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Margaret Bower 1805–1868 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 31 March 1805

Birth Location: Lower Ohio, Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada

Death Date: 2 June 1868

Death Location: Lower Ohio, Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada

Father: Charles Loyalist✔️

Mother: Margaret Bower✔️

Spouse(s): John Dexter

Children(s): Margaret Dexter

In 1805, Margaret Bower entered the world in Lower Ohio, Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada, born to Charles William Bower Loyalist And Margaret Mcgeorge Hamilton Bower. Margaret Bower married John Dexter, and had children including Margaret Dexter. Margaret Bower passed away in 1868 in Lower Ohio, Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada.

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Biography

  • In 1805, Margaret Bower entered the world in Lower Ohio, Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada, born to Charles William Bower Loyalist And Margaret Mcgeorge Hamilton Bower.
  • Margaret Bower married John Dexter, and had children including Margaret Dexter.
  • Margaret Bower passed away in 1868 in Lower Ohio, Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada.

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Margaret Bower's Ancestors

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Margaret Bower
1805–1868
Birth Place: Lower Ohio, Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada
Parents
Charles William Bower Loyalist✔️
1755–1842
Koblenz, Koblenz, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
Margaret (McGeorge Hamilton) Bower✔️
1772–1862
Dumfries, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
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Margaret Bower's Descendants

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Margaret Bower (31 March 1805–2 June 1868) m. John Dexter (17 July 1802–13 November 1876)
  1. 1. Margaret Dexter 1830–1901 m. Alexander MacKay 1825–1894
    1. 1. Cornelia (J) McKay 1874–1941 m. George (Pierce) Swaine 1870–1948
      1. 1. Iris (Helen) Swaine 1896–1979 m. George (Aubrey) Hipson 1908–1983 m. Joseph (Edward (Napoleon)) Gagnon 1894–1980
        1. 1. George (Peter) Gagnon 1925–2008 m. Carmel (Theresa) Bowes 1915–2004
        2. 2. Iris (Jeanette) Gagnon 1922–1994 m. Eugene (Hedley) Blades 1918–2005
        3. 3. John (Edward) Gagnon 1916–1991 m. Ruth (Muriel) Verge 1920–1991
        4. 4. Rose Gagnon 1923–2007
        5. 5. Eugene (Leslie) Hipson 1931–1960
        6. 6. William (Gerald "Bill" Hipson) Cpl 1930–2007 m. Mary (Burdette) Christie 1923–2001
        7. 7. Robert (Earl) Hipson 1936–1937
      2. 2. Charles (Nickerson) Swaine 1908–1967 m. Viola (May) Adams 1914–1997
      3. 3. Harold (Ashley) Swaine 1910–1992 m. Florence ("Flossie" Hilda) Smith 1913–1993 m. Ruth (Avonelle) MacDonald 1916–1995
        1. 1. Marguerite ("Flossie") Swaine 1932–2018 m. Lawrence (Wilfred) Crowe 1923–2015
      4. 4. Janetta Swaine 1916–1988 m. Ross (Bryson) Beckwith 1908–1986
      5. 5. John (Avery) Swaine 1898–1975 m. Louise Swaine 1892–
      6. 6. Marguerite Swaine 1900–1910
      7. 7. Dorothy (Geneva Betty) Swaine 1906–1972
    2. 2. Elisha ("John" Dexter) MacKay 1856–1893
    3. 3. Amanda (Melvina) MacKay 1859–1916
    4. 4. James (Alexander) MacKay 1857–1937
    5. 5. William (McGeorge Hamilton) MacKay 1854–1914
    6. 6. Thomas (Gideon) MacKay 1869–1872
    7. 7. Frederick (Charles Glenburn) MacKay 1865–1942
    8. 8. Joseph (Milton) MacKay 1871–
    9. 9. Samuel (Benjamin Davis) MacKay 1862–1915

Margaret Bower's Timeline

2 Records

1805
31 March 1805
Birth of Margaret Bower in Lower Ohio, Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada
Lower Ohio, Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada
1868
2 June 1868
Age 63
Death of Margaret Bower in Lower Ohio, Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada
Lower Ohio, Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 31 March 1805
    Event Place: Lower Ohio, Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 2 June 1868
    Event Place: Lower Ohio, Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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