Born about in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
Ancestors 
Daughter of John Bowman
and Janet (Penman) Bowman
Sister of
Elspeth (Bowman) Izat, Archibald Bowman, Janet (Bowman) Simpson, Henry Bowman, Ann Bowman, John Bowman and William Bowman
Wife of
William Simpson
— married
23 Feb 1807 in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
Wife of
William Beveridge
— married
23 Nov 1827 in Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland
Descendants 
Died
at about age 91
in Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland
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Biography
Margaret (Bowman) Beveridge was born about 17 Aug 1787 in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland, daughter of John Bowman and Jane (Penman) Bowman .
Margaret married William Simpson on 23 Feb 1807 in Dunfermline. [1]
Their children were:
Janet (Simpson) Dryburgh
John Simpson
Isobel Simpson
James Simpson
William Simpson
Elizabeth Simpson
Margaret married William Beveridge on 23 Nov 1827 in Kirkcaldy, Fife.[2]
Their children were:
Ann Beveridge (abt.1832-1908)
Ellen Beveridge (1836-1910)
In the 1841 census Margaret (age 52) was in Smeaton, Abbotshall, Fife, Scotland.[3]
In the 1851 census Margaret (age 62), House keeper, was the wife of William Beveridge in Haughmill Spinning Mill & Bleachfield, Markinch, Fife, Scotland.[4]
In the 1871 census Margaret (age 84) was the widowed head of household in Quality Street, Abbotshall, Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland.[5]
Margaret died on 20 Aug 1878 at Newtown of Abbotshall, Kirkcaldy aged 91.[6]
Sources
- ↑ Scotland Old Parish Records - Marriage, William Simpson and Margaret Bowman - 23/02/1807, Dunfermline, 424/100 487
- ↑ Church registers - Old Parish Registers Banns and marriage idnex William BEVERIDGE and MARGARET BOWMAN, date 23/11/1827, Reference 442/60 42 Kirkcaldy
- ↑
1841 Census:
"1841 England, Wales & Scotland Census"
Reference: -; Piece number: -; Page: -; Schedule: 38
FindMyPast Transcription (accessed 20 April 2022)
Margaret Beveridge (52).
1841 Census of England, Wales & Scotland: Smeaton, Abbotshall, Fife, Scotland Name Sex Age Occupation Birth Place William Beveridge M 50 Coal m Fife, Scotland Margaret Beveridge F 52 Fife, Scotland Mary Beveridge F 20 Fife, Scotland Elizabeth Beveridge F 17 Fife, Scotland Isabella Beveridge F 12 Fife, Scotland Ann Beveridge F 10 Fife, Scotland Helen Beveridge F 8 Fife, Scotland Thomas Simpson M 15 Fife, Scotland
- ↑
1851 Census:
"1851 England, Wales & Scotland Census"
Piece number: -; Folio: -; Page: -; Schedule: 104
FindMyPast Transcription (accessed 20 April 2022)
Margaret Beveridge (62), wife, House keeper, in household of William Beveridge (60). Born in Scotland.
1851 Census of England, Wales & Scotland: Haughmill Spinning Mill & Bleachfield, Markinch, Fife, Scotland Name Relation Status Sex Age Occupation Birth Place William Beveridge Head Married M 60 Flax dresser Fife, Scotland Margaret Beveridge Wife Married F 62 House keeper Fife, Scotland Ann Beveridge Daughter Unmarried F 21 Spinner flax Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland Helen Beveridge Daughter Unmarried F 20 Spinner flax Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland Jane Lidersdale Lodger Unmarried F 6 Scholar Dysart, Fife, Scotland James Wilson Lodger Unmarried M 39 Flax dresser Markinch, Fife, Scotland Robert McKey Lodger Unmarried M 66 Flax dresser Rogart, Sutherland, Scotland - ↑
1871 Census:
"1871 England, Wales & Scotland Census"
Reference: -; Piece number: -; Folio: -; Page: -; Schedule: 103
FindMyPast Transcription (accessed 20 April 2022)
Margaret Beveridge (84), widow head of household in Kirkcaldy registration district. Born in Scotland.
1871 Census of England, Wales & Scotland: Quality Street, Abbotshall, Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland Name Relation Status Sex Age Occupation Birth Place Margaret Beveridge Head Widow F 84 Halbeath, Fife, Scotland Ann Beveridge Daughter Unmarried F 35 Factory worker Fife, Scotland Ellen Beveridge Daughter Unmarried F 33 Factory worker Fife, Scotland James Izat Boarder Unmarried M 56 Clog potter pensioner Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland Eliza Horn Boarder Unmarried F 20 Factory worker Largo, Fife, Scotland
- ↑ Scotland Death Certificate, BOWMAN MARGARET BEVERIDGE SIMPSON KIRKCALDY AND ABBOTSHALL /FIFE Year 1878 442/00 0181.
Margaret Beveridge
Widow of William Beveridge coalminer, (Previously married to William Simpson, coalminer)
when and where died - 1878 August twentieth, 7 h pm at Newtown of Abbotshall female age 91 years
Died of debility as certified by P C Houston M D U
Informant William Walker, neighbour Milton Road, Abbotshall
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Margaret by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Margaret:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Margaret by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Margaret:
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~1.56%
~3.12%
Billie (Olsen) Rauch 
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch AZ4595370 [compare], Ancestry member billierauch122267
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~0.78%
~1.56%
Ariel (Rauch) Jolley :
23andMe, GEDmatch QT8634039 [compare]
+
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member aj_arieljolley
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch QT8634039 [compare], FTDNA kit #900934
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~0.78%
Carol Ann Mason :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A614557 [compare], Ancestry member camason1
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