Born in Fort Severn, Fort Severn 89, Kenora, Canada West
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
Archibald Stewart Spence
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Mary Catherine (Spence) McKay
Died
at about age 47
in Hillsboro, Washington, Oregon, United States
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Biography
Margaret (Cree) Spence was a Canadian First Peoples and member of the Cree Nation.
Margaret (Cree full-blood) was born in 1805, in Severn River, Simcoe, Ontario, Canada.
She married Archibald Stewart Spence on 23 January 1828, in Red River, Manitoba, Canada. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 4 daughters. She died in 1857, in Hillsboro, Washington, Oregon, United States, at the age of 52.
Children
- Mary Spence 1832 - 1869
- John Stewart Spence 1827 - 1870 [3]
- Joseph Stewart Spence 1834 - 1858
- Henry Spence 1847 - 1923 [4]
- James Stewart Spence 1838 - 1927
- Jacobina Spence Unknown - Unknown
- George Stewart Spence 1820 - Unknown
- Margaret Spence 1822 - Unknown
- Archibald Stewart Spence 1830 - Unknown
- Malaty Stewart Spence 1840 - Unknown
She died in 1857, in Hillsboro, Washington, Oregon, United States, at the age of 52.. Her son Henry's bio lists her as Margaret Peggy Tillbury, B1805 -1857.
Sources
Sons bio with new names https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/111338197/henry-stewart-spence
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/K8CD-6GK
Henry marriage license referencing both parents https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-696Q-BJR?i=427&cc=1307718
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