Margaret Buchanan Scott

ID # 4537, (1887-1964)
FatherJohn Carrick Scott (1859-1934)
MotherElla McKenzie (1860-1930)
BirthMargaret Buchanan Scott was born on 25 July 1887 at South Dumfries. 
MarriageShe married Lorenzo Norette Wadlin on 11 April 1925 at Strathroy, Middlesex Co., Ontario.
Mrge reg. 015048-25 Strathroy, Middlesex Co.
Lorenzo Norette Wadlin, 40, bachelor, engineer, born and residing Beaver Harbour, New Brunswick. Parents Alfred Wadlin and Elizabeth Paul. Presbyterian.
Margaret Buchanan Scott, 37, spinster, born and residing Strathroy. Parents John C. Scott and Ella McKenzie. Presbyterian.
W. N. Avery and Jennie S. Avery, both of 1680 St. Clair Ave., Toronto.
At Strathroy on 11 April, 1925, by J.A. Shaver of Strathroy, Presbyterian.

Margaret's place of birth is shown on the marriage registration at Strathroy. This must be viewed as a clerical error, for, documentably, she was born in South Dumfries, Brant County.

Lorenzo's middle name of Norette is almost illegible on the marriage registration, but is clear on his First World War attestation papers.
 
DeathShe died in 1964. 
BurialShe was buried at Mountview Cemetery, Galt. 
NoteShe Birth reg. 001869-87 on 29th July 1887 Margaret Buchanan Scott, parents John C. Scott and Ella McKenzie. John C. Scott is said to be a farmer in South Dumfries.

The obituary for John C. Scott in the February 9, 1934, issue of the Globe in Toronto places Margaret and her husband, L.N. Wadlin, of the Dominion Geodetic Survey, in Ottawa.
 
Last Edited11 May 2017