Margaret Christie1

#3637, (1845 - 1874)
FatherRobert Christie2 (c 1814 - 1853)
MotherHelen Robin2 (c 1813 - 1864)
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 Christie and James Stirling

Life Events

BirthMargaret Christie was born on 13 Jul 1845 in Dunblane, Perthshire.3
 
BaptismShe was baptized on 13 Jul 1845 in Dunblane.3 
MarriageShe married James Stirling, son of James Stirling and Mary Reid, on 10 Dec 1868 in United Presbyterian Church, Dunblane, Perthshire.
James was a member of the FC [Free Church] and of Ardoch. Margaret was UP [United Presbyterian], residence Dunblane.4 
1871 CensusJames and Maggie Stirling appeared on the 1871 Census of Ardoch, Perthshire, at Craighead. James was a farmer of 70 acres employing 2 labourers and one man. He was 29 years old and born in Ardoch. Maggie was 25 and born in Dunblane. They had one child, James (5 months). Also in the household were a farm servant and a female general servant.5 
DeathMargaret died on 5 Oct 1874 in Dunblane.
This was the day after her daughter Maggie was born.6,7 
BurialShe was buried in Dunblane Cathedral, Dunblane, Perthshire.8 
GravestoneHer 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 70.7
 
Last Edited19 Jun 2011

Citations

  1. [S301] Microfilm of the United Presbyterian Church of Dunblane, 1836-1898 (Family History Library, FHL 0889474), marriage.
  2. [S100] Inferred from analysis of data: same parents as Mary Christie for whom her husband "brother in law" James Stirling was the informant.
  3. [S111] Website International Genealogical Index, parish register extraction (www.familysearch.org).
  4. [S301] Microfilm of the United Presbyterian Church of Dunblane, 1836-1898 (Family History Library, FHL 0889474).
  5. [S1207] Online index to the 1871 Census for Scotland (Ancestry.com) "Ardoch (328B), ED 3, Page 11."
  6. [S301] Microfilm of the United Presbyterian Church of Dunblane, 1836-1898 (Family History Library, FHL 0889474), child's bapt.
  7. [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.
  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 [parents are at 26].
  9. [S1320] Website International Genealogical Index, civil registration index (www.familysearch.org).
  10. [S149] Scotland Statutory Births. Robert Christie Stirling, Ardoch #1872/6.