Margaret Veronica (Duggan) Wrigley (1918 - 1987)

Born 31 Dec 1918 in Warwick, Queensland, Australia

Died 10 May 1987 at age 68 in Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia

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Biography

Margaret Veronica (known as Ronnie) was born on 31 December 1918 at Bony Mountain, via Warwick, Queensland, Australia where her birth was registered in 1919^[1]. She was the daughter of William Augustus Duggan and Margaret Anne O'Rourke.

She married Bryan Alexander Wrigley on 12 January 1941 at Greenmount, Queensland. They had six children.

In 1943 she was doing home duties and living with her husband Bryan, a farmer, at Burra Burri, being registered on the Maranoa (Chinchilla) Electoral Roll^[2]. By 1954 they had moved to 14 Spencer Street, Harristown and were on the Darling Downs (East Toowoomba) Electoral Roll^[3]. Her mother-in-law Mary Jane was doing domestic duties and living at Murdoch's Preston. In 1958 they were at the same address, both being listed on the Darling Downs (Toowoomba West) Electoral Roll^[4]. Now her brother-in-law Graham, a postal linesman, and his wife May were living at 15 Edmond Street, Toowoomba on the same roll.

In 1977 they had moved to Ramsay Street, Greenmount, both being on the Darling Downs (Clifton) Electoral Roll^[5]. Another move by 1980 saw them living at 14 Aspect Street, Toowoomba and back on the Darling Downs (East Toowoomba) Electoral Roll^[6]. She was still doing home duties.

Margaret died on 10 May 1987 at Toowoomba^[7]. Her Requiem Mass was held on 12 may at St Anthony's Catholic Church, Toowoomba. She was buried in the Toowoomba Garden of Remembrance, Toowoomba^[8].

Sources

1. ↑ Ancestry.com. Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Original data: Compiled from publicly available sources. Accessed 15 Mar 2022
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   Name: Margaret Veronica Duggan; Birth Date: 31 Dec 1918; Birth Place: Queensland; Registration Year: 1919; Registration Place: Queensland, Australia; Father: William Augustus Duggan; Mother: Margaret Anne O'Rourke; Registration Number: 003858.

2. ↑ Ancestry.com. Australia, Electoral Rolls, 1903-1980 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Original data: Australian Electoral Commission; Canberra, Australia; Electoral Rolls. Accessed 15 May 2022
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   Name: Margaret Veronica Wrigley; Gender: Female; Electoral Date: 1943; Electoral Place: Chinchilla, Maranoa, Queensland, Australia.

3. ↑ Ancestry.com. Australia, Electoral Rolls, 1903-1980 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Original data: Australian Electoral Commission; Canberra, Australia; Electoral Rolls. Accessed 15 May 2022
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   Name: Margaret Veronica Wrigley; Gender: Female; Electoral Date: 1954; Electoral Place: East Toowoomba, Darling Downs, Queensland, Australia.

4. ↑ Ancestry.com. Australia, Electoral Rolls, 1903-1980 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Original data: Australian Electoral Commission; Canberra, Australia; Electoral Rolls. Accessed 15 May 2022
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   Name: Margaret Veronica Wrigley; Gender: Female; Electoral Date: 1958; Electoral Place: Toowoomba West, Darling Downs, Queensland, Australia.

5. ↑ Ancestry.com. Australia, Electoral Rolls, 1903-1980 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Original data: Australian Electoral Commission; Canberra, Australia; Electoral Rolls. Accessed 15 May 2022
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   Name: Margaret Veronica Wrigley; Gender: Female; Electoral Date: 1977; Electoral Place: Clifton, Darling Downs, Queensland, Australia.

6. ↑ Ancestry.com. Australia, Electoral Rolls, 1903-1980 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Original data: Australian Electoral Commission; Canberra, Australia; Electoral Rolls. Accessed 15 May 2022
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   Name: Margaret Veronica Wrigley; Gender: Female; Electoral Date: 1980; Electoral Place: Toowoomba East, Darling Downs, Queensland, Australia.

7. ↑ Copy of a Funeral Notice for Wrigley, Margaret Veronica in the Toowoomba Chronicle, 12 May 1987, downloaded from Ancestry.com on 15 May 2022
8. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/179999770/margaret-veronica-wrigley : accessed 15 May 2022), memorial page for Margaret Veronica Wrigley (unknown–1987), Find A Grave: Memorial #179999770, citing Toowoomba Garden of Remembrance, Toowoomba, Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia ; Maintained by F.P.McLoughlin (contributor 48316713).

Acknowledgements

• WikiTree profile Duggan-115 created through the import of lepper trees 1_2012-04-25.ged on Apr 26, 2012 by Julie Preston.
• Biography written by Margaret Bailey Allison