Margaret Jane (Brander) Matthews (1841 - 1926)

Born 10 Apr 1841 in Prince Edward Island

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Died 25 Dec 1926 at age 85 in Prince Edward Island, Canada

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Biography

Jane Brander married Charles Matthews in 1861.^[1]

"Not Afraid of the Weather - Mrs Charles Matthews drove to spend Christmas and partake of the Christmas dinner with her son Mr T. Artemis Matthews at Elmsdale. The feature of this which makes it worthy of note is the fact that the lady is past her 84th year and is still as chipper and smart as many a younger lady." ^[2]

Research Note

Source cited says that Jane "with her parents, had moved from Chatham, N.B. to Elmsdale, PEI when she was about 16 years old." Jane, however, gave PEI as her place of birth on census records.

Goin' to the Corner says her parents were John Alexander Brander (b. 1798) and Nancy Ann Matthews (b. 1801), Islanders whose children were born in Chatham. They moved back to the Island in 1857. The family was not in the 1851 Census of New Brunswick, although Chatham parish was covered by this census. John Brander, a man over 60, was in the PEI 1861 Census, he was 4 years into a 99 year lease.

Onn the 1891 census, Thomas Artemas Matthews said both of his parents were born on the Island.

Sources

1. ↑ Groom's Name Charles Matthews Groom's Residence Cascumpeque Groom's Status Bachelor Bride's Name Jane Brander Bride's Residence Cascumpeque Bride's Status Spinster Source PEI RG19/s3/ss5: Marriage bonds, 1861; newspaper announcement says 20 October 1861; Alberton Presbyterian church record is a transcription, incomplete entry for this marriage says 1863
2. ↑ Guardian Thursday January 17, 1924 pg 6

• http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mnrrvn/Matthews-Charles-Brander.html
• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:2:Q2QX-RMKK : 15 June 2022), Entry for Margaret Jane Brander Matthews, ; Burial, Elmsdale, Prince, Prince Edward Island, Canada, United Church Cemetery; citing record ID 119471471, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
• "Canada Census, 1901," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KHPW-XBW : 23 February 2021), Janie Mathews in household of Cho Mathews, Prince (west/ouest), Prince Edward Island, Canada; citing p. 3, Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa.
• "Recensement du Canada de 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV9P-CVXH : 7 April 2022), Jane Matthews in entry for Allen Matthews, 1911; citing Census, Prince, Prince Edward Island, Canada, Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm .
• "Canada Census, 1881," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVN7-Q4L : 2 March 2021), Jane Matthews in household of Charles Matthews, Lot 4, Prince, Prince Edward Island, Canada; from "1881 Canadian Census." Database with images. Ancestry. (www.ancestry.com : 2008); citing Charles Matthews, citing Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario.
• Matthews, Mrs. Summerside Journal - 3 January 1927, page 1, col. 3
• Mrs Charles Matthews in the Prince Edward Island, Canada, Baptisms, Marriages, Burials, 1780-1983, burial 27 Dec 1926