of the Woodland Avenue Presbyterian Church and were prominent in religious and temperance work. Mrs. Downle was a member of the early temperance organization, called the Crusaders, which was a forerunner of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, and she was...

Margaret married William Downie 23 Sep 1864, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. William was born 1 Apr 1941, Irvine, , Ayr, Scotland; died 30 Jul 1906, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA; was buried , Woodland Cemetery, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States. [Group Sheet]