Margaret (Reid) Colwell (1822 - 1906)

Born 1822 in Newry, County Armagh, Ireland

Wife of James Colwell — married 1844 in Muggie Creek, Victoria, Australia

Descendants

Died 30 Jan 1906 at about age 84 in Oakleigh, Victoria, Australia

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Biography

Margaret dies in 1906 in Oakleigh, Victoria. She was 84 years old. ^[1]

Margaret (Reid) Colwell was born in Ireland.

Margaret (Reid) Colwell migrated from Ireland to Australia.

Born

Margaret was born about 1823. ((NOTE: her parents are on an ancestry tree as James Reid (father) and Sydney Baxter (mother), however, this will be incorrect. Margaret was predeceased by her husband and his death information contains the facts that his fathers name was James and his mothers name was Sydney Baxter, informant on death certificate for James snr is son James, and Margaret is named as spouse on his death certificate)

Immigration

Margaret Reid arrived in Australia aged 19 with Jane Reid as assisted immigrants aboard the vessel "William Wallace" from Armagh in Ireland. They were both immigrating as domestic servants. The vessel docked at Port Phillip Bay 16 Feb 1844. ^[2]

Marriage

Margaret Reid married James Colwell in Victoria in 1844. ^{[citation needed]}

Children

• Robert Colwell 1845–1872
• Jane Eliza Colwell 1847–1934
• Sarah Colwell 1849–1849
• Matilda Colwell 1850–1940
• James Colwell 1852–1936
• Charlotte Colwell 1855–1941
• Sarah Ann Colwell 1857–1906
• Margaret Colwell 1859–1868
• Thomas Colwell 1861–1942

Death

Margaret Colwell passed away 1906 at Oakleigh, Victoria, aged 84. Parent details not provided on Death index. ^[3] Probate was granted in March 1906, and at the time of her death, Margaret was a widow. ^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ [ Family name: COLWELL Given name(s): Margt Event: deaths Place of death: Oleigh Age at Death: 84 Reg. year: 1906 Reg. number: 3017/1906 ]
2. ↑ State Records Authority of New South Wales; Kingswood New South Wales, Australia; Persons on bounty ships arriving at Port Phillip (Agent's Immigrant Lists); Series: 5318; Reel: 2144; Item: [4/4815]
3. ↑ Victoria BDM Deaths: 3017 / 1906
4. ↑ Public Record Office Victoria; North Melbourne, Victoria; Victorian Wills, Probate and Administration Records 1841-1925; Series: VPRS 7591

• Victorian Edwardian Index 1902-1913

• Victorian Death Index 1921-1985

• Burial record: Oakleigh Cemetery:

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/256791108/margaret_colwell Department of Justice, Victoria. Registry of Birth Deaths and Marriages [BDM] online database: https://my.rio.bdm.vic.gov.au/efamily-history/5fdb465410c0341bf105f989/results?q=efamily