Margaret (Preston) Bailey (abt. 1835 - abt. 1926)

Born about 15 Sep 1835 in Sackville Reach, New South Wales, Australia

Ancestors

Wife of George Bailey — married 6 Sep 1858 in St Albans, New South Wales

Descendants

Died about 18 Feb 1926 at about age 90 in Dorrigo, New South Wales, Australia

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Biography

Margaret Preston was born on 15 Sep 1835 in St Albans, New South Wales, Australia as the twelfth child of Joseph Preston and Hannah O'Donnell. She had eleven siblings, namely: George, Anne Nancy, James, John, Hannah, Frances Elizabeth, William, Eleanor (Ellen), Thomas, Mary, and Joseph. She died on 18 Feb 1926 in Bellingen, New South Wales, Australia. When she was 22, She married George Bailey,son of William Henry Bailey and Margaret Bradley, in 1858 in MacDonald River, New South Wales, Australia.

George Bailey and Margaret Preston had the following children:

George Bailey and Margaret Preston had the following children:

• Margaret Bailey was born on 25 Jun 1866 in MacDonald River, New South Wales, Australia. She died on 03 Dec 1946 in Windsor, New South Wales, Australia. She married Joseph Thomas Davis in 1886 in Windsor, New South Wales, Australia.
• Elizabeth Bailey was born on 04 Jun 1868 in MacDonald River, New South Wales, Australia. She died in 1902 in Windsor, New South Wales, Australia. She married Thomas Henry Schofield on 12 Nov 1900 in St Albans, New South Wales, Australia.
• Hannah Bailey was born on 15 Sep 1874 in MacDonald River, New South Wales, Australia. She died in 1963 in Macksville, New South Wales, Australia. She married Alexander Willett in 1907 in Bellingen, New South Wales, Australia.
• Jane Bailey was born on 08 Aug 1877 in MacDonald River, New South Wales, Australia. She died in 1940 in Rockdale, New South Wales, Australia. She married Joseph Schofield in 1905 in Riverstone, New South Wales, Australia.
• Joseph Bailey was born on 29 Nov 1872 in MacDonald River, New South Wales, Australia. He died on 04 May 1910 in Inverell, New South Wales, Australia. He married Agnes Ruth Thompson in 1904 in Inverell, New South Wales, Australia.
• William Bailey was born on 20 Jul 1870 in MacDonald River, New South Wales, Australia. He died in 1874 in MacDonald River, New South Wales, Australia.
• Elijah Bailey was born on 17 Jan 1861 in MacDonald River, New South Wales, Australia. He died on 06 Jul 1910 in Grafton, New South Wales, Australia. He married Clara Gower on 29 Nov 1894 in Bellingen, New South Wales, Australia.
• Isaac Bailey was born on 13 Aug 1862 in MacDonald River, New South Wales, Australia. He died in 1925 in Petersham, New South Wales, Australia. He married Alice Boyd in 1893 in Gosford, New South Wales, Australia.
• George Bailey was born in 1864 in MacDonald River, New South Wales, Australia. He died in 1931 in Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia.
• Gabriel Bradley Bailey was born on 17 Mar 1880 in MacDonald River, New South Wales, Australia. He died in 1882 in MacDonald River, New South Wales, Australia.

George Bailey was born in 1860 in MacDonald River, New South Wales, Australia. He died in 1860 in MacDonald River, New South Wales, Australia.

Sources

https://familyhistory.bdm.nsw.gov.au

• Birth: V1835990 19/1835 PRESTON MARGARET JOSEPH HANNAH
• Death: 2693/1926 BAILEY MARGARET JOSEPH BELLINGEN
• Marriage: 1979/1858 BAILEY GEORGE PRESTON MARGARET MACDONALD RIVER
• Find a Grave memorial #152765110, Margaret Preston Bailey, b. 15 Sep 1835, d. 18 Feb 1926.

Footnotes

Acknowledgments

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