Margaret Elizabeth MacDonald1,2,3

#5332, (1860 - 1943)
FatherEwen MacDonald2,3 (c 1818 - )
MotherMargaret Frost2,3 (c 1827 - )
Extended Family
ChartsJames Graham & Agnes Finlayson - collapsible 7-generation descendant chart
William Reid & Lilias Sharp - collapsible 5-generation descendant chart

Children of Margaret Elizabeth MacDonald and Walter Reid

Life Events

BirthMargaret Elizabeth MacDonald was born on 12 Nov 1860 in Winton Garden, Pencaitland, East Lothian.
Details from certificate: Margaret Elizabeth McDonald, at 3 h PM, father Ewen McDonald, gardener, mother Margaret McDonald maiden surname Frost; informant Ewen Macdonald Father Present, registered 24 Nov.3 
1881 CensusMargaret appeared on the 1881 Census of Pencaitland, Haddington, with her parents at Winton Garden House. She was 20 years old and born in Pencaitland.4 
MarriageShe married Walter Reid, son of William Reid and Elizabeth Paterson, on 28 Oct 1886 in Winton Cottage, Pencaitland, Haddington.
Information from registration: Walter Reid, Engineer, bachelor, 34, residence 104 Annandale Street, Dennistoun, Parish of Springburn Glasgow, father William Reid, Farmer, mother Elizabeth maiden surname Patterson;
Margaret Eliz Macdonald, spinster, 25, residence Winton Cottage, Parish of Pencaitland, father Ewen Macdonald, retired gardener, mother Margaret maiden surname Frost;
They were married after Church of Scotland banns, and the witnesses were [probably Walter's brother] Thomas Reid and Hester E Macdonald.2 
1891 CensusWalter and Margt appeared on the 1891 Census of Barony, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, at 118 Ingleby Drive. Walter was 38, a gas apparatus engineer, and born in Dunblane. Margaret was 30 and born in Pencaitland. They had a 2-year old daughter, Margt C.5 
1901 CensusWalter and Margaret Elizabeth appeared on the 1901 Census of Barony, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, at No 4 Alexandra Park Gardens. Walter was a Works Manager, age 48, and born in Perthshire Dunblane. Margaret Elizabeth was 40 and born in Haddingtonshire, Pencaitland. Their home had 4 rooms with windows and they had one female servant. Their children were Margaret Catherine (12), Elizabeth Paterson (7), and William Paterson (4).6 
(Widowed) DeathHer husband Walter died on 3 Sep 1913.7 
DeathMargaret died on 27 Oct 1943 in Victoria Infirmary, Glasgow, Lanarkshire.
Information from certificate: Margaret Elizabeth widow of Walter Reid Ironworks Manager, usual residence 1 Rysland Avenue, Newton Mearns, age 82, father Ewen Macdonald, Estate Manager (dec), mother Elizabeth MS Frost (dec), died of diverticulitis of sigmoid colon 4 days, performation peritonitis cert; informant Wm P Reid, Son, 1 Rysland Avenue, Newton Mearns.8 
(Included) Gravestone9
Last Edited28 Nov 2013

Citations

  1. [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.
  2. [S150] Scotland Statutory Register of Marriages. Walter Reid & Margaret Elizabeth Macdonald.
  3. [S149] Scotland Statutory Births. 1860/716/42.
  4. [S246] 1881 Census for England, Scotland, and Wales (Family History Library, on CD), Vol 716, ed 2, p 8.
  5. [S1216] Online index to the 1891 Census for Scotland (Ancestry.com) "Glasgow Barony, ED 35, Page 6."
  6. [S758] Image of the 1901 Census for Scotland (Scotland's People, www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk).
  7. [S216] Scotland Death Register. Walter Reid, 1913/657.
  8. [S216] Scotland Death Register. Margaret Elizabeth Reid.
  9. [S2843] Colin Bendall, Stirling, Scotland, research carried out in the period 1994-2012.