1. | Margaret Lowney was born in 1879 in Dundee, Angus, Forfarshire, Scotland; died on 22 Oct 1962 in Jasper Place, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; was buried in Evergreen Memorial Gardens, Edmonton, Edmonton Census Division, Alberta, Canada. Other Events and Attributes:
- _FGLINK: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/200777499
- _FGRAVE: 200777499
- _TAG: Ramsay Twp Settlers (1820-1821)
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Died:
Pioneer Settler Dies Here
Mrs. Margaret coxford, of 10439 139th. St., who opened the first grocery store on Walterdale Flats following the 1915 floods, died Monday.
Mrs. coxford came to Edmonton in 1905 from dundee, Scotland, and ran a boarding house for the John Walters Lumber Mill which was located on Waterdale Flats, where the Kinsmens Park is today.
After her marrage to James Coxford in 1908, she and her husband lived in the first house built in South Edmonton. The old home is now used as a place for city archives and a museum, and is located on 93rd. Ave., between 106 and 107th. Sts. on the river bank. She was predeceased by her husband in 1944.
She is survived by three sons, Herbert and Robert of Edmonton, William of Victoria, B.C.; a daughter, Mrs. H. J. (Ada Mary) Lavoie of Edmonton; also 11 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
The funeral service will be held at the Foster and McGarvey Funeral Chapel at 2:30 p.m. Friday. Rev. H. G. Marsh, of Eastminster Presbyterian Church will officiate and burial will be in the Evergreen Memorial Gardens.
Margaret married Sgt. James Coxford in 1908 in Almonte, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. James (son of James Coxford and Mary Jane Kennedy) was born on 9 Feb 1868 in Rosebank, Ramsay Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 7 Oct 1944 in Edmonton, Edmonton Census Division, Alberta, Canada; was buried on 11 Oct 1944 in Edmonton Municipal Cemetery, Edmonton, Edmonton Census Division, Alberta, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 2. James Herbert "Herb" Coxford
was born in 1909 in Edmonton, Edmonton Census Division, Alberta, Canada; died in 1992 in Edmonton, Edmonton Census Division, Alberta, Canada; was buried in Mount Pleasant Municipal Cemetery, Edmonton, Edmonton Census Division, Alberta, Canada.
- 3. William Herbert Coxford
was born on 7 Mar 1910 in Edmonton, Edmonton Census Division, Alberta, Canada; died on 22 Sep 1995 in Edmonton, Edmonton Census Division, Alberta, Canada.
- 4. Robert Walter "Bob" Coxford
was born on 8 Jan 1913 in Edmonton, Edmonton Census Division, Alberta, Canada; died on 22 Sep 1995 in Edmonton, Edmonton Census Division, Alberta, Canada; was buried on 27 Sep 1995 in Evergreen Memorial Gardens, Edmonton, Edmonton Census Division, Alberta, Canada.
- 5. Ada Mary Coxford
was born on 2 Apr 1915 in Edmonton, Edmonton Census Division, Alberta, Canada; died on 28 Oct 1998 in Edmonton, Edmonton Census Division, Alberta, Canada; was buried in Edmonton, Edmonton Census Division, Alberta, Canada.
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