Margaret (Campbell) Blunt (1889 - 1981)

Born 10 Apr 1889 in Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Scotland

Ancestors

Wife of John Litchfield Blunt — married 16 Apr 1930 in 63 London Rd., Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

Died 20 Jun 1981 at age 92 in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

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Biography

Margaret (Maggie) Campbell was born on 10 April 1889 in Trabbock Rows, Ochiltree, Ayrshire, the daughter of Samuel Campbell and Martha Fleming.^[1]

She married John Litchfield Blunt on 16 April 1930 at 63 London Rd., Kilmarnock.^[2]

Margaret Blunt died a widow on 20 June 1931 at Springhill house, Kilmarnock, at age 92.^[3]

Maggie was a dressmaker at the time of her marriage, and later a merchant's sales assistant. John and Maggie had no children. The younger members of the extended family called her "Auntie Ba."^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Birth Registrations - Ochiltree, Campbell, Margaret, (1889) Vol. 609:25, GRO (Scotland).

   "Born to Samuel Campbell, iron miner, and Martha (Fleming), reported by father, married 31 Dec 1877 Dalry."

2. ↑ Marriage record of John Litchfield Blunt & Margaret Campbell, Marriage Register: Kilmarnock District, Vol. 597:62 (1930), GRO (Scotland).

   "After Banns Church of Scotland; groom: John Litchfield Lunt, grocery manager, bachelor, age 36, res. 129 Albert Rd., Crosshill, Glasgow, parents William Blunt, carpet weaver, Phoebe Ann Blunt ms Walker;

   bride Margaret Campbell, dressmaker,spinster, age 40, res. 96 Dean St., Kilmarnock, parents Samuel Campbell, coalminer retired, Martha Campbell ms Fleming dec'd;

   minister Norman Masson Old High Kirk, Kilmarnock; witnesses: William Blunt 39 Northfield Ave, Ayr; Margaret Roy Campbell, 69 Beansburn, Kilmarnock; reg. 18 Apr 1930, Kilmarnock."

3. ↑ Death Registration - Margaret (Campbell) Blunt, Death Registrations - District of Kilmarnock, Vol. 666:410 (1981), GRO (Scotland).

   "Blunt, Margaret, widow, b. 19 apr 1889, age 92, spouse John Litchfield Blunt general merchants sales assistant, d. 20 Jun 1981 at Springhill house Kilmarnock, father Samuel Campbell coalminer dec'd, mother Martha Campbell ms Fleming dec'd; cause myocardial degeneration, coronary arterio sclerosis, informant Wm Hall, nephew, 8 Tarbolton Rd. Dundonald. reg 22 jun 1981."

4. ↑ Personal recollections of Bobbie Hall.