Margaret Baird Watson1

#5142, (1851 - 1930)
FatherThomas Watson2
MotherMary Christie2 (1819 - )
Extended Family
ChartsJames Graham & Agnes Finlayson - collapsible 7-generation descendant chart
William Reid & Lilias Sharp - collapsible 5-generation descendant chart
Michael Stirling & Elizabeth Monteith - collapsible 6-generation descendant chart

Children of Margaret Baird Watson and James Stirling

Life Events

BirthMargaret Baird Watson was born on 29 Jul 1851 in Dunblane, Perthshire.2
 
BaptismShe was baptized on 17 Aug 1851 in Dunblane.2 
MarriageShe married James Stirling, son of James Stirling and Mary Reid, on 5 Jul 1875 in St Rollox, Glasgow, Lanarkshire.3
 
1881 CensusJames and Maggie appeared on the 1881 Census of Dunblane, Perthshire, at Upper Whiteston Farm. James was 38, a farmer of 230 arable acres employing 3 men & 1 woman, and was born in Dunblane. Maggie was 28, a farmer's wife, and born in Dunblane. Their children were James (10), Robert (9), Helen (7), Maggie (6), Mary (4), Thomas (1). They had one general domestic servant.4 
1891 CensusJames and Margaret appeared on the 1891 Census of Dunblane, Perthshire, at Upper Whiteston. Their house had 10 rooms with windows. James was 48, a farmer, birthplace Ardoch. Margaret was 39, birthplace Dunblane. Their children were Robert (19), Helen (17), Margaret (16), all employed on the farm, Thomas (11, scholar), and Alexander (1). With them also were Margaret's sister Mary Watson (34), one servant and one ploughman. [Several of their children were at Tamano, Ardoch]5 
(Widowed) DeathHer husband James died on 18 Apr 1899.6 
1901 CensusMargaret Stirling appeared on the 1901 Census of Dunblane, Perthshire, at Upper Whiteston Farm House. She was 48, a farmer's wife, and was born in Dunblane. With her were Mary C (23), Elizabeth (13), Alexander (11), Jessy (9), Georgina (5), and her sister Mary C Watson.7 
DeathMargaret died on 26 Jan 1930 in Dunblane.8
 
BurialShe was buried in Dunblane Cathedral, Dunblane, Perthshire.8 
(Included) GravestoneThe gravestone reads:
James Stirling in Craighead, wife Margaret Christie 5.10.1874 2(9 or 0);
George Christie vintner here, wife Margaret Baird 8.5.1838 4(6);
Alexander Stirling 15.3.1887 4;
above James Stirling of Whitestone 18.4.1899 56, wife Margaret B. Watson, 26.1.1930 70.8
 
Last Edited24 Jun 2011

Citations

  1. [S301] Microfilm of the United Presbyterian Church of Dunblane, 1836-1898 (Family History Library, FHL 0889474), child's bapt.
  2. [S111] Website International Genealogical Index, parish register extraction (www.familysearch.org).
  3. [S1320] Website International Genealogical Index, civil registration index (www.familysearch.org).
  4. [S246] 1881 Census for England, Scotland, and Wales (Family History Library, on CD), vol 348, ed5, p6.
  5. [S257] 1891 Census for Scotland (Family History Library, microfilm).
  6. [S432] John Fowler Mitchell and Sheila Mitchell, compilers, Monumental Inscriptions (pre-1855) in South Perthshire (n.p.: Scottish Genealogy Society, 1975), FHL film #962930; does not contain full text of inscriptions.
  7. [S1218] Online index to the 1901 Census for Scotland (Ancestry.com) "Perthshire, Dunblane and Lecropt (348), ED 7, page 7."
  8. [S432] John Fowler Mitchell and Sheila Mitchell, compilers, Monumental Inscriptions (pre-1855) in South Perthshire (n.p.: Scottish Genealogy Society, 1975), FHL film #962930; does not contain full text of inscriptions, grave 27.
  9. [S301] Microfilm of the United Presbyterian Church of Dunblane, 1836-1898 (Family History Library, FHL 0889474).