Born in South Australia
Ancestors 
Daughter of John Plew
and Mary Jane Fisher
Sister of
Mary Jane (Plew) Kemp, Thomas Plew, Ellen (Plew) Fuller, Eliza (Plew) Sugden, John Plew, Hannah (Plew) Bridger, William James Plew, David Plew, Esther (Plew) Parsons, Cecilia Ann (Plew) Nock and Richard Charles Plew
Wife of
Richard Henry Orchard
— married
2 Mar 1876 in Auburn, South Australia
[children unknown]
Died
at age 86
in Morgan, South Australia
Profile last modified
| Created 14 Oct 2013
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Biography
Born at 'Wadnama Farm' on 6 February 1858, Margaret was only 4 years old when her father died.
At the age of 18 she married Richard Orchard a bachelor farmer of Undalya, the son of James Orchard at the Bible Christian Manse, Auburn on 2 March 1876.
They lived at Rhynie for a short time after their marriage, then moved to Kapunda, where their first child was born Ernest. Shortly afterwards the family moved to Morgan, where 7 more children where born.
Margaret continued to live at Morgan after Dick's death
The death of Mrs. Margaret Orchard in her 87th year, widow of the late Richard Orchard, took place at her daughter's (Mrs. B. R. Sykes) residence on Sunday, October 29, after a long illness.
Buried at the Morgan Cemetery
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Sources
- 1876 Marriage Upper Wakefield , South Australia, Australia- The marriage of Richard ORCHARD and Margaret PLEW was registered (SA BDM Marriage Reg#106/650 ) in 1876 at Upper Wakefield , South Australia, Australia.[1]
- Newspaper Notice: Murray Pioneer (Renmark, SA : 1942 - 1950) Thu 9 Nov 1944, Page 4 , Death of Morgan's Oldest Woman Resident: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/109409760 Trove NLA
- Book - It all began at Wadnama : the family of John and Mary Plew, 1842-1984 / Yvonne Nicholson. Citation | title=It all began at Wadnama : the family of John and Mary Plew, 1842-1984 / Yvonne Nicholson | author1=Nicholson, Yvonne, 1927- | year=1985 | publisher=Y. Nicholson | language=English |National Library Australia = https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/1550438 | ISBN = 0958990204
Notes:
Children listed Newspaper Notice 1944
Ernest (of Morgan) Stan (Port Augusta) Syd. (Port Pirie) Siss (Mrs. Jackett, Sydney) Bertha (Mrs. Sykes, Morgan) Vida (Mrs. Gryst, Adelaide) Ivy (Mrs. Barrett, Waikerie) Ruby (Mrs. Rogers, Adelaide).
- ↑ South Australia Marriage Registration Certificates Index 1842 - 1937,Genealogy SA https://www.genealogysa.org.au/ Accessed 22Apr2018,MARRIAGE for Richard ORCHARD
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