Willet Herman McTaggart

1864 - 1938  (74 years)

• Name	Willet Herman McTaggart  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23]
  Born	29 Jan 1864	Huntingdon, Hastings, Ontario, Canada   [2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 19, 23]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	Ontario, Canada   [18]
  Residence	1881	Huntingdon, Hastings, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  	Religion: Methodist Episcopal
  Residence	1891	Huntingdon, Hastings, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Marital Status: Widowed; Relation to Head of House: Son; Religion: Methodist
  Residence	1893	Durham, Ontario, Canada   [16]
  Residence	1901	Ontario, Canada   [8]
  	Occupation: Farmer; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head; Religion: Methodist
  Residence	1911	, Hastings West, Ontario   [9]
  	Occupation: Labor; Religion: Methodist; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head
  Residence	1 Jun 1921	Thurlow, Thurlow Township, Hastings East, Ontario, Canada   [23]
  	Religion: Methodist; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head; Occupation: Butcher
  Residence	1931	Hastings, Ontario, Canada   [10]
  	Religion: United Ch.; Marital Status: Widowed; Relation to Head of House: Employer; Occupation: Laborer
  Died	9 Aug 1938	Hastings, Ontario, Canada   [4, 6]
  Buried	West Huntingdon, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Person ID	I25687	Brown Genealogy
  Last Modified	26 Sep 2026

  
  

  Father	Archibald McTaggart,   b. 20 Jan 1828, Thurlow, Hastings, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 31 Oct 1891, Huntingdon, Hastings, Ontario, Canada  (Age 63 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Samantha Ann Caldwell,   b. 12 Aug 1834, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 6 Jan 1914, Huntingdon, Hastings, Ontario, Canada  (Age 79 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F6718	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Margaret Helen Harkins,   b. 1862, Tyendinaga, Hastings, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Between 1889 and 1891, Huntingdon, Hastings, Ontario, Canada  (Age 27 years)
  Married	31 Oct 1885	Belleville, Hastings, Ontario, Canada   [3, 21, 24]
  Children	1. Mary Josephine McTaggart,   b. 8 Oct 1886, Belleville, Hastings, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 27 Apr 1909, Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada  (Age 22 years)  [natural]   2. Margaret Jocelyn McTaggart,   b. 10 Apr 1889, Huntingdon, Hastings, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 14 May 1967  (Age 78 years)  [natural]
  Last Modified	26 Sep 2026
  Family ID	F6716	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Martha J Archibald,   b. 25 Dec 1871, Huntingdon, Hastings, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Bef 1820
  Married	8 Nov 1893	Hastings, Ontario, Canada   [3, 25]
  Children	1. John A McTaggart,   b. 8 Sep 1895, Huntingdon, Hastings, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 21 Jul 1950, Wyandotte, Wayne, Michigan, USA  (Age 54 years)  [natural]   2. Percy Garfield McTaggart,   b. 8 Jul 1896, Huntingdon, Hastings, Ontario, Canada ,   d. UNKNOWN  [natural]   3. George McTaggart,   b. 8 Oct 1897, Huntingdon, Hastings, Ontario, Canada ,   d. UNKNOWN  [natural]   4. Fred McTaggart,   b. Feb 1902, Huntingdon, Hastings, Ontario, Canada ,   d. UNKNOWN  [natural]   5. William McTaggart,   b. Oct 1905, Huntingdon, Hastings, Ontario, Canada ,   d. UNKNOWN  [natural]   6. Emma May McTaggart,   b. 20 Oct 1906, Belleville, Hastings, Ontario, Canada ,   d. UNKNOWN  [natural]   7. James McTaggart,   b. Sep 1908, Huntingdon, Hastings, Ontario, Canada ,   d. UNKNOWN  [natural]
  Last Modified	26 Sep 2026
  Family ID	F6717	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 3	Mary Frances Gordinier,   b. 28 Aug 1875, Belleville, Hastings, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 3 Dec 1925, Belleville, Hastings, Ontario, Canada  (Age 50 years)
  Married	30 Dec 1920	Hastings, Ontario, Canada   [19]
  Last Modified	26 Sep 2026
  Family ID	F22555	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Willet Herman McTaggart was born 29 Jan 1864 in Huntingdon, Hastings, Ontario, Canada, as a son of Archibald McTaggart and Samantha Ann Caldwell. Willet McTaggart and his family have not been found in 1871. In 1881, at age 16, Willet McTaggart was residing in Huntindgon, Hastings, Ontario, Canada, with his parents and siblings. He and his father were employed as carpenters. The family were Methodists. On 31 Oct 1885, at age 22, Willet McTaggart, a cheesemaker (sic*), son of Archibald and Samantha McTaggart, residing in Huntingdon, married in Huntingdon, Hastings, Ontario, Canada, to Maggie Hawkins, age 20 (sic, 23), daughter of Thomas and Catherine Hawkins, residing in Tyandinaga, Hastings, Ontario, Canada. Witnessed by Georgina Pouton and Elizabeth L. Hogart, both of Belleville. *(The marriage information is taken from the provincial registry, not from the church registry, and was thus copied from another source. As Willet is shown elsewhere as a carpenter and nowhere else as a cheesemaker, then cheesemaker is likely a clerical copying error.) On 8 Oct 1886, Willet and Maggie McTaggart had their first daughter, Mary Josephine McTaggart in Belleville, Hastings, Ontario, Canada. On 10 Apr 1889, Willet and Maggie McTaggart had their second daughter, Margaret Jocelyn McTaggart in Huntingdon, Hastings, Ontario, Canada. Willet McTaggart's wife, Maggie, died sometime after the birth of their second daughter in 1889 and prior to the 1891 census. Her year of death is incorrectly recorded on her gravestone as 1893, but the stone is believed to have been placed much later. In 1891 Willet McTaggart was residing in Hastings, Huntingdon, Ontario, Canada, in the home of his parents. He is listed as widowed and has his two daughters with him. His occupation is not listed. The family were Methodists. On 31 Oct 1891, Willet McTaggart's father, Archibald McTaggart, died in Huntingdon, Hastings, Ontario, Canada. His death is also incorrectly recorded on his gravestone as 31 Oct 1890. On 8 Nov 1893, at age 27 years, Willet McTaggart, widower, farmer, residing in Huntingdon, Hastings, Ontario, Canada, son of Archibald and Samantha McTaggart, married in the Methodist church in Huntingdon, Hastings, Ontario, Canada, to Martha J Archibald, age 22, spinster, residing in Huntingdon, daughter of Martin and Eliza Archibald. They had a family together. In 1901, at age 34, Willet McTaggart was residing in Huntingdon, Hastings, Ontario, Canada, with his second wife and their three children. His two daughters from his first marriage were living nearby in the home of Willet's parents. It would appear that Willet's second wife did not accept the children from his first marriage. Willet McTaggart was employed as a farmer. His origins are given incorrectly as German and his family were Methodists. On 27 Apr 1909, Willet McTaggart's daughter, Josephine, died in Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada, after giving birth to her illegitimate son, Ernest McTaggart. In 1911, at age 44, Willet McTaggart was residing in Huntingdon, Hastings, Ontario, Canada, with his second wife and their children. He was employed as a labourer on a farm. He was recorded as being of Dutch origin. His family were Methodists. Sometime between 1911-1920, Willet McTaggart's second wife, Martha Archibald, died. Her exact date of death is unknown. On 30 Dec 1920, age 51, Willet McTaggart, residing in Foxboro, Huntingdon, Ontario, Canada, married thirdly to Mary Frances Caldwell (nee Gordinier), age 45, widow of John Caldwell (unrelated to Willet's mother Samantha Caldwell). On 3 Dec 1925, just five years after they married, Willet McTaggart's third wife died. She is buried with her first husband. In 1931, at age 64, Willet McTaggart was residing in Thurlow, Hastings, Ontario, Canada, as a widower, in the home of Dr. E. F. G. Ward (Everett Franklin Garfield Ward), age 39 (born 1892), of Irish origins, a physician in general (private) medical practice. Willet was recorded as being a labourer in the doctor's employ. Willet McTaggart died on 9 Aug 1938 in Hastings, Ontario, Canada.

  
  

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