| 1. | Fergus Archie McDiarmid was born on 28 Mar 1880 in Fingal, Elgin County, Ontario, Canada; died on 6 Dec 1959; was buried in Beechwood Cemetery, Ottawa, Ottawa Municipality, Ontario, Canada. Other Events and Attributes:
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Died:
ergus was a son of John McDiarmid and Mary Travers McDiarmid.
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He was a noted chief astronomer at the Dominion Observatory and was granted an MBE in 1946.
In 1904 Fergus McDiarmid married Mabel Martin of Ottawa. She died in 1912. Next he married Mrs. George E. Fletcher in 1913. She died in 1936. Lastly he married Mrs. Forester MacKinnon (Mary Edna n?e McDiarmid).
He was survived by his third wife; two sons, Fergus James of Fort Wayne, Indiana and Dr. Orvale J. McDiarmid, Washington, D.C.; two daughters, Mrs. David M. Kempner (Marjorie), New York City and Mabel; a step-daughter, Mrs. Harry Miller (Eleanor); a sister, Mrs. Harold B. Newland, Leamington, Ontario.
He was predeceased by a brother, Dr. R.J. McDiarmid who died in 1936.
Informant of death: Mrs. Mary Edna McDiarmid.
Extracted information from - The Ottawa Journal, December 8, 1959, p. 30
Family/Spouse: Mary Edna McDiarmid. Mary (daughter of Duncan Shakespear McDiarmid and Mary Maxwell Lamont) was born on 23 Nov 1886 in Carleton Place, Lanark County, Canada West; died on 6 Jul 1975 in Ottawa, Ottawa Municipality, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Pinecrest Cemetery, Ottawa, Ottawa Municipality, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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1880 - 1959 (79 years)
