Margaret (Wiggins) Dewhirst (abt. 1877 - abt. 1974)

Born about 1877 in Yorkshire, England

Wife of Albert Bedford Dewhirst — married Mar 1900 in Leeds, Yorkshire, England

Biography

Margaret Wiggins was born in 1877; her birth was registered in the Apr-May-Jun Quarter 1877 in Hunslet, Yorkshire, England.^[1] She is the daughter of Joseph and Hannah Wiggins. In 1881 they were living in Oulton With Woodlesford, Yorkshire (West Riding), England. Margaret was age 4.^[2]

Margaret married Albert B. Dewhirst in 1900. The marriage was registered in the Jan-Feb-Mar Quarter 1900 in Leeds, Yorkshire, England.^[3]

Sources

^{[1] [2] [3]}

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008," , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2X6G-D9W : accessed 8 August 2015), Margaret Wiggins, 1877; from "England & Wales Births, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Birth Registration, Hunslet, Yorkshire, England, citing General Register Office, Southport, England.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} "England and Wales Census, 1881," , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XQFW-PRS : accessed 8 August 2015), Margaret Wiggins in household of Joseph Wiggins, Oulton With Woodlesford, Yorkshire (West Riding), England; from "1881 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing p. 26, PRO RG 11/4493 / 102, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey; FHL microfilm 1,342,076.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005," , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:26SH-J57 : accessed 8 August 2015), Margaret Wiggins, 1900; from “England & Wales Marriages, 1837-2005,” database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Marriage, Leeds, Yorkshire, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.

Acknowledgments

Thanks to Alexander Watson for starting this profile.