Margaret Anderson1

#2938, (1768 - 1855)
FatherWilliam Anderson1 (s 1720 - )
MotherLilias Stirling1 (s 1720 - )
Extended Family
ChartsWilliam Reid & Lilias Sharp - collapsible 5-generation descendant chart

Children of Margaret Anderson and James Reid

Life Events

BirthMargaret Anderson was born on 11 Mar 1768 in Waterside of Ardoch, Muthill, Perthshire.1
 
BaptismShe was baptized on 22 Mar 1768 in Muthill, Perthshire.1 
MarriageShe married James Reid, son of William Reid and Lilias Sharp, on 29 May 1798 in Ardoch, Muthill, Perthshire.
Banns were recorded in Dunblane 20 May 1798; Margaret was at the waterside of Ardoch and James was a farmer in wester feddal.1,2 
1841 CensusJames Reid Sr and [his wife] Margaret appeared on the 1841 Census of Dunblane, Perthshire, at Cupins. James was a farmer. He and Margaret were both age 70 and born in Perthshire. With them was their son James (30), 2 agricultural labourers & 2 female servants. [In the 1841 census ages were rounded down and relationships not recorded].3 
(Widowed) DeathHer husband James died on 16 Mar 1848.4 
DeathMargaret died on 26 May 1855 in Braco Village, Muthill, Perthshire.
Details from the certificate: Margaret Reid, died at 3:45 pm, age 87, birthplace Ardoch, Muthill, always lived there, father William Anderson, Innkeeper (deceased), mother Lilias maiden surname Stirling (dec), married to James Reid, Farmer (dec).
Her children were:
William deceased 1803 aetat 2 years,
Lilias age 52,
Mary deceased 1805 aetat 1 year,
James age 49,
Margaret age 47,
John deceased 1827 aetat 17 years.
She was buried in Ardoch churchyard and the informant was son James Reid.5 
BurialShe was buried in Ardoch churchyard.5 
Last Edited25 May 2015

Citations

  1. [S157] Microfilm of the Old Parochial Register of Muthill, Perthshire, 1676-1854 (Family History Library, film #1040132).
  2. [S161] Microfilm of the Old Parochial Register of Dunblane, Perthshire, 1653-1859 (Family History Library, 1040065 & 1040066).
  3. [S154] 1841 Census for Scotland (Family History Library, microfilm), Dunblane Q S Ardoch, ed 1, page 12.
  4. [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.
  5. [S216] Scotland Death Register. Margaret Reid, 1855.
  6. [S216] Scotland Death Register. Lilias Reid, 1893.