Margaret (Lightfoot) Garner (1819 - bef. 1887)

Born 13 Jun 1819 in Frodsham Lordship, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom

Wife of Richard Oulton — married 19 Sep 1836 (to Jul 1838) in Chester, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom

Wife of William Garner — married 28 Mar 1842 in Frodsham, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom

Descendants

Died before 25 Feb 1887 before age 67 in Frodsham, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom

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Biography

Margaret Lightfoot was born in 1819 in Netherton, on the outskirts of Frodsham, Cheshire, England. She was the daughter of Jonathan and Hannah Lightfoot. Her father was a tailor. She was baptised on 13 June 1819 in Frodsham. ^[1]

She married Richard Oulton, a shoemaker, on 19 September 1836 in St Peter's church, Chester, Cheshire. ^[2] The couple had 2 children in Thornton Le Moors, Cheshire, but her husband died in 1838 around the time their second child was born.

In 1841 Margaret was living on Church Street, Frodsham with her two children, her younger brother and a 2 year old child, Richard Walton (who she was presumably looking after). ^[3] Her son Richard died early in 1842 aged 3.

On 28 March 1842, when Margaret was about 22, she remarried; to William Garner, a widowed farmer, in Frodsham, Cheshire. Her husband was 15 years older than her. ^[4] The couple had 6 children together.

By 1851 the expanded family, which included 5 children, lived on Church Street in Frodsham. ^[5]

William died in 1856 and Margaret took over the running of the farm. In 1861, there were 6 children living were her in Church Street.

Margaret died in 1887 aged 67. Her death was registered in Runcorn. ^[6] She was buried in Frodsham on 25 February 1887. ^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ "England, Cheshire Bishop's Transcripts, 1598-1900," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NHLF-VF7 : 10 December 2017), Margaret Lightfoot, 13 Jun 1819, Christening; citing item 2, Frodsham, Cheshire, England, Record Office, Chester; FHL microfilm 1,655,670.
2. ↑ "England, Cheshire Bishop's Transcripts, 1598-1900," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N42J-DJD : 10 December 2017), Richard Oultan and Margaret Lightfoot, 19 Sep 1836, Marriage; citing item 1 p 46, St Peters, Chester, Cheshire, England, Record Office, Chester; FHL microfilm 1,655,593.
3. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1841," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M7M2-QPT : 5 March 2021), Mageret Oulton, Frodsham, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom; from "1841 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
4. ↑ "England, Cheshire Parish Registers, 1538-2000," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F3RS-GSP : 7 December 2017), William Garner and Margaret Gullon, 28 Mar 1842, Marriage; citing item 5 p 62, , Frodsham, Cheshire, England, Record Office, Chester; FHL microfilm 2,104,549.
5. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1851," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SGK1-8TD : 9 November 2019), Margret Garner in household of William Garner, Frodsham, Cheshire, England; citing Frodsham, Cheshire, England, p. 6, from "1851 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
6. ↑ "Death Record Index Entry" England & Wales General Register Office, GRO Online Index - Death (https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/indexes_search.asp: accessed 19 July 2021), database entry for GARNER, MARGARET    Age at death: 67  . GRO Reference: 1887  M Quarter in RUNCORN  Volume 08A  Page 183
7. ↑ "England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2JBQ-JVR : 31 December 2014), Margaret Garner, 1887; from "England & Wales Deaths, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Death, Runcorn, Cheshire, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.