Margaret (Brown) Irvine (1842 - 1919)

Born 13 Jun 1842 in Birsay, Orkney, Scotland

Wife of Thomas Clouston — married 4 Jul 1862 in Birsay, Orkney, Scotland

Died 1 Nov 1919 at age 77 in Stenness, Orkney, Scotland

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Biography

Margaret Brown was born in Birsay in 1842. she was the daughter of Peter Brown and Ann Spence. Margaret was the 7th of 12 Brown children: Mary Ann, Jacob, George, Thomas, Jemima, Isobel, Catherine, Peter who died in infancy, Peter (2), Henry and James. Margaret grew up on the family farm at Breckly South.

On 4 July 1862, Margaret married Thomas Clouston and took over the running of the Netherbigging household, and producing 3 sons: William, Peter and John, and 4 daughters: Jessie, Margaret, Martha and John. ^[1]

In 1878, Margaret's husband Thomas passed away leaving Margaret to manage Netherbigging Farm.

On 21 Nov 1895, she married Thomas Irvine, a widower, at Netherbigging, Stenness. At the time of their marriage Margaret was recorded as a farmer. Thomas Irvine died ten years later, in 1905.

Margaret passed away in Stenness on 1st November, 1919. She is buried in the Stenness graveyard with her first husband Thomas Clouston.

Sources

ScotlandsPeople birth, death and marriage records Family sources - in particular Pam Oliver.

1. ↑ "Scotland Marriages, 1561-1910", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XYSK-P5Y : 11 February 2020), Margret Brown in entry for Thomas Clouston, 1862.