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Record #14659
Name :
: Margaret Scott PEARSON (1879 - 1906)
  aka : Maggie Pearson


Father
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Mother
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BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 12 Oct 1879

Marriage (1)
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Marriage (2)
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Date of Death
: 23 Jun 1906
Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Glasgow

66 Kelvinhaugh Road
Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialCanada, Martintown
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 13 Jun 1894
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Pomeranian

Placement Family
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Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
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Agency
: Quarriers
NotesA birth registration was found for Margaret Scott Pearson: Date: October 12, 1879, 11:30 pm; Place: 66 Kelvinhaugh Road, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland; Parents: David Pearson, warehouse porter (shown as deceased on 18th October, 1879), and Mary Scott, married January 28, 1876, Kelvin District, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland.

A death registration was found for David Pearson, warehouse porter, married to Mary Scott: Date: october 18, 1879, 2:30 pm; Place: 66 Kelvinbaugh Road, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland; Parents: Andrew Pearson, seaman (merchant services) and Margaret Cameron; Cause: valvular disease of heart, 9 months.

Within time, Mary Scott remarried to a David Thomson who became the girls' stepfather. The family moved to Hopehill Road, but a short time later, death claimed Mary Scott Pearson Thomson, leaving the girls without their birth parents.

A death registration was found for Mary Mackenzie Thomson, married first to David Pearson, grocer; second to David Thomason, booksellers assistant: Date: May 6, 1887, 1:30 am; Place: 22 Hopehill Road, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland; Parents: Adam Scott, grocer; and Mary McKenzie; Cause: phthisis pulmonalis, duration 1 year, 6 months.

Thomson remarried and it was stated in an 1892 letter tat he no longer could keep Maggie. Maggie was sent to the Quarriers' orphanage at Bridge-of- Weir.

In 1894, Maggie Pearson, 14, arrived at Quebec, Canada, in a group of 114 Quarrier children en route to Brockville, Ontario, Canada.

On June 4, 1902, at Glengarry, Ontario, Canada, a marriage was registered between Margaret Scott Pearson, 21, born in Scotland to David Pearson and Mary E. Scott; and Mac D. McMartin [Malcolm Duncan McMartin], 34, farmer, born in Martintown, Ontario, Canada, to Henry S. McMartin and Bettey McGregor.

Malcolm Duncan and Margaret Scott Pearson McMartin had one child: Margaret Lillian McMartin, born on March 17, 1905, at Parry Sound, Ontario, Canada, and died in 1975.

According to family histories, Margaret Scott Pearson McMartin died on June 23, 1906. Malcolm Duncan McMartin remarried Mary Lillian McDonald. Malcolm Duncan McMartin died November 21, 1935. 
ContributorsCreated : 2011-05-29 12:46:05 / From original database

Last Updated : 2011-05-29 13:01:34 /

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6389 ADAMSON, Christina Alison1894SCT, LKS, Glasgow Jun 1907 : Sicilian CAN Quarriers  
9872 ADAMSON, James Balfour1892SCT, LKS, Glasgow May 1905 : Corinthian CAN Quarriers  
3147 ADIE, Gregor McGregor1880SCT, LKS, Glasgow Apr 1894 : Buenos Ayrean CAN Quarriers  
5358 AITKEN, Lawrence Gray1909SCT, LKS, Glasgow Aug 1925 : Montnairn CAN National Childrens Home  
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5679 ALCORN, Agnes Maxwell1894SCT, LKS, Glasgow Jun 1913 : Grampian CAN Quarriers  
5680 ALCORN, Margaret-Ann Irwin1897SCT, LKS, Glasgow Jul 1910 : Southwark CAN Quarriers  
10339 ALEXANDER, Beatrice Carlisle1889SCT, LKS, Glasgow Jun 1897 : Sarmatian CAN Quarriers  
3917 ALEXANDER, Janet Murray1896SCT, LKS, Glasgow Jun 1906 : Corinthian CAN Quarriers  
14545 ALLAN-VALLIS, Agnes1916IRL,    , Glasgow Jun 1930 : Duchess of York CAN Crusade of Rescue  
10486 ANDERSON, Ernest Adolphus1904SCT, LKS, Glasgow Apr 1920 : Scandinavian CAN Quarriers  
13168 ANDERSON, George Bennie1901SCT, LKS, Glasgow Apr 1914 : Hesperian CAN Quarriers  
13169 ANDERSON, Mary Gordon Inglis1899SCT, LKS, Glasgow Jun 1914 : Hesperian CAN Quarriers  
2959 ANGUS, Alexander1899SCT, LKS, Glasgow Apr 1911 : Hesperian CAN Quarriers  
13295 ANGUS, Margaret1893SCT, LKS, Glasgow Jul 1905 : Corinthian CAN Quarriers  
17093 ARMOUR, Andrew 1891SCT, LKS, Glasgow Apr 1901 : Dominion CAN MacPherson Homes  
17094 ARMOUR, Margaret Fleming1887SCT, LKS, Glasgow Apr 1901 : Dominion CAN MacPherson Homes  
3641 BAXTER, Agnes1891SCT, LKS, Glasgow Jun 1907 : Sicilian CAN Quarriers  
3642 BAXTER, Elizabeth1894SCT, LKS, Glasgow Jun 1907 : Sicilian CAN Quarriers  
3640 BAXTER, Esther1893SCT, LKS, Glasgow Jun 1907 : Sicilian CAN Quarriers  
10496 BELL, Thomas M1906ENG,    , Glasgow Apr 1920 : Scandinavian CAN Quarriers  
10498 BERESFORD, William1905SCT, LKS, Glasgow Apr 1920 : Scandinavian CAN Quarriers  
4345 BIRCHALL, Ann Johnson1899SCT, LKS, Glasgow Jul 1908 : Ionian CAN Quarriers  
4347 BIRCHALL, Maggie1897SCT, LKS, Glasgow Jul 1908 : Ionian CAN Quarriers  
4346 BIRCHALL, Mary Ellen1898SCT, LKS, Glasgow Jul 1908 : Ionian CAN Quarriers  
4348 BIRCHALL, Sarah1901SCT, LKS, Glasgow Jul 1908 : Ionian CAN Quarriers  
13155 BLACK, Aitken1895SCT, LKS, Glasgow Jun 1907 : Sicilian CAN Quarriers  
22224 BLACK, Annie1900SCT, LKS, Glasgow May 1888 : Corean CAN Quarriers  
13157 BLACK, Isabella1898SCT, LKS, Glasgow Jun 1907 : Sicilian CAN Quarriers tlupinski  
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