William McGregor (1830 - 1901)

Born 13 Mar 1830 in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland

Ancestors

Husband of Mary Nicol — married 27 Oct 1868 in Grey Co., Ontario, Canada

Died 22 Sep 1901 at age 71 in Bamore, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

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Biography

William McGregor ^[1]

Born 13 MAR 1830 Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland^[1]

Died 22 SEP 1901 Bamore, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

cert shows a 72 yr old blacksmith died 22 Sep 1901 Bamore, Waterloo, ONT and although there aren't any parents or identifiable family on the certificate, he is the right age, occupation and county to be this William^[2]

Family

Husband: William McGregor

Married 1st about 1853 ?Scotland or ?Canada

Wife: Mary Edwards^[3]

Married 2nd

Wife: Mary Nicol

27 OCT 1868 Grey Co., Ontario, Canada

William aged 38 Mary 46. Ancestry adds: both Mary & William were b. Scotland and resident Galt. Mary the d/o Robert Nicol and Margaret Geddes, William s/o Duncan McGregor and Margaret Henderson.

NB there's also an index entry for a 23 Dec 1868 marriage for the same couple, same details other than giving Mary's parents as Robert Nicol and Ellen Beattie^[4][5]

Census:

1851 Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland

McGREGOR: Duncan 46 laborer b Dollar, Kinross; wife Margaret 42 b Bridge of Allan, STI; Children: William 27 (sic), blacksmith; Janet 13 scholar; Mary 9 scholar; Helen 7 scholar; Kitty 4; Archibald 1, all b Dunfermline FIF^[6]

1861 Galt, Waterloo Sth, Ontario, Canada

Wllm McGREGOR, 30, blacksmith b Scotland, Presby, widowed; Isabella HENDERSON, unm, 18 b Scotland; Hsehold 1 male, 1 female resid; Dths during 1860, 1 female "childbed 25"; Frame house, 1 storey, 1 family ^[7]

1871 Galt, Waterloo Sth, Ontario, Canada

McGREGOR: William 40, head, blacksmith, b Sct (Also in Galt is a John McGregor b Scotland, aged 45, labourer): Hsehold is: William 40 blacksmith, marr; Mary 48, marr., both b Scotland; William 12, Mary 9 both b ONT and "going to school"; ANDERSON: Walter 21 spinner, Andrew 20 boiler maker, John 18 blacksmith, Mary Jane 16 all b ONT; All Presby.^[8]

1881 Galt, Waterloo Sth, Ontario, Canada

McGREGOR: William 50, blacksmith; Mary 59, both b Scotland; Mary Jane 26 b ONT; GEDDES: Maggie 3 b ONT. All Scottish and Presby.^[9][10]

02 MAY 1891 Galt, Waterloo Sth, Ontario, Canada

McGREGOR: William 59 blacksmith, marr.; Mary 68 both b Scotland F/M b Scotland; Mary 25 (assumed to be Wm's dtr Mary b1860) F/M b Scotland, Maggie 14 F b ONT M b Scotland (assumed to be the Maggie GEDDES from 1881), both b ONT, both relationships presumed to be "D", but looks much more like a "W"; William 33 safe maker "S"(on) b ONT; Ellen 29 relationship "W" but marr/single column blank, both F b ONT M b Scotland; Mary E 6 "D" b ONT F/M b ONT; (assumed to be wife and child of William Jr)^[11]

08 APR 1901 Galt, Waterloo Sth, Ontario, Canada

McGREGOR: William 71 blacksmith b 13 Mar 1829; wife Mary 80 b 20 Nov 1820, both b Scotland^[12]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Birth/christenings 1830-1851, Dunfermline, FIF to Duncan McGREGOR and Margaret HENDERSON, batch C119504, extracted May 2006 from IGI: Online searches, assorted surnames Family Search (LDS) http://familysearch.org
2. ↑ Source: #S5 Dth 1901 William McGREGOR, Waterloo Cty, from Ontario, Canada Deaths 1869-1932, extracted May 2006
3. ↑ Source: #S5 Dth 22nd Bur. 24th Oct 1928 William s/o William McGREGOR & Mary EDWARDS, Galt, Waterloo Sth, ONT, from Ontario, Canada, Deaths, 1869-1936, extracted Aug 2010
4. ↑ Marr. 27 Oct 1868 William McGREGOR (38 s/o Duncan McGREGOR/Margaret HENDERSON) and Mary ANDERSON (46, d/o Robert NICOL/Margaret GEDDES), batch M541662, Grey Co, ONT, extracted May 2006 from IGI: Online searches, assorted surnames Family Search (LDS) http://familysearch.org
5. ↑ Source: #S5 Page: Marr. 1868 William McGREGOR and Mary ANDERSON, Grey Cty, from Ontario, Canada Marriages 1857-1992, FHL film 1030057, extracted May 2006
6. ↑ 1851 Census Dunfermline FIF: Dist 424 ED 18 Folio 2 Pg 20 Sched 68, hsehold of Duncan & Margaret McGREGOR, copy d/loaded May 2006
7. ↑ 1861 census: Galt, Waterloo, Canada West; Roll: C-1077; Page: 64, hsehold of William McGREGOR, extracted Aug 2010
8. ↑ 1871 Census: Galt, Waterloo South, Ontario; Roll: C-9943; Page: 4; Family No: 21, hsehold of William & Mary McGREGOR, extracted Aug 2010
9. ↑ 1881 Canadian Census: FHL film 1375900 NA Film C-13264 Dist 161 D Div 2 Pg 83 hsehold 404, William & Mary McGREGOR, extracted May 2006
10. ↑ 1881 census: Galt, Waterloo Sth, ONT Roll: C_13264, Page 83, Family No: 404, hsehold of William & Mary McGREGOR, extracted Aug 2010
11. ↑ 1891 Census: Galt, Waterloo South, Ontario. Roll: T-6375, Family No: 655, hsehold of William & Mary McGREGOR, extracted Aug 2010
12. ↑ 1901 Census Galt, Waterloo Sth, ONT; Dist 122 Sub Dist c-11 Archives m'film T-6502, hsehold 75, William & Mary McGREGOR, extracted May 2006

• Source: S5 Title: Ancestry.com, Url: http://search.ancestry.com

• McGregor-1021 was created by Lorna Henderson through the import of HendRichFBDNA4WTMay2014Final.ged on May 3, 2014.