McFadyen, Mary

1852 - 1927  (74 years)

• Name	McFadyen, Mary
  Born	23 Sep 1852	Glammis, Bruce County, Ontario, Canada
  Gender	Female
  Died	20 Jul 1927	Glen Ewen, Saskatchewan, Canada
  Notes	Abraham Neilson Atkinson was born at Paisley, Ontario and worked as a blacksmith at Liverton. About 1874 he married Mary McFadyen (1852-1927) from Glamis, Ontario. In 1880, the family moved west to Pilot Mound, N.W.T., and took up a homestead at Coulter, Manitoba. The children had to walk through dense bush to attend school and too often the river was so high they could not cross it. As more of the children were becoming of school age, Abraham and Mary traded their farm for a farm six and one-half miles southeast of Glen Ewen in the Florence district. In 1900 they moved to the Mount Pleasant district. Abe Atkinson retired from farming in 1913 and moved to Glen Ewen. He died in 1917. Mary lived until 1927, baking her own bread, tending her garden and often boarding the teacher. Abraham and Mary had eleven children: Robert Neil Atkinson, born in Ontario in 1876, was educated in Manitoba, and homesteaded in the Mount Pleasant district. Rob later moved to British Comumbia. He married Pearl Dunn. They adopted two children. Hugh Neilson Atkinson (Nels) (1878-1940) was born in Ontario and educated in Manitoba. After moving to Glen Ewen he became a carpenter. He built houses at Spanish Banks, Vancouver until the depression hit the building industry and he returned to Glen Ewen and worked on the farm. In 1916 he married Nat Cranson’s widow, Libby Rodgers, who had five children; Nellie, Ched, Cliff, Stan, and Jack. Nels and Libby farmed the Cranston place at Tilston, later renting it out and returning to live in Glen Ewen where he operated Jack Cranston’s butcher shop. After Nels died in 1940 Libby moved to Port Coquitlan, B.C. Helen Estella Atkinson (1879-1978). Nellie was born in Glamis, Ontario in 1879. She attended school at Coulter and at Maple Grove School. In 1901 she married Andrew Walker (1875-1966). They homesteaded northeast of Glen Ewen. In 1913, they moved south of Alameda and again to west of Alameda. In 1927 they moved to west of Kisbey where they farmed until 1946, retiring to the village until 1964, when they moved into the Senior Citizens’ Village in Stoughton. They had eleven children: Catherine (Mrs. Percy Taylor); Mary (Mrs. Gordon Brown); Laura (Mrs. John Stephen); Jean (Mrs. Clifford Ball); Isabelle (Mrs. Robert Forsyth, Mack); Marjorie (Mrs. Charles Swallow); John A. married Ruth Collins; Grace (Mrs. Ralph Johnson); Archie, an airforce gunner, was killed in action in 1942 and Bruce and airforce pilot, was killed in action in 1944. John Sylvester Atkinson (1882-1965). John was born at Pilot Mound. He improved up a homestead beside his father wile working as a blacksmith in Glen Ewen. He sold this, was in the lumber business in Revelstoke, B.C. then took a barber’s course in Winnipeg. After barbering in Frobisher, he moved to Pilot Mound where he operated a barber shop, pool hall and bowling alley. He and his wife, Jean Nash, retired to Selkirk. There were six children: Leone (Mrs. Borden Hanford); Earl; Orvil; Dorothy (Mrs. Morley Fallis); Ralph and Lorne. Abraham Allan Atkinson (1882-1927) was born at Pilot Mound and homesteaded beside his brother Rob, northeast of Glen Ewen. He moved to Spruce Lake, Saskatchewan. He married Annie Philco, sister of his brother Ross’ wife. His daughter Jean died as a child, by accidentally drinking lye, and Abe died in an accident when moving a granary. His surviving children were Dorothy (Mrs. W. Barker); Laura (Mrs. O. Forsyth); Ruth (Mrs. E. Cleaves) and Mary (Mrs. W. Forsyth). His widow married Jack Barker. (Furrow to the Future: Oxbow and Glen Ewen, Volume 1, pg 355-357)
  Person ID	I3938	McFadyen and Parker
  Last Modified	4 Feb 2010

  
  

  Father	McFadyen, Hugh,   b. Feb 1826, Tyree, Argyllshire, Scotland ,   d. 25 Oct 1898, Bruce Township, Ontario, Canada  (Age ~ 72 years)
  Mother	McDonald, Margaret Ann,   b. 1830, Brock Township, Ontario, Canada
  Married	22 Mar 1848  [1]
  Family ID	F1421	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Atkinson, Abraham Nelson,   b. 27 Mar 1852, Paisley, Elderslie Townshhip, Bruce County, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1917, Glen Ewen, Saskatchewan, Canada  (Age 64 years)
  Married	2 Feb 1876	Kincardine, Bruce County, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Children	1. Atkinson, Robert Neil,   b. 12 Nov 1876, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1917  (Age 40 years)   2. Atkinson, Hugh Neilson,   b. 4 Jun 1878, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1940, Glen Ewen, Saskatchewan, Canada  (Age 61 years)   3. Atkinson, Helen Estella,   b. 1879, Glammis, Bruce County, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 25 Jul 1978, Senior Citizens Village, Stoughton, Manitoba, Canada  (Age 99 years)   4. Atkinson, John Sylvester,   b. 1881, Pilot Mound, Lisgar District, Louise Subdistrict, Manitoba, Canada ,   d. 1965, Selkirk, Manitoba, Canada  (Age 84 years)   5. Atkinson, Abraham Allan,   b. 22 Aug 1882, Pilot Mound, Manitoba, Canada ,   d. 4 Jan 1928  (Age 45 years)   6. Atkinson, Herbert Justin,   b. 4 Nov 1885, Coulter, Manitoba, Canada ,   d. 1958, Selkirk, Manitoba, Canada  (Age 72 years)   7. Atkinson, Ida Margaret,   b. 25 May 1887, Coulter, Manitoba, Canada ,   d. 12 Dec 1986, Bienfait, Saskatchewan, Canada  (Age 99 years)   8. Atkinson, Mary Isabelle,   b. 11 May 1889, Coulter, Manitoba, Canada ,   d. 1949, Saskatchewan, Canada  (Age 59 years)   9. Atkinson, Rosswell Murdock,   b. 3 Oct 1891, Coulter, Manitoba, Canada ,   d. 1962, Selkirk, Manitoba, Canada  (Age 70 years)   10. Atkinson, Gideon,   b. 1894, Coulter, Arthur District, Manitoba, Canada ,   d. 1895, Coulter, Arthur District, Manitoba, Canada  (Age 1 years)   11. Atkinson, Jennie May,   b. 11 Jan 1896, Coulter, Manitoba, Canada ,   d. 1975, Estevan Regional Nursing Home, Estevan, Saskatchewan, Canada  (Age 78 years)   12. Atkinson, William Archibald,   b. 25 Jun 1898, Coulter, Manitoba, Canada ,   d. 1968, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada  (Age 69 years)
  Photos		Abraham, Mary, and son Archie Atkinson
  Histories		Abraham Atkinson and Mary McFadyen family A brief history of their family. Click the title for a PDF version, or this for an on-line web linked version
  Last Modified	8 Jun 2022
  Family ID	F1372	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Married - 2 Feb 1876 - Kincardine, Bruce County, Ontario, Canada Died - 20 Jul 1927 - Glen Ewen, Saskatchewan, Canada  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S65] Newspaper Clipping, Christian Guardian, Toronto, 1836-1849, pg 175. March 22, Hugh McFadden, of brock, & Margaret McDonald, of Mariposa. (Rev. C. W. M. Gilbert) [S62] Ontario Marriage Registrations, 1876, Bruce County, MS932_19. Name: Mary McFadyen Birth Place: Brock Age: 23 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1853 Father Name: Hugh McFadyen Mother Name: Margeret McDonald Spouse Name: Abraham Atkinson Spouse's Age: 24 Spouse Estimated Birth Year: abt 1852 Spouse Birth Place: Farlton Spouse Father Name: Robert Atkinson Spouse Mother Name: Ellen Nielson Marriage Date: 2 Feb 1876 Marriage Place: Bruce Marriage County: Bruce Family History Library Microfilm: MS932_19