flag female ancestor  Margaret  HEWITT

  (b. 20 February 1793 La Malbaie, Lower Canada   d. 20 November 1871 Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada )  

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Margaret HEWITT was born 20 February 1793 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada

Margaret HEWITT was the child of John HEWITT (HEWETT)   and   Mary MCDOUGAL GILCHRIST

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Margaret  married  Neil MCLAREN 10 August 1811 in Québec, Lower Canada .  The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Neil MCLAREN  was born abt. 1766 in Loch Earn, Scotland.  Neil died 25 September 1844 in Port-au-Persil, Charlevoix, Quebec, Canada. 

Margaret HEWITT died 20 November 1871 in Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada .
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Did You Know? Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
From its inception in the early 1600s until 1760, it was called Canada, New France.
1760 to 1763, it was simply Canada
1763 to 1791 - Province of Québec
1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.

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Margaret HEWITT married immigrant flag male ancestor Neil MCLAREN-- Date: 10 August 1811 Place: Québec, Lower Canada
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birth1793 Birth
20 February 1793
La Malbaie, Lower Canada
marriage1811 Marriage / Partner
Margaret HEWITT and Neil MCLAREN 10 August 1811, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

She was 18 years old.
1816 Birth of Child
Janet MCLAREN was born 20 June 1816, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Margaret was 23 years old.
News1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.
Kings and Queens1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England
Kings and Queens1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England
marriage1836 Marriage of Child
Janet MCLAREN married 11 July 1836, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City) to Flavien (Fabien) TREMBLAY
Kings and Queens1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England
News1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada
Invention 1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
1844 Death of Spouse/Partner
Neil MCLAREN died 25 September 1844, Port-au-Persil, Charlevoix, Quebec, Canada
News1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.
News1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.
News1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.
News1867 - Canada becomes a sovereign nation by an act of the British Parliament (the British North America Act). Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick are united as the Dominion of Canada.
Prime Minister of Canada1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada
death1871 Death
20 November 1871
Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada

She died at the age of 78.
Added: 12/29/2023 5:50:26 PM - Updated: 12/29/2023 5:52:39 PM

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