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BUCHAN, Margaret Isabella Ruth Annie
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Name BUCHAN, Margaret Isabella Ruth Annie Birth 25 Nov 1906 Superior, Douglas County, Wisconsin, USA
Gender Female Death 21 Dec 1959 Centerville, St. Joseph County, Michigan, USA
Person ID I1319 Edgoose Last Modified 1 Feb 2026
Father BUCHAN, John Frederick, b. 3 Jun 1881, Windsor, Ontario, Canada
d. 5 Dec 1912, Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, USA
(Age 31 years) Mother EDGOOSE, Miriam, b. 5 Feb 1887, Sheffield, Yorkshire
d. 2 Oct 1961, Dearborn, Wayne County, Michigan, USA
(Age 74 years) Marriage 19 Jul 1904 Superior, Douglas County, Wisconsin, USA
Family ID F455 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family CHAPMAN, William M., b. Between 1906 and 1907, Michigan, USA
d. Yes, date unknown Marriage 15 May 1926 Three Rivers, St. Joseph County, Michigan, USA
Family ID F802 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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MARGARET ISABELLA BUCHAN 1906-1959
Margaret Isabella BUCHAN was born at Superior, Wisconsin, USA, on 25 November 1906, daughter of John Frederick BUCHAN and his wife Miriam née EDGOOSE.
At the time of the 1910 Federal Census of the USA the family were living at 527 Bay Street, Superior City, Douglas County, Wisconsin, USA:
John F. BUCHAN, head, aged 27, married 6 years, born in Canada, arrived in the USA in 1883, was a machinist by trade but had been unemployed since at least the beginning of 1909;
Miriam BUCHAN, wife, aged 23, married 6 years, two of her three children were living, born in England, arrived in the USA in 1890;
Leslie BUCHAN, son, aged 6, born in Wisconsin, had not started going to school;
*Margaret BUCHAN, daughter, aged 3, born in Wisconsin.
(www.ancestry.com Series T624 Roll 1707 District 93 Sheet 47).
From the 1920 US Federal Census of W[illegible] Ave, Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, USA:
*Eli GEMBERLING, head, aged 50, born in Ohio of Pennsylvanian born parents, motorman for railway co.;
Miriam GEMBERLING, wife, aged 32, immigrated 1890, naturalised 1919, born in England of English parents;
Margaret BUCHAN, daughter, aged 13, born in Wisconsin.
(Roll T625_815/21A/ED503/Image 595)
Margaret BUCHAN of Three Rivers, Michigan, aged 19, a waitress, born in Wisconsin, daughter of Eli GEMBERLING [sic] and Miriam EDGOOSE, married William M. CHAPMAN at St. Josph County, Michigan, on 15 May 1926. William M. CHAPMAN was the son of William M. CHAPMAN and Martha née HARVEL, a 19 year old Michigan born labourer from Three Rivers. They eventually divorced.
(FamilySearch: Michigan Marriages 1820-1935)
Margaret I. CHAPMAN died at Centerville, St. Joseph, Michigan, USA, on 21 December 1959 aged 53.
NOTES & QUERIES:
The date of birth of either Winniford or Margaret must be incorrect. They cannot both have been born in 1906.
(revised 08.04.2013)

