Margaret (Watmough) Cowland (1833 - 1915)

Born 21 Mar 1833 in Little Bolton, Lancashire, England

Wife of George Frederick Spencer — married 1848 in Victoria, Australia

Descendants

Died 17 Jan 1915 at age 81 in Casterton, Victoria, Australia

Problems/Questions Profile manager: Doune Edmondson [send private message]

Biography

Margaret was born in England in 1833 to Peter Watmough and Ann Crompton. About 1851, Margaret married George Frederick Spencer in 1848 in Melbourne, Victoria. After Frederick passed away, she married a second time to Alfred Cowland. She passed away in 1915. ^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ Peter Knowles, Monday, April 20, 2015.

• Birth/Baptism

No source found

• England and Wales Census, 1841

Name: Margaret Watmough; Event Type: Census; Event Date: 1841; Event Place: Bolton, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom; Event Place (Original): Bolton, Lancashire, England; County: Lancashire; Parish: Bolton; Registration District: Bolton; Residence Note: Folds Smith Street; Gender: Female; Age: 7; Age (Original): 7; Birth Year (Estimated): 1834; Birthplace: Lancashire; Page Number: 27; Registration Number: HO107; Piece/Folio: 536/35; Affiliate Record Type: Household; Affiliate Image Identifier: GBC/1841/0536/0129&parentid=GBC/1841/0011208318.

Household Role Sex Age Birthplace

Peter Watmough Male 30 Lancashire

Ann Watmough Female 30 Lancashire

Mary Watmough Female 13 Lancashire

Susannah Watmough Female 12 Lancashire

Margaret Watmough Female 7 Lancashire

Elizabeth Watmough Female 3 Lancashire

Martha Watmough Female 1 Lancashire

"England and Wales Census, 1841," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQLN-687 : 22 May 2019), Margaret Watmough in household of Peter Watmough, Bolton, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom; from "1841 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.

• Immigration to Australia

Public Records Office Victoria. Assisted passenger lists (1839-1871) Record Series Number (VPRS): 14. Ship Wallace; Departed Liverpool, England 18 Aug 1841; Arrived Port Phillip, Australia 27 Nov 1841. https://prov.vic.gov.au/explore-collection/explore-topic/passenger-records-and-immigration/assisted-passenger-lists

34 1 NOV 173 WALLACE 1841 WATMOUGH, PETER

35 1 NOV 173 WALLACE 1841 WATMOUGH, ANN

14 1 NOV 173 WALLACE 1841 WATMOUGH, MARY

13 1 NOV 173 WALLACE 1841 WATMOUGH, SUSAN

8 1 NOV 173 WALLACE 1841 WATMOUGH, MARGT

4 1 NOV 173 WALLACE 1841 WATMOUGH, ELIZA

1 1 NOV 173 WALLACE 1841 WATMOUGH, MARTHA

NSW Government: State Archives and Records, Assisted Immigrants (digital) Shipping Lists. http://indexes.records.nsw.gov.au/ebook/list.aspx?Page=NRS5316/4_4814/Wallace_26%20Nov%201841/4_481400136.jpg&No=7

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/226511877

https://www.oocities.org/vic1840/41/wa41.html?202030

• 1st Marriage to Frederick SPENSER

Birth, Deaths and Marriages, Victoria Online Registry. Event: marriages; Registration number 21 / 1848; Family name: WHATMOUGH; Given name(s) Margaret; Place of event: WESLEYAN CHURCH MELBOURNE, Australia; Spouse's family name: SPENSER; Spouse's given name(s) Frederick. https://my.rio.bdm.vic.gov.au/efamily-history/

• 2nd Marriage to Alfred COWLAND

Birth, Deaths and Marriages, Victoria Online Registry. Event: marriages; Registration number 4687 / 1878; Family name: SPENCER; Given name(s) Margaret; Spouse's family name: COWLAND; Spouse's given name(s) Alfred. https://my.rio.bdm.vic.gov.au/efamily-history/

• Death

Birth, Deaths and Marriages, Victoria Online Registry. Event: deaths; Registration number 844 / 1915; Family name: COWLAND; Given name(s) Margaret; Place of event: CASTERTON, Australia; Mother's name Ann CROMPTONS; Father's Name: James Peter WHATENOUGH. https://my.rio.bdm.vic.gov.au/efamily-history/

• Obituary

Casterton Free Press and Glenelg Shire Advertiser (Vic. : 1915 - 1918) Mon 18 Jan 1915 Page 2 No title. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/152643275

... The death took place yesterday morning at Casterton of Mrs J. J. Cowland, (83). who arrived in Portland from Lancashire, England, some 70 years ago Since then she has resided in turn at Portland, Dartmoor and Casterton. As will be noted by her great age and long period of colonisation Mrs Cowland has labored successfully through the stirring times when Australia was being nursed in the cradle of her nationhood, and her future history was being moulded and shaped by such brave spirits as deceased Apart from being one of the historic links binding the old days with the new, she was a highly respected character, endeared by all, and her demise is regretted by a very large circle of friends. The deceased was twice married and leaves 8 surviving children they being, Fred (J.P.), and Walter Spencer (Dartmoor), Mrs A. Dowling, Mrs F. Dowling, Mrs J. J. White (Casterton), Mrs Geo. Greenham (Wando Vale), Mrs Gustin and Mrs Gerlinger (Portland). In addition there are several grand and great grand children. The body was conveyed to Dartmoor for the burial to-day, the religious rites of the Presbyterian Church being carried out at the graveside, with Mr W. J. Peden discharging the mortuary arrangements. Thus disappears from the golden landscape of life one of the most notable figures in the silent but successful pioneering history of Victoria,...