Margaret MACDONALD

1833 - Yes, date unknown

• Name	Margaret MACDONALD
  Birth	1 Dec 1833	Ballater, Scotland
  Gender	Female
  Immigration	1857
  	To Canada
  	Per 1901 Census
  _UID	DFCF8A0F50554C79A9B84D1A3D7916A2E7CD
  Death	Yes, date unknown
  Person ID	I6310	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	13 May 2021

  
  

  Mother	MACGREGOR
  Family ID	F2438	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	William Donald CHEVES,   b. 1 Jun 1835, Peterhead, Scotland d. 26 Jul 1905, Paisley, Bruce County, Ontario, Canada (Age 70 years)
  Children	1. Margaret CHEVES,   b. 13 Oct 1866, Howick Twp, Ontario, Canada d. 11 Feb 1941, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Age 74 years)
  Family ID	F1911	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Oct 2015

  
  

• Notes

  An only child (from notes written by her granddaughter, Meta Cheves Allen in 1964) Granddaughter Meta continues - "Grandma went to work at 16 as her mother was a widow. She was a housekeeper for the family of Grant whose very nice residence is on Balmoral Castle grounds. (Scotland) The head of the family was gamekeeper on the property - a responsible position requiring much knowledge. When mother was 10 years of age, they made a train trip to Scotland - saw all the relatives - Cheves, MacDonald, MacGregor, Thain, Gould, Savage, etc. - and brought back my great grandmother, Mrs MacDonald. Mother, in her time, grew up with her grandmother in the house at Lakelet, Ontario. When Grandfather Cheves sold his farm and retired quite young, he bought a house in Clifford, Ontario - from where Mother was married and came to Paisley. Later Grandpa and Grandma Cheves moved there also. Grandfather built our two houses on the same property - very well built too, as he supervised the building of them."