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Margaret Petrie 1825–1884 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 6 Jun 1825

Birth Location: Bridgeport, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada

Death Date: 5 Jan 1884

Death Location: Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada

Father: Edmund Petrie

Mother: Margaret Casey

Spouse(s):

Children(s): Edward Merlin, Daniel Merlin, Philomene Boudreau, Philomene Boudreau, Sarah Merlin, Margaret Merlin

The story of Margaret Petrie began in 1825 in Bridgeport, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada. Margaret Petrie had children including Daniel Joseph Merlin, Edward Jerome Merlin, Margaret Merlin, Philomene Boudreau, Sarah Merlin. Margaret Petrie passed away in 1884 in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada.

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Biography

  • The story of Margaret Petrie began in 1825 in Bridgeport, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada.
  • Margaret Petrie had children including Daniel Joseph Merlin, Edward Jerome Merlin, Margaret Merlin, Philomene Boudreau, Sarah Merlin.
  • Margaret Petrie passed away in 1884 in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Immediate Family

Parents

Edmund Petrie
1785–1848
Birth Location: Bridgeport, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada
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Margaret Casey
1788–
Birth Location: –
MC

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Edward Merlin
1851–1932
Birth Location: Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada
EM
Daniel Merlin
1852–1926
Birth Location: Prospect Halifax Nova Scotia
DM
Philomene Boudreau
1852–1897
Birth Location: –
PB
Philomene Boudreau
1852–1897
Birth Location: –
PB
Sarah Merlin
1855–1910
Birth Location: Cape Breton, Cape Breton County, Nova Scotia, Canada
SM
Margaret Merlin
1863–1908
Birth Location: Canada
MM

Margaret Petrie's Ancestors

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Margaret Petrie
1825–1884
Birth Place: Bridgeport, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada
Parents
Edmund Petrie
1785–1848
Bridgeport, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada
Margaret Casey
1788–
Grandparents
George Petrie
1750–1816
Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Isobel Lawrence
1753–
Ulva, Argyll, Scotland
Richard (Peter) Casey
1764–1837
Lingan, Nova Scotia
Bridget Grant
–1866
Co. Kilkenny, Ireland
Great-Grandparents
George Lawrence
1730–1805
Ann Lawrence
1733–
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William Lawrence
1705–

Margaret Petrie's Descendants

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Margaret Petrie (6 Jun 1825–5 Jan 1884)
  1. 1. Edward (Jerome) Merlin 1851–1932
    1. 1. Jessie (V) Merlin 1885–
    2. 2. Jessie (V) Merlin 1885–
  2. 2. Daniel (Joseph) Merlin 1852–1926
    1. 1. Maragret Marlin 1879–
      1. 1. Florence (Merlin Bourgeois) Bates 1916–2005
        1. 1. Frederick (Daniel) Bates 1939–2020
      2. 2. Mary (Mildred Bourgeois Burke) MacQueen 1912–1999
      3. 3. Mary (Veronica "Mae") Bourgeois 1898–1952
        1. 1. Mary (Beatrice MacLellan) Power 1921–1979
    2. 2. Bridget (Catherine Merlin) Hayden 1881–1955
    3. 3. Loretta Marlin 1884–
      1. 1. Daniel Rooney 1918–2011
    4. 4. George Marlin 1883–
      1. 1. Marguerite Merlin 1917–1984
  3. 3. Philomene Boudreau 1852–1897
  4. 4. Philomene Boudreau 1852–1897
  5. 5. Sarah Merlin 1855–1910
  6. 6. Margaret Merlin 1863–1908
    1. 1. Mary (Ann Berchmen) McDonald 1886–1945

Margaret Petrie's Timeline

2 Records

1825
6 Jun 1825
Birth of Margaret Petrie in Bridgeport, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada
Bridgeport, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada
1884
5 Jan 1884
Age 59
Death of Margaret Petrie in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada
Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 6 Jun 1825
    Event Place: Bridgeport, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 5 Jan 1884
    Event Place: Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada
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