Margaret Watson (Johnston) Leggatt (1840 - 1904)

Born 3 Apr 1840 in Sydney, New South Wales

Ancestors

Wife of Alfred Leggatt — married 31 May 1860 in Sydney, New South Wales

Descendants

Died 15 Mar 1904 at age 63 in Sydney, New South Wales

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Biography

Birth

• Margaret was born on 3 April 1840 in Sydney, New South Wales.
• Her parents were William Johnston and Margaret McGregor.
• She had 4 siblings - a stillborn male baby, William Henry, John and Louis Charles.

Baptism

• She was baptised on 2 June 1840 at St. Andrew's Church in Sydney.

Life

• When she was 15 in 1855, Margaret was living with her family in Sussex Street in Sydney, New South Wales.

Marriage

• She married Alfred Leggatt on 31 May 1860 at the Scots Church in Sydney, with the rites of the Presbyterian Church.
• Margaret was a minor (Aged 20) and needed the permission of her mother (as her father was unavailable for some reason). Alfred was 24.
• The witnesses were Sophia Leggatt (Alfred's sister) and Jack Peterson.
• Margaret and Alfred had 6 children - William, Laura, Ida, Ella, Cora and Myra.

Life

• In 1870 Margaret and Alfred were living in Liverpool Street in Sydney.
• In 1904 they were living in Ridge Street in North Sydney,

Death

• Margaret died on Tuesday 15 March 1904 at her home at 41 Ridge Street of chronic mephitis (inflammation of the kidney).
• She was buried on Wednesday 16 March 1904 in the St. Thomas Church of England Church at North Sydney.

Sources

• Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922
• New South Wales Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages / No. V18403556 45B/1840
• Australia, Births and Baptisms, 1792-1981
• Australia, Marriage Index, 1788-1950
• New South Wales Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages / Marriage / No. 395/1860
• Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985
• New South Wales Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages / Death/ No. 3180/1904