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Margaret SHANKIE

Female 1870 - 1957  (87 years)


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  • Name Margaret SHANKIE 
    Born 28 Mar 1870  Bythswood, Glasgow, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died 11 May 1957  Bloomfield, Hallowell Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Buried in Glenwood Cemetery in Picton
    Person ID I262  Patrick Goodmurphy Family Tree
    Last Modified 2 Aug 2020 

    Mother Agnes FARMER
              b. 17 Sep 1855 
    Relationship natural 
    Family ID F11390  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Wallace Eladure GOODMURPHY
              b. 29 Sep 1868, Hillier, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 5 Dec 1960, Picton, Hallowell Twp, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 92 years) 
    Married 1 Nov 1892  Bloomfield, Hallowell Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Hubert GOODMURPHY
              b. 24 Aug 1893, Hillier, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 1 May 1966, Picton, Hallowell Twp, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years)  [natural]
     2. Helena Varny GOODMURPHY
              b. 16 Oct 1898, Bloomfield, Hallowell Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 22 Feb 1994, Trenton, Sidney Twp, Hastings County,Ontario,Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 95 years)  [natural]
     3. Dorothea Isabel GOODMURPHY
              b. 23 Feb 1900, Hillier, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 1992  (Age 91 years)  [natural]
     4. Lenora Eliza GOODMURPHY
              b. 22 Aug 1906, Hillier, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 6 Apr 1993, Picton, Hallowell Twp, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years)  [natural]
    Last Modified 2 Aug 2020 
    Family ID F91  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • See Maggies Story
      "Margaret FARMER was born March 28, 1870 in Bythswood, Glasgow Scotland. She was the illiegitimate daughter of Agnes FARMER. Agnes was the daughter of Thomas Farmer and Mary Campbell.
      Shortly after her birth Maggie was adopted by Andrew SHANKIE and Margaret CUNNINGHAM, Andrew worked as an iron moulder and the family lived at #5 Burnside Buildings in the Milton District of Glasgow.
      Andrew passed away not too long after that, and his widow then remarried. Eventually Margaret was not wanted and she was placed in the City Orphans Home at James Morrison Street on April 4,1882.
      Margaret was sent to Canada on May 26,1882 and would have been sent to the Marchmont Home in Belleville. From there she was placed with Levi and Eliza Varney in Bloomfield."

      Margaret Shankey became the adopted daughter of the Varneys, see the book "Quaker Days and Quaker Ways" which refers to the Varney Family.
      Eliza Hollingsworth Jones - born Sep 30/1829 in Picton.
      Her parents were John Jones of County Wexford, Ireland - born Mar 20/1795, and Abigail Richmond Cunningham - born in Hallowell on Aug 26/1809.
      She met Levi Varney and they were married on Jun 16/1848 in Bloomfield at the Friend's Meeting House.
      By 1881, Levi and Eliza Varney were running the West Lake Boarding School.
      In 1882, Levi and Eliza built a 3rd Meeting House in the Village, on the west side of the town of Bloomfield.
      Eliza Varney died on April 26/1915 on Big Island. Her funeral was held in Picton two days later.