- Margaret Ellen was a daughter of James Portt and Margaret Robinson. The family can be found in the 1852, Canada West, Hastings County, Tyendinaga, family members: father James, mother Margaret, Adeline 15, William 7, and Robert 5, Margaret is missing, she should be around 6. She is in the 1861 census, age 19, birthplace, Upper Canada, single, living with her family in Hastings, Canada West, a member of the Church of England. 1871 still finds her living with her parents, age 26, Irish, in Ontario, Hastings East, Tyendinaga
She became Rev. William Fleming second wife, and the new family can be found in March, Carleton, Ontario for the 1881 census, with family members:
William Fleming 52
Margret E. Fleming 40
William T.P. [Thomas Portt] Fleming 6
Mary M.A. Fleming 15
Em [Erma Francis] F.V. Fleming 13
In 1901, Margaret's birthdate is listed as Jan 13, 1855 and William b. Apr. 8, 1829, are living in Tyendinaga, Hastings, Ontario. 1911 finds the couple still living in Tyendinaga, with Margaret's birthdate listed as Jan. 13, 1884 and William's Apr. 8, 1829
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1844 - 1917 (73 years)
