Helen Margaret Dewar McGregor (1842 - 1871)

Born 13 Jul 1842 in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland

Ancestors

Wife of John Blair — married 3 Dec 1869 in Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland

Died 17 Jul 1871 at age 29 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

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Biography

This biography was auto-generated by a GEDCOM import.^[1] It's a rough draft and needs to be edited.

Name

Name: Helen Margaret Dewar /McGregor/ ^[2]

Birth

Birth:

Date: 13 JUL 1842

Place: Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland^[3]

Death

Death:

Date: 17 JUL 1871

Place: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

Note: cert. shows Helen as 29, married to John Blair, railway guard, d/o Duncan McGregor, feuar, and Margaret m.s. Henderson both dec. Died 1:15pm of disease of the heart and dropsy, 9 mths, cert. by Menzies M.D., inf. widower^[4][5]

Reference

Reference: 43965

Occupation

Occupation: a dom. servant

Date: DEC 1869

Place: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland^[6]

Marriage

Husband: John Blair

Wife: Helen Margaret Dewar McGregor

Marriage:

Date: 03 DEC 1869

Place: Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland

Note: cert shows John as a 28 yr old Railway Porter from Edinburgh, s/o David Blair, farmer, and Amelia m.s. Honeyman, Helen McGregor was 26, a dom. serv of Edinburgh, d/o John (sic) and Margaret m.s. Henderson. Married after banns, United Pres. Ch, Wit: John & Agnes SINCLAIR^[7]

Wife: Margaret Henderson

Child: Daniel McGregor

Child: William McGregor

Child: Margaret McGregor

Child: Duncan McGregor

Child: Janet McGregor

Child: Mary McGregor

Child: Helen Margaret Dewar McGregor

Child: Catherine McGregor

Child: Archibald McGregor

Child: Anne McGregor

Marriage:

Date: MAY 1828

Place: FIF & Perthshire, Scotland

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

Census:

Date: 1851

Place: 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]

Census:

Date: 1861

Place: 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]

Sources

1. ↑ McGregor-1025 was created by Lorna Henderson through the import of HendRichFBDNA4WTMay2014Final.ged on May 3, 2014. This comment and citation can be deleted after the biography has been edited and primary sources are included.
2. ↑ Source: #S1596 Page: Birth/christenings 1830-1851, Dunfermline, FIF to Duncan McGREGOR and Margaret HENDERSON, batch C119506, extracted May 2006
3. ↑ Source: #S1596 Page: Birth/christenings 1830-1851, Dunfermline, FIF to Duncan McGREGOR and Margaret HENDERSON, batch C119506, extracted May 2006
4. ↑ Source: #S56 Page: 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 Page: Dth 1871 Helen BLAIR nee McGREGOR, reg. Dist of St George, Edinburgh, Scotland, Dist 685/1 Pg 246 #736, copy rcvd Sep 2006
6. ↑ Source: #S2420 Page: Marr. 1869 Helen McGREGOR and John BLAIR, reg. Par. of Dunbar, Cty of Haddington, Scotland, Dist 706 Pg 13 #25, copy rcvd Sep 2006
7. ↑ Source: #S2420 Page: Marr. 1869 Helen McGREGOR and John BLAIR, reg. Par. of Dunbar, Cty of Haddington, Scotland, Dist 706 Pg 13 #25, copy rcvd Sep 2006
8. ↑ Source: #S2420 Page: Rcvd May 2006
9. ↑ Source: #S2420 Page: Dth 1886 Margaret McGREGOR nee HENDERSON, reg. Dunfermline pg 131 #391, copy rcvd May 2006
10. ↑ Source: #S2420 Page: Marr. 1808 Duncan McGREGOR & Margaret HENDERSON, ex Noreen's McGREGOR report, rcvd Sep 2007
11. ↑ Source: #S820 Page: 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 Page: 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 Page: May 2006

• Source: S1596 Title: IGI: Online searches, assorted surnames Note: citations without an "extracted MMM YYYY" are generally pre 1999 Repository: #R149
• Repository: R149 Name: Family Search (LDS) Address: State: UT Country: USA Note: http://familysearch.org
• Source: S2420 Title: EM HENDERSON/McGREGOR ex Linda H (USA), Recipient: L Henderson (NZ)
• Source: S56 Title: Scottish Birth, Marriage, Death entries (from 1855), Record Type: Scottish BMDB entries (from 1855), File Number: http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/index.php