Margaret Atwood
Atwood in 2018, photo by DFree/Bigstock.com
Birth Name: Margaret Eleanor Atwood
Place of Birth: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Date of Birth: November 18, 1939
Ethnicity: English, some Irish and Scottish
Margaret Atwood is a Canadian poet, novelist, literary critic, essayist, inventor, teacher, and environmental activist.
She is the daughter of Margaret Dorothy (Killam), a dietician and nutritionist, and Carl Edmund Atwood, an entomologist. Her father was from Clyde River, Shelburne County, and her mother was from Woodville, Kings County, both in Nova Scotia. Her family had deep roots in the province, going back 200 years, and in Massachusetts before that. Margaret was raised in the backwoods of northern Québec, and as well as Ottawa, Sault Ste. Marie, and Toronto.
Margaret has a daughter with her late partner, novelist Graeme Gibson.
Margaret’s paternal grandfather was Herbert Leslie Atwood (the son of Benjamin Ellis Atwood and Dorcas Swaine Nickerson). Herbert was born in Rebmico Lake, Yarmouth, Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia. Benjamin was the son of Benjamin Atwood and Deborah Swaine. Dorcas was the daughter of Caleb Nickerson and Mary Polly Worthen.
Margaret’s paternal grandmother was Florence Cornelia McGowan (the daughter of Daniel McGowan and Mary Bessie Davies). Florence was born in Summerville, Hants County, Nova Scotia. Daniel was the son of David McGowan and Elizabeth Buchanan. Mary was the daughter of Daniel Davies and Christiana McKay.
Margaret’s maternal grandfather was Harold Edwin Killam (the son of William Henry Killam and Amanda Fitzalan Woodman). Harold was born in Woodville, Kings County, Nova Scotia. William was the son of Amasa I. Killam and Amy L. Rand. Amanda was the daughter of William Woodman and Louisa Jane Harris.
Margaret’s maternal grandmother was Ora Louise Webster (the daughter of Samuel Wesley Webster and Louise/Louisa Deborah Robinson). Ora was born in Morristown, Kings County, Nova Scotia. Samuel was the son of Asael Jeffers Webster and Wealthy Lavinia Tupper. Margaret’s great-grandmother Louise was the daughter of Benjamin Enoch Robinson and Abigail Tupper Patterson.
Source: Genealogy of Margaret Atwood – https://www.geni.com
>Dorcas was the daughter of Caleb Nickerson and Mary Polly Worthen.
>Mary Bessie Davies
>Daniel was the son of David McGowan and Elizabeth Buchanan. Mary was the daughter of Daniel Davies and Christiana McKay.
>Amanda was the daughter of William Woodman and Louisa Jane Harris.
>Samuel Wesley Webster
>Louise/Louisa Deborah Robinson
>Samuel was the son of Asael Jeffers Webster and Wealthy Lavinia Tupper. Louise was the daughter of Benjamin Enoch Robinson and Abigail Tupper Patterson.