Margaret Alice (Andrew) Palmer (1890 - 1986)

Born 16 Nov 1890 in Aubigny Toowoomba Queensland Australia

Ancestors

Wife of Benjamin John Palmer — married 24 Mar 1919 in St Stephens Church Toowoomba Queensland Australia

Descendants

Died 28 Dec 1986 at age 96 in Toowoomba Queensland Australia

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Biography

Margaret Alice Andrew was born at Seaton Street Aubigny, Toowoomba Queensland, on 16 Nov 1890. She was the first daughter and the fourth child of James and Elizabeth Andrew, who had 12 children. ^[1] Margaret Alice, was known as Peg or Peggy.

Peggy was the second wife of Benjamin John Palmer. They married on 24 March 1919 at Toowoomba. ^[2]

Peggy and her husband had three daughters; Vivian Thelma Palmer (Watson), Monica Margaret Palmer (Musgrave), and Beryl Jean Palmer (Youngberry).

Mrs Peggy Palmer died at the age of 96 years, on 29 December 1986, at the Wesley Hospital, Toowoomba. ^[3] Her funeral notice was placed in the Toowoomba Chronicle newspaper on 29 December 1986. ^[4] She was buried at Drayton and Toowoomba Cemetery, in Queensland, on 31 Dec 1986. ^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ Queensland Birth Registration: 1890/C/4070, Margaret Alice Andrew, Birth date: 16/11/1890, Mother: Elizabeth Barclay, Father: James Andrew.
2. ↑ Queensland Marriage Registration details:1919/C/722, Margaret Alice Andrew, Marriage date: 24/03/1919, Spouse's name: Benjamin John Palmer
3. ↑ Queensland Death registration: 1987/50130, Margaret Alice Palmer, Birth year: 1890, Death date: 28/12/1986, Mother's name:Elizabeth Barclay, Father's name:James Andrew
4. ↑ National Library of Australia, Archived Australian Newspapers [database on-line], Toowoomba Chronicle newspaper, 29 Dec 1986, Death Notice, PALMER Margaret Alice, late of Toowoomba.
5. ↑ Drayton and Toowoomba Cemetery Records, Margaret Palmer aged 96 years, death 28 Dec, Burial 31 Dec 1986, Anglican, CE2A-005-0072.

• The Research of Jennifer Youngberry. Margaret Alice Palmer was my husband's grandmother. Beryl Jean Youngberry nee (Palmer) was my mother-in-law.