Margaret "Maggie" Pollock is born. Her parents, James and Jane, are Irish immigrants who raise their family on a farm in Blyth, a small village in Huron County, Ontario. 

Maggie takes a dressmaking course. She has a vision of herself working in Buffalo, New York.

Maggie goes to Buffalo. She spends a few weeks at home with her parents in January.

The Signal (1891-01-23)

People of Blythe and neighbouring areas visit Maggie for advice. She's known among the spiritualism community in Ontario and upstate New York.

Progressive Thinker (1894-06-01)

Rumour has it that a local church pastor visited Maggie. The Rev. P. Musgrave of Duff's Church denies it, and the paper mentions they'll run a letter of explanation from him the following week. It may be worth noting that the Reverend's wife died in March 1890.

The Huron Expositor (1894-12-28) MISS MAGGIE POLLOCK CASE 

Rumour has it that a local church pastor visited Maggie. The Rev. P. Musgrave of Duff's Church denies it, and the paper mentions they'll run a letter of explanation from him the following week. It may be worth noting that the Reverend's wife died in March 1890.

The Huron Expositor (1894-12-28) MISS MAGGIE POLLOCK CASE 

Maggie Pollock's name appears among the 221 girls who passed their entrance exam to Jarvis Street Collegiate Institute.

The Globe (1906-07-24) ENTRANCE EXAMINATIONS SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATES AT COLLEGIATE INSTITUTES

Maggie goes to Lily Dale, New York.

Farmer John Lienhart (26) and his brother-in-law Geo Bennewis visit the Pollock family homestead to ask Maggie about missing oats.

Police Magistrate Andrews charges Maggie with "Telling Fortunes," which is illegal under section 365 of the Canadian Criminal Code. 

Maggie is brought before Huron County Judge Henry Dickson and convicted.

"Miss Margaret Pollock, who lives with her brother in Morris Township, near Blyth, was charged under a section of the criminal code which deals with fortune-telling and kindred practices."

The Brussels Post (1919-07-10) FORTUNE TELLING CASE

"One would have supposed that we had progressed a good long way from the days when witches were tried and often burned at the stake. But last week, in the County Judge's Criminal Court at Goderich, Miss Margaret Pollock of Morris Township was tried before Judge Dickson on a charge of fortune-telling."

The Clinton News Record (1919-07-10) IS IT WITCHCRAFT? 

"A tale involving supposed communication with the dead and one which is in many respects the weirdest that has come before the Ontario Courts in many years reached Osgoode Hall yesterday."

The Globe (1920-03-17) GIRL PROFESSES OCCULT POWERS  

"The case of Miss Maggie Pollock, the Blythe lady who was tried by His Honour Judge Dixon in October last on the charge of practising occult, attracted considerable notice in the Toronto papers on account of the stated case to be heard by the appellate court at Toronto shortly."

The Goderich Star (1920-03-25) SEE AND TALK WITH SPIRITS 

"Whether or not Maggie Pollock of Morris Township, Huron County, is guilty of the crime charged against her of using "witchcraft and sorcery" will shortly be determined at Osgoode Hall. The case came up again yesterday with the receipt from County Judge L. H. Nickerson of Huron County of the three test questions upon which the Appellate Division is to decide the stated case."

The Globe (1920-04-09) GIRL THOUGHT SHE HAD OCCULT POWER 

Cannot Decide Offhand Whether Girl is Guilty of a Crime Which the Law Does Not Recognize

The Globe (1920-04-17) CHARGE OF WITCHCRAFT LEAVES JUDGES AT SEA 

"The Appellate Division at Osgoode Hall has refused to quash the conviction of Miss Margaret Pollick, who resides near Blyth, Ont., and who had been found guilty by a county judge in Goderich of witchcraft."

The Globe (1920-06-20) HELD GUILTY OF WITCHCRAFT 

The Clinton News Record: "The Conviction Stands Against Miss Pollock".

Maggie's case is appealed to Osgoode Hall. Her conviction is upheld.

"The judgment on the appeal was to sustain the trial judge’s finding, and it remained therefore for Judge Dickson to decide the penalty. Miss Pollock is let go on suspended sentence and is bound over, on the surety of herself and her brother William, to refrain from practising the occult science or pretending to have communication with spirits and to have supernatural powers."

The Brussels Post (1920-10-21) MISS MAGGIE POLLOCK CASE 

"The judge admonished her that the practice must cease and has bound her over in bonds of $200 from herself and from her brother to refrain from pretensions of occult power and from practicing the occult science."

The Clinton New Era (1920-10-21) MUST ABANDON CLAIM TO ANY OCCULT POWER

"Following the decision of the Court at Toronto, which confirmed the judgment of Judge Dickson convicting Miss Maggie Pollock on the charge of practising an occult science, Miss Pollock appeared before the Judge on Tuesday for sentence."

The Lucknow Sentinel (1920-10-21) MISS POLLOCK GETS SUSPENDED SENTENCE

The Clinton News Record| MUST NOT PRACTISE OCCULT SCIENCE OR PRETEND TO HAVE SUPERNATURAL POWER 

The Clinton News Record (1920-10-21) MUST NOT PRACTISE OCCULT SCIENCE OR PRETEND TO HAVE SUPERNATURAL POWER 

"As the matter now stands, it would not be surprising to learn that the court proceedings have done little more than give the professed powers of this young woman a province-wide advertisement."

The Signal (1920-11-20) IS COURT DECISION PRACTICABLE?

After a pair of convicts escape from jail in London, Maggie gets a visit from High Constable A.J. Wharton, Middlesex Crown Attorney A.M. Judd, and Provincial Officer Lloyd Mennie.

The Globe (1927-11-02) MEDIUM IS VISITED BY POLICE OFFICERS SEEKING HARLTON 

"Miss Pollock, after a séance, was able, it is understood, to give the officers several tangible facts about the whereabouts of the missing men."

The Clinton News Record (1927-11-03) IS THE CROWN REDUCED TO THIS?

After a pair of convicts escape from jail in London, Maggie gets a visit from High Constable A.J. Wharton, Middlesex Crown Attorney A.M. Judd, and Provincial Officer Lloyd Mennie.

The Seaforth News (1927-11-03) FAME IS SPREADING

Businessman Truman Elliott seeks Maggie's help in finding his lost watch. She predicts its location from her recliner.

The Exeter Times-Advocate (1928-09-06) STOLEN WATCH RETURNED TO OWNER

"Maggie Pollock, spinster seeress of Blyth, may figure shortly in the unraveling of the Rumbold and Perri murder mysteries if the Provincial Police can be persuaded to accept her assistance."

The Globe (1928-09-06) SEERESS MAY FURNISH KEY TO RUMBOLD, PERRI CASES

Maggie Pollock passes away at age 70.

The Seaforth News (1931-09-03) BLYTH - DEATH OF MISS MAGGIE POLLOCK

The Exeter Times-Advocate (1931-09-03) NOTED CLAIRVOYANT OF BLYTH PASSES

The Wingham Advance Times (1931-09-03) CLAIRVOYANT OF MORRIS PASSES