Margaret Companionofwilliamwilton ? (about 1850—between 1901 and 1950)

Margaret Companionofwilliamwilton ? has no recorded parents. She was born about 1850 in England .^1,2 She lived Poor House in 1901 at 8 Walnut St, St Thomas, ON, CA .³ She worked as a Weaver in 1891 at Yarmouth, Elgin, ON, CA .⁴ She died between 1901 and 1950 .

She married William Wilton .

William Wilton was the son of William Wilton and Sarah Wells. He was born about 1843 at Somerset, England .^5,6 He was christened on 25 November 1843 at Frome, Somerset, England .⁷ He lived in 1861 at Dorchester South, Elgin, ON, CA . He worked as a laborer in 1871 at con 9, Yarmouth, Elgin, ON, CA .⁶ He lived in 1881 at Aylmer, Malahide, Elgin, ON, CA .⁸ He worked as a Well Digger from 1881 to 1891 at Yarmouth, Elgin, ON, CA .⁴ He had a medical condition of L.Lutton M.D., , .⁹ He died on 19 May 1895 at House of Industry, Southwold, Elgin, ON, CA .¹⁰ The cause of death was stoppage of the bowels . He was buried on 21 May 1895 at Strangers Burying Ground, St Thomas, ON, CA .¹¹

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Notes: His death registration and the 1861 census both indicate he was born in England, but his father was already in Canada according to the 1842 census. In the 1861 census of Caradoc, ward 2 page 37, he appears working for William Simmons, but he also appears with his family in Yarmouth, div 4 page 94. According to the Caradoc census his normal residence at that time is listed as Dorchester. In 1891 the family was enumerated twice, once in Yarmouth Twp. (div 2 pages 73/74), and again in St.Thomas (div 1 page 88). William and his wife separated in the 1880s and in the 1891 census William appears living with a "wife" Margaret.

Children of Margaret Companionofwilliamwilton ? and William Wilton: