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Margaret (Fisher) Wright (abt. 1826 - 1886)

Margaret Wright formerly Fisher
Born about in Bothkennar, Stirlingshire, Scotland, United Kingdommap
Daughter of and
Sister of , , , , , , , , , and
Wife of — married [date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants descendants
Mother of
Died at about age 60 in Ballarat, Victoria, Australiamap
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Biography

Margaret was born about 1826. She was the daughter of James Fisher and Janet Drummond.

She appears on the 1841 census with her parents, living in Maitland Street, Bothkennar, aged 15.[1]

On 14 November 1851 in Bothkennar[2] (Fisher home parish), and on 16 November 1851 in Airth[3] (Wright home parish), she married Robert Wright. Apparently it was quite normal to celebrate the marriage in the parish of each person.

Along with her husband, she arrived in Victoria, Australia in May 1852 on Success.[4]

She passed away in 1886, aged 60, and is buried in the Old Ballarat Cemetery.[5][6]

Sources

  1. ↑ FreeUKGenealogy, Free Census
    https://freecen2.freecen.org.uk/search_records/590571cae9379091b14720aa?search_id=5bd6a889791e3b69b97a5300
    Year: 1841, County: Stirlingshire, Place: Bothkennar
    Piece: 473, Enumeration District: 2, Folio: 2, Page: 4
  2. ↑ "Scotland Marriages, 1561-1910," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XY7W-FXQ : 10 February 2018), Robert Wright and Margaret Fisher, 14 Nov 1851; citing Bothkennar,Stirling,Scotland, index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 1,041,972.
  3. ↑ "Scotland Marriages, 1561-1910," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XY77-68N : 10 February 2018), Robert Wright and Margaret Fisher, 16 Nov 1851; citing Airth,Stirling,Scotland, index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 1,040,328.
  4. ↑ Public Record Office Victoria, Assisted Passenger Lists
    https://prov.vic.gov.au/explore-collection/explore-topic/passenger-records-and-immigration/assisted-passenger-lists
    Ship: Success, Year: 1852, Month: May
    Book: 5A, Page 220
    Name: Wright, Margaret
    Age: 25
  5. ↑ Victoria Death Index #4246 (1886)
  6. ↑ Ballarat Cemeteries record search,
    https://web.ballaratcemeteries.com.au/Deceasedsearch/DeceasedSearch.aspx#
    Last Name: Wright
    Given Name: Margaret
    Cemetery: Ballarat Cemetery Old
    Location: CN, Section 11, Grave 08
    Date of Burial: 23 Apr 1886
    Age at death: 50 years (although I believe this to be an error and should be 60 years.)
  • Victorian Edwardian Index 1902-1913




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Scott-13767 Wendy Scott
Fisher-16574 and Fisher-14240 appear to represent the same person because: I do not know what details are given in the Victorian Edwardian Index 1902-1913. Apart from the discrepancy in birth date (neither of which have a definite source) and very little other detail, the spouse the daughter are probably the same.
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