Margaret Dewar Stewart

1903 - 1983  (80 years)

• Name	Margaret Dewar Stewart  [1, 2, 3]
  Born	16 Jun 1903	Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Female
  Arrival	14 Nov 1926	Quebec, Canada   [1]
  Arrival	1929  [3]
  Departure	Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland   [1]
  Residence	Pointe-Claire   [2]
  	Marital Status: Célibataire
  Residence	1931	Westmount, Quebec, Canada   [3]
  	Religion: Pres; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head: Servant
  Died	25 Nov 1983	Pointe-Claire, Quebec, Canada   [2]
  Person ID	I20938	Brown Genealogy
  Last Modified	9 Apr 2025

  
  

  Father	Sgt. Alexander Stewart,   b. 7 Jan 1860, Cuilt, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. 17 Feb 1926, Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland  (Age 66 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Elizabeth Robertson,   b. 1871, Avonbridge, Falkirk, Scotland ,   d. 12 Jan 1950  (Age 79 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Married	Abt 1898	Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland
  Family ID	F3992	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  According to family records, Margaret ("Peggy") immigrated to Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada, with her sister Janet in the 1920s. Public records show otherwise. On 14 Nov 1926, at age 23, Margaret Stewart, born 1903 in Falkirk, departing from Glasgow on the ship Montairn, arrived in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, bound for the YMCA, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Employment in Scotland: Domestic. Intended employment in Canada: Domestic. Next of Kin: Mrs. Elizabeth Stewart, mother, Macfarlane Crescent, Falkirk. Landed Immigrant. In 1931, at age 26, Margaret Stewart was residing at 89 Sunnyside in Westmount, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, working as a domestic servant for Thomas Redpath (born 1895 in Scotland) whose home was worth $16,000. Margart Dewar Stewart, daughter of A Stewart and Robertson, died unmarried on 25 Nov 1823 in Pointe Claire, Quebec, Canada.

  
  

• Sources

  [S82] Canada, Incoming Passenger Lists, 1865-1935, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Library and Archives Canada; Ottawa, ON, Canada; Passenger Lists, 1865-1935; Series: RG 76-C; Roll: T-14729. [S490] Quebec, Canada, Death Registers 1926-1997, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2024;), Drouin Genealogical Institute; Quebec, Canada; Quebec Death Indexes, 1926-1997. [S46] 1931 Census of Canada, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2023;), Library and Archives Canada; Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Seventh Census of Canada, 1931; Folder Number: T-27247; Census Place: Mont-Royal, Quebec, Canada; Page Number: 4.