Margaret (Henderson) McGregor (1808 - 1886)

Born 21 Sep 1808 in Bridge of Allan, Lecropt, Stirlingshire, Scotland

Ancestors

Wife of Duncan McGregor — married May 1828 in Scotland

Descendants

Died 1 Nov 1886 at age 78 in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland

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Biography

Margaret^[1][2] daughter of Archibald Henderson and Margaret McEwan was born 1808 and died 1886.

Born 21 Sep 1808 Bridge of Allan, Lecropt, Stirlingshire, Scotland

Note: NB Bridge of Allan switches merrily between Perthshire and Stirling ^[3][4][5]

Baptized 02 Oct 1808 Lecropt, Perthshire, Scotland

Note: Wit. John Dawson, David Henderson (who just has to be some relation, possibly Margaret's uncle)^[6]

Died 01 Nov 1886 Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland

Note: cert #131 shows Margaret McGregor (widow of Duncan McGregor general labourer) died at midnight aged 78 of cardiac dropsy 15 mths. Father Archibald Henderson blacksmith Mother Margaret m.s. McEwan, both dec. Inf. John Devlin, Governor Poorhouse, reg. 2nd^[7]

Family

Husband: Duncan McGregor

Wife: Margaret Henderson

Married: May 1828 FIFe & Perthshire, Scotland

Note: 18 May Dunfermline, FIF 23 May Logie, PER,^[8][9][10]

Children:

Daniel McGregor

William McGregor

Margaret McGregor

Duncan McGregor

Janet McGregor

Mary McGregor

Helen Margaret Dewar McGregor

Catherine McGregor

Archibald McGregor

Anne McGregor

Census

1851 Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland

Note: McGREGOR: Duncan 46 laborer b Dollar, Kinross; wife Margaret 42 b Bridge of Allan, STI; Children: William 27 (sic), blacksmith; Janet 13 scholar; Mary 9 scholar; Helen 7 scholar; Kitty 4; Archibald 1, all b Dunfermline FIF^[11]

1861 Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland

Note: McGREGOR: Duncan 52 laborer b Bridge of Allan, STI; wife Catherine (sic) b Dollar, Kinross (sic); Children: Catherine 14, Archibald 11, both b Dunfermline FIF. I think the census taker got a tad confused here as I can't find Margaret elsewhere as yet, the birthplaces of Duncan and wife "Catherine" are right, albeit transposed, and both ages and relative ages of children Catherine and Archibald fit^[12][13]

1871 Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland

Note: McGREGOR: Margaret 61 widow midwife b Bridge of Allan, Perthshire; Dtr Mary 30 b Bowershall, FIF 3 rooms with 1 or more windows^[14]

1881 Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland

Note: McGREGOR: Margaret widow 69 midwife & nurse b Beckrup (?Lecropt), STI; Dtr Mary unm, 40 b Dunfermline^[15]

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S647 Bap. 1808 Margaret HENDERSON, extracted Sep 1994
2. ↑ Source: #S2420 Rcvd May 2006
3. ↑ Source: #S647 Bap. 1808 Margaret HENDERSON, extracted Sep 1994
4. ↑ Source: #S820 Census 1851 Dunfermline FIF: Dist 424 ED 18 Folio 2 Pg 20 Sched 68, hsehold of Duncan & Margaret McGREGOR, copy d/loaded May 2006
5. ↑ Source: #S2420 Dth 1886 Margaret McGREGOR nee HENDERSON, extract rcvd May 2006
6. ↑ Source: #S647 Bap. 1808 Margaret HENDERSON, extracted Sep 1994
7. ↑ Source: #S2420 Dth 1886 Margaret McGREGOR nee HENDERSON, reg. Dunfermline pg 131 #391, copy rcvd May 2006
8. ↑ Source: #S2420 Rcvd May 2006
9. ↑ Source: #S2420 Dth 1886 Margaret McGREGOR nee HENDERSON, reg. Dunfermline pg 131 #391, copy rcvd May 2006
10. ↑ Source: #S2420 1808 Duncan McGREGOR & Margaret HENDERSON, ex Noreen's McGREGOR report, rcvd Sep 2007
11. ↑ Source: #S820 1851 Census Dunfermline FIF: Dist 424 ED 18 Folio 2 Pg 20 Sched 68, hsehold of Duncan & Margaret McGREGOR, copy d/loaded May 2006
12. ↑ Source: #S820 1861 Census Dunfermline FIF: Dist 424/2 ED 8 Folio 2 Pg 16 Sched 55, hsehold of Duncan & Catherine (sic) McGREGOR, copy d/loaded May 2006
13. ↑ Source: #S600 May 2006
14. ↑ Source: #S820 1871 Census Dunfermline FIF: Dist 424 ED 7 Pg 19 Sched 98, hsehold of Margaret McGREGOR, copy d/loaded May 2006
15. ↑ Source: #S210 Dunfermline, FIF: FHL Film 0203520 GRO Ref Volume 424 EnumDist 3 Page 16, hsehold of Margaret McGREGOR, extracted May 2006

• Source: S210 1881 Census transcripts for UK via Family Search/LDS CDs Repository: #R21
• Repository: R21 Name: LDS library Address: State: Utah Country: USA Note: films and cd roms
• Source: S2420 EMails re HENDERSON/McGREGOR ex Linda H (USA), Recipient: L Henderson (NZ)
• Source: S647 OPR: births, marriages, Lecropt, Perthshire, Scotland
• Source: S820 Scotland: Census image ex GRO Repository: #R146
• Repository: R146 Scotlands People (http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/)

• WikiTree profile Henderson-2326 created through the import of HENDERSONLornaAncestorsPlus1Desc4WikiTree.ged on Oct 18, 2011 by L Henderson.
• Henderson-5666 was created by Lorna Henderson through the import of HendRichFBDNA4WTMay2014Final.ged on May 3, 2014 and merged with Henderson-2326. (Reference: 4217)