Dear Listers, Margaret Duncan Ross Plewes (wife of John Plewes) was my great-grandmother. My grandmother was just 6 mos old when her mother died, but these are the things I have learned about Margaret: Born: 25 Oct 1848, Kirkwall, Orkney Islands, Scotland First wife of John Plewes (son of James and Sarah MacDonald Plewes) Died: 15 Jan 1878 Her funeral was held at the home of her parents (Alexander and Jane Duncan Ross) in Owen Sound, ONT. She was buried 18 January 1878 in Greenwood Cemetery, Owen Sound. Family tradition says that she died in Red Mills, Medonte Township, Simcoe County, Ontario, but I have been unable to locate a record of her death. My great-grandfather, John Plewes, (like his father) was a miller, but I am uncertain as to just where "Red Mills" would have been located. Any suggestions? Jan Leimer (Indiana) P.S. I'm really enjoying following this site.

Hi: Here is her death registration info, surname spelled as Ancestry.com has indexed it: Ontario, Canada, Deaths, 1869-1936 and Deaths Overseas, 1939-1947 County of Simcoe, Division of Medonte Twp. Name: Margaret Plewa Death Date: 15 Jan 1878 Death Location: Simcoe Age: 28 years, 2 months Gender: Female Estimated birth year: abt 1850 Birth Location: Scotland Rank or Profession: Wife of John Plewes, miller Religion: Presbyterian Cause: Acute pulmonary tuberculosis, 16 days severe illness, several months ill Physician & Informant of Death:: N. A. Powell, MD Archives of Ontario Microfilm: MS935_19 Reg. #013080??, hard to read I have submitted a surname spelling correction to Ancestry. Red Mills may not have been an actual "place" but rather the name of the mill where John was the miller. Perhaps the mill was painted red! Marg in Sunny Alberta On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 7:32 PM, Weldon/Jan Leimer <wjleimer@sbcglobal.net>wrote: > Dear Listers, > > Margaret Duncan Ross Plewes (wife of John Plewes) was my great-grandmother. > > My grandmother was just 6 mos old when her mother died, but these are the > things I have learned about Margaret: > Born: 25 Oct 1848, Kirkwall, Orkney Islands, Scotland > First wife of John Plewes (son of James and Sarah MacDonald Plewes) > Died: 15 Jan 1878 > Her funeral was held at the home of her parents (Alexander and Jane > Duncan Ross) in Owen Sound, ONT. > She was buried 18 January 1878 in Greenwood Cemetery, Owen Sound. > > Family tradition says that she died in Red Mills, Medonte Township, Simcoe > County, Ontario, but I have been unable to locate a record of her death. My > great-grandfather, John Plewes, (like his father) was a miller, but I am > uncertain as to just where "Red Mills" would have been located. > > Any suggestions? > Jan Leimer (Indiana) > > P.S. I'm really enjoying following this site. > ***************** > Ten People All Genealogists Should Follow On Twitter: http://tr.im/hBAy > > Simcoe Co. GenWeb at http://www.waynecook.com/simcoe.shtml > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > CAN-ONT-SIMCOE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >