Margaret Hannah (Currie) Mirrielees (1854 - 1925)

Born 1854 in Liverpool, Lancashire, England

Wife of Frederick James Mirrielees — married 30 Sep 1879 in Aberfeldy, Perth, Scotland

Descendants

Died 30 Jul 1925 at about age 71 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland

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Biography

Margaret was born in 1854. Margaret Currie daughter of Sir Donald Currie She passed away in 1925.

Sources

BMD Birth Index

Name: Margaret Hannah Currie Registration Year: 1854 Registration Quarter: Jan-Feb-Mar Registration district: Chorlton Parishes for this Registration District: View Ecclesiastical Parishes associated with this Registration District Inferred County: Lancashire Volume: 8c Page: 509

Census 1861

Name: Margaret Carrie Age: 7 Estimated birth year: 1854 Relation: Daughter Father's name: Donald Carrie Mother's name: Margaret Carrie Gender: Female Where born: Liverpool, Lancashire, England Civil Parish: Liverpool Ecclesiastical parish: St Saviour Town: Liverpool County/Island: Lancashire Country: England Street address: Registration district: Liverpool Sub-registration district: Mount Pleasant ED, institution, or vessel: 31g Neighbors: View others on page Household schedule number: 197 Piece: 2686 Folio: 96 Page Number: 39 Household Members:

• Name Age
• Donald Carrie 35
• Margaret Carrie 30
• Margaret Carrie 7
• Betsy Curie 5
• Maria Curie 2
• Elizabeth Bonar 40
• Elizabeth Cheetham 23
• Jane Hughes 29
• Mary Howard 15

Census 1871

Name: Margeret Currie Age: 17 Estimated birth year: abt 1854 Relation: Daughter Father's name: Donald Currie Mother's name: Margeret Currie Gender: Female Where born: Liverpool, Lancashire, England Civil Parish: Paddington Ecclesiastical parish: St John County/Island: London Country: England Registration district: Kensington Sub-registration district: St John Paddington ED, institution, or vessel: 6 Household schedule number: 158 Piece: 20 Folio: 80 Page Number: 32 Household Members:

• Name Age
• Donald Currie 45
• Margeret Currie 40
• Margeret Currie 17
• Elizabeth M Currie 15
• Jane Auleffe 39
• Maree Currie 12
• Agnes Mc Garver 23
• Anne Evans 42
• Seah Ash 18
• Thomas Preston 34

Scotland, Select Marriages, 1561-1910

Name: Margaret Currie Gender: Female Marriage Date: 30 Sep 1879 Marriage Place: Free Church,Aberfeldy,Perth,Scotland Spouse: Frederick James Mirrielees FHL Film Number: 889483

Census 1881

Name: Margaret Merriless Age: 27 Estimated birth year: abt 1854 Relationship to Head: Wife Spouse: Frederick J. Merriless Gender: Female Where born: Liverpool, Lancashire, England Civil Parish: St George County/Island: London Country: England Street address: 31 Hertford St Marital Status: Married Education: Registration district: Chelsea Sub registration district: Mayfair ED, institution, or vessel: 12 Neighbors: View others on page Piece: 97 Folio: 7 Page Number: 8 Household Members:

• Name Age
• Frederick J. Merriless 29
• Margaret Merriless 27
• Catherine James 26
• Emma Tinson 22
• Hannah Macer 20
• Elizabeth Wallis 47
• Fanny Wyatt 21
• Marie Lucille Girardot 33

Census 1891

Name: Margaret Mirriees Age: 37 Estimated birth year: abt 1854 Relation: Wife Spouse's Name: Innes I Mirrielees Gender: Female Where born: Swerford, Lancashire, England Civil Parish: St George Hanover Square Ecclesiastical parish: Mayfair Christchurch County/Island: London Country: England Street address: Registration district: St George Hanover Square Sub registration district: Mayfair ED, institution, or vessel: 17 Neighbors: View others on page Piece: 70 Folio: 7 Page Number: 7 Household Members:

• Name Age
• Fred J Mirrielees 39
• Margaret Mirriees 37
• Collis M Mirrielees 12
• Natalie O C Cazalet 33
• Elizabeth Hawkins 24
• Jennie A Kerr 32
• Frances Belton 24
• Mary Cliffe 25
• Elizabeth Cowell 17
• Elizabeth M Parsfield 40

Census 1901

Pasturewoods, Abinger Common, Abinger, Dorking, Surrey, England

• Frederick J Mirrielees Head Married Male 49 1852 Member Firm Donald Currie Co Manager Union Castle Russia
• Margaret Mirrielees Wife Married Female 47 1854 - -
• Frederick D Mirrielees Son Single Male 19 1882 Under Graduate Ballio College Oxford London, England
• Margaret C Mirrielees Daughter Single Female 10 1891 - London, Middlesex, England
• Joan Mary Walker Visitor Single Female 9 1892 - Ware, Hertfordshire, England
• Janett C Smith Governess Single Female 28 1873 Governess In Private Family -
• Jamesina McDonald Servant Single Female 30 1871 Cook Domestic -
• Alice Berger Servant Single Female 24 1877 Nurse Domestic -
• Florance E Catchpole Servant Single Female 22 1879 Palormaid Domestic Glamorgan, Wales
• Grace Munrow Servant Single Female 29 1872 Housemaid Domestic -
• Cathrine Simpson Servant Single Female 23 1878 Parlour Domestic -
• Julia Bullard Servant Single Female 23 1878 Housemaid Domestic Suffolk, England
• Alice Webb Servant Single Female 19 1882 Kitchen Domestic Cambridgeshire, England
• Annie Usher Servant Single Female 17 1884 Sculery Domestic Briston, London, England

Census 1911

Name: Margaret Merrielees Age in 1911: 57 Estimated birth year: abt 1854 Relation to Head: Wife Gender: Female Birth Place: Liverpool, England Civil Parish: St Marylebone Search Photos: Search for 'St Marylebone' in the UK City, Town and Village Photos collection County/Island: London Country: England Street address: No 3 Flat, 11A Portland Place, London Marital Status: Married Years Married: 31 Estimated Marriage Year: 1880 Registration district: St Marylebone Registration District Number: 7 Sub-registration district: All Souls ED, institution, or vessel: 11 Piece: 525 Household Members:

• Name Age
• Frederick James Merrielees 59
• Margaret Merrielees 57
• Celia Merrielees 20
• Caroline Hains 57
• Ada Braginton 26
• Maud Harber 19
• Maud Davis 24
• Lucy Cross 40
• Eliza James 25
• Florence Muriel Ramsden 21
• Lily Parker 20

England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966

Name: Margaret Mirrielees Probate Date: 30 Dec 1925 Registry: London, England Death Date: 30 Jul 1925 Death Place: Surrey, England

Dundee Courier 05 August 1925

DEATH OF LADY MIRRIELEES OF GARTH.

Lady Margaret Mirrielees of Garth, after a very brief illness, has died in her 73rd year.

Lady Mirrielees was the widow of Sir Frederick Mirrielees, and elder daughter of the late Sir Donald Currie of Garth and Glenlyon. The funeral took place at the Crematorium, in Maryhill, Glasgow, The serve was conducted by Rev. F. H. Georgeson, Fortingall, and Rev. J. B. Athol Gordon, Kenmore.

Lady Mirrielees succeeded to Garth upon the death of Lady Currie in 1920, and has taken the deepest personal interest in the welfare of all on her estate, and of the entire community of Fortingall. Lady Mirrielees was president of the District Nursing Association, and along with their sister, Mrs Moteno, gave it invaluable support. She was likewise the founder and president of the Women’s Association, to whose success she was greatly devoted. She also took a deep interest in the welfare of the children and youth of the district.

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