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Margaret Clow (Todd) Coppell (1803 - 1878)

Margaret Clow Coppell formerly Todd
Born in Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland, England, United Kingdommap
Ancestors ancestors
Daughter of and
Wife of — married about 1823 in Lamberton Toll, Berwickshire, Scotlandmap
Descendants descendants
Died at age 74 in Mount Street, Auckland, North Island, New Zealandmap
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Biography

Margaret was born in 1803. She was the daughter of John Todd and Alice Clow.

Christening Event Date: 8 July 1803
Event Place: Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland, England[1]

She married Edward Coppell on 4 March 1823 at Lamberton, Berwickshire, Scotland.

They went on to have eight children.

UK Census Event Date 1851: Living with her five children and her mother Alice Todd in Salisbury Street, Saint Anne Limehouse, Middlesex, England. Aged 47.

Occupation: Mariner's Wife

Her husband Edward was the Captain of Sailing ships. He died from bronchitis aboard his ship, off the coast of China in 1860.

UK Census Event Date 1861: Recorded in Canton Street, Poplar, Middlesex, England. Aged 57 and widowed. Also in the household was her 16 year old son William, 33 year old married daughter Alice Pearson with her two children Margaret and Mary, and her 16 year old niece Alice Martin.

Occupation: House Proprietor

Margaret and some members of her family emigrated from England to New Zealand where her son Edward had years earlier settled in the South Island. Margaret and family settled in Auckland in the North Island.

Her son James died in 1875 in Auckland.

She died in 1878 at the age of 76.

Death Notice

NEW ZEALAND HERALD, VOLUME XV, ISSUE 5060, 4 FEBRUARY 1878
On January 28th, at Mount-street, Margaret, relict of the late Captain Coppell, and mother of Mr. Coppell, engineer, aged 76 years.[2]

Burial

31 January 1878 - Anglican Section, Symonds Street Cemetery, Symonds Street, Auckland, New Zealand

Sources

  1. "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975." Database. FamilySearch. http://FamilySearch.org : 6 April 2020. Index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N5RL-7J8
  2. https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH18780204.2.57.3

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Todd-3186 and Todd-1814 appear to represent the same person because: Looks to be the same person based on dates and relationships.

Would need to merge parents first, and also merge spouse profiles. Also merge child profiles.

posted by Edwin Priest

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