Margaret Hawthorn (1883)

Born 3 Jan 1883 in Belfast, Ireland

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Biography

Margaret Hawthorn was born in 1883, the eldest child of labourer Samuel Hawthorn and his wife Martha Fulton.^[1] She was born in the townland of Collinward in Carnmoney, North Belfast.

In the 1901 Census, 17-year-old Margaret was a boarder in the Wilton Street home of Jane Tate.^[2] She, alongside Jane Tate's two daughters and two other female boarders, was employed as a flax spinner in a linen mill.

In 1911, Margaret was living with younger sister Isabella in Canmore Street.^[3] 28-year-old Margaret was a smoother in a laundry, while Isabella was a linen yarn spinner.

Sources

1. ↑ Births (CR) Ireland. Belfast Urban No.8, Belfast, Co Antrim. 03 January 1883. HAWTHORN, Margaret. Entry no. 179. https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1883/02752/2011194.pdf : accessed 12 October 2022.
2. ↑ 1901 Census of Ireland. Wilton Street (part of), Woodvale Ward, Co Antrim. 31 March 1901. Margaret HAWTHORNE in the household of Jane TATE. Household no. 127. http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Antrim/Woodvale_Ward/Wilton_Street__part_of_/1008260/ : accessed 14 October 2022.
3. ↑ 1911 Census of Ireland. Canmore Street (part of), Woodvale, Co Antrim. 02 April 1911. Margaret HAWTHORNE (Head). Household no. 7. http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Antrim/Woodvale/Canmore_Street__part_of_/178660/ : accessed 12 October 2022.