Margaret was born about 1841. She was the daughter of Samuel Forsyth and Margaret Savage.
Like her brothers Margaret moved to Scotland but settled in Midlothian.
She married on 3 January 1869 to Patrick Gilfether, an Oilwork Labourer. Their marriage took place in Ratho, Edinburgh witnessed by James Gordon and M Ryan. Margaret was 22 when she married Patrick aged 23. Patrick was the son of John Gilfather/Gilfether and Mary Regan.
They lived at Kirknewton & East Calder, Midlothian.
Margaret had 4 children in her marriage, John 1870 [1], James 1871 [2], Patrick 1872 [3] and Samuel 1874 [4].
She passed away in 1881 aged 40.
Patrick Gilfether remarried 3 years later to Margaret's sister Elizabeth (Eliza) and they had 4 children before her death in 1891.
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