On the 1841 census, Margaret, a widow, is living in West Carron, Larbert, with her children: John (20 years) and Margaret (15 years). Margaret is a school teacher and her son, John, is a designer like his grandfather, William Haworth. Margaret's unmarried sisters, Elizabeth and Frances, are also living with them.[3]
On the 1851 census, Margaret, a widow, is living in West Carron, Larbert, with her sister, Frances. Margaret is a school mistress and Frances is a muslin sewer.[4]
Margaret Haworth died, aged 62 years, in March 1860.[5]
Margaret Kerr, Head, Widowed, 53 years, School Mistress, Stirlingshire, Scotland
Frances Hayworth, Sister, Single, 42 years, Muslin Sewer, Stirlingshire, Scotland
Sources
↑ Birth or Baptism|Church of Scotland: Old Parish Registers - Births and Baptisms|National Records of Scotland, Ref: 10/347; Parish Number: 485; Frame: 186|ScotlandsPeople (accessed 28 March 2024)|Margaret Haworth born or baptised on 16 Mar 1798, daughter of William Haworth & Margaret Hartly, in Larbert, Stirlingshire, Scotland.
↑ Marriage|Church of Scotland: Old Parish Registers - Banns and Marriages|National Records of Scotland, Ref: 10/667; Parish Number: 485; Frame: 349|ScotlandsPeople (accessed 28 March 2024)|Margaret Haworth marriage to Walter Kerr on or after 11 Aug 1816 in Larbert, Stirlingshire, Scotland.
↑ 3.03.1 Ancestry.com. 1841 Scotland Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Parish: Larbert; ED: 5; Page: 3; Line: 340; Year: 1841. Original data: 1841 Scotland Census. Edinburgh, Scotland: General Register Office for Scotland. Reels 1-151. General Register Office for Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland.
↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 28 August 2020), memorial page for Margaret Haworth Kerr (16 Mar 1798–Mar 1860), Find a Grave Memorial no. 213898046, citing Larbert Parish Churchyard, Larbert, Stirling, Scotland.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Margaret by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Margaret: