Margaret Adelaide Jay was born on 18 Sep 1872 in Lambeth, Surrey, England (London as the first child of Peel Cockburn Hamilton Jay and Isabella Lydia Philippa BERRELL). She had nine siblings, namely: Charles L., George C., Thomas Hutchinson, Edith Berrell, Christmas Warwick, Mildred Isabel, Harry Girdlestone, D P, and Jane Steers. She died on 23 Sep 1945 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa (Age: 73). When she was 25, she married Arthur Harry Girdlestone on 09 Oct 1897 in St Barnabas, Sutton, Surrey, England.
Margaret Adelaide Jay was baptized on 19 Oct 1873 in Chelsea St Luke, Chelsea, London, England. She lived in Carshalton, Surrey, England in 1881 (Age: 8; Relationship to Head: Daughter). She lived in Carshalton, Surrey, England in 1891 (Age: 18; Relation to Head of House: Daughter). She lived in Surrey, England in 1897. She lived in Lydiate, Lancashire, England in 1901 (Age: 28; RelationToHead: Wife). She lived in Canterbury, Kent, England on 02 Apr 1911 (Age: 38; MaritalStatus: Widowed; RelationToHead: Head). She lived in Canterbury, Kent, England in 1915. She lived in 4 Ethelbert Road, Canterbury, Kent, England in 1918 (Occupation: Nursing Home). She departed from London, England on 10 May 1935 (Age: 62; Ship: Dunluce Castle; Shipping Line: Union Castle Mail Steamship Co Ltd). She departed from Mombasa, Coast, Kenya in 1936. She arrived in Southampton, England on 01 Feb 1936 (Age: 63; Ship: Llangibby Castle; ShippingLine: Union-Castle Mail Steamship Company Ltd). She lived at 11 Central Drive Camps Bay, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa in 1945. Her estate was probated on 31 Jul 1947 in London, England.
Arthur Harry Girdlestone and Margaret Adelaide Jay had the following children:
Francis William Henry Girdlestone was born in 1899 in Waterloo, West Liverpool, Lancashire, England.
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Ancestry.com, UK, City and County Directories, 1766 - 1946 (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013), Ancestry.com, UK, City and County Directories, 1600s-1900s. Record for Mrs Margaret A Girdlestone. http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=3145&h=19620965&indiv=try.
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