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    Matilda M Corbett (Orkney)

    Birth: 1825

    Death: 2-25-1897

    Birth Date Prefix: c.

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    Alternate First Name: Mathilda

    Alternate Surname: Corbet

Relationships

Spouse

Corbett, William ()

Biography

Wife of William Corbett, lived on Anticosti island. WHS and FWS met her on the St. Lawerence boat trip in 1857. Had at least two children, Charles and Adeline.

Letter References

Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, August 20, 1857

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Biography: 
Wife of William Corbett, lived on Anticosti island. WHS and FWS met her on the St. Lawerence boat trip in 1857. Had at least two children, Charles and Adeline.
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Probably did not give real age on the census, listed age given on death certificate. Name: Matilda Corbet Gender: Female Marital status: Married Age: 60 Birth Year: abt 1831 Birthplace: Quebec Relation to Head-of-house: Wife Religion: Free Church French Canadian: No Spouse's name: William Corbet Father's Birth Place: Scotland Mother's Birth Place: Scotland Province: Ontario District Number: 128 District: Wentworth North Subdistrict: Flamborough West
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Name: Matilda Marion Corbet Gender: Female Age: 72 Birth Date: abt 1825 Birth Place: Canada Death Date: 25 Feb 1897 Death Place: Wentworth, Ontario, Canada Religion: Presbyterian Cause of Death: Influnza and Pneumonia Source Citation Archives of Ontario; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Collection: MS935; Reel: 86 Source Information Ancestry.com. Ontario, Canada, Deaths and Deaths Overseas, 1869-1947 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.