Born in Concord, New South Wales, Australia
Ancestors 
Daughter of Michael McGrath
and Elizabeth (Somerville) Ward
Sister of
Mary Ann McGrath, Thomas James McGrath, Ann (Mcgrath) Croft, Michael McGrath, John McGrath, John Frazier [half], Daniel Joseph Frazier [half], Jane (Ward) Gawthorne [half], Sarah A Ward [half], Eliza Ward [half], Phillis Priscilla Ward [half], Frederick Wordsworth Ward [half] and James Ward [half]
Wife of
William A Dawson
— married
6 Dec 1830 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Descendants 
Mother of
William Dawson, Thomas Dawson, Elizabeth Dawson, Benjamin Dawson, Henry Dawson, Emma Dawson, Alfred Dawson, Mary Dawson, John Henry Dawson, Frederick George Dawson and Charles Robert Dawson
Died
at age 78
in Darlington, New South Wales, Australia
Profile last modified
| Created 12 Jul 2013
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Biography
Born 13 Oct 1813. Concord, New South Wales, Australia. [1][2]
Died 21 Oct 1891. 32 Margery Terrace, Darlington Road, Darlington N.S.W.[3] [4]
Buried Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. [5]
Residence 1 October 1827. New South Wales, Australia. [6]
Baptism: 24 Dec 1815. New South Wales, Australia. [7]
Marriage Marriage 6 Dec 1830. Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. [8]
Sources
- ↑ NSW Birth registration no: 981/1813 V1813981 148
- ↑ Fairfax Media; Pyrmont, New South Wales, Australia Ancestry Record 9091 #1272690
- ↑ Death Notice in Sydney Morning Herald 22 Oct 1891, death 21 Oct 1891, 75 at Darlington
- ↑ Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985 Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Record Collection 1779
- ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 26 August 2019), memorial page for Margaret Dawson (unknown–23 Oct 1891), Find A Grave Memorial no. 188662694, citing Rookwood General Cemetery, Rookwood, Cumberland Council, New South Wales, Australia ; Maintained by alisonc1109 (contributor 48349597) .
- ↑ New South Wales, Australia, Applications and Admissions to Orphan Schools, 1817-1833 Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, State Archives NSW; Series: NRS 783; Item: [4/333]; Roll: 2776; Page: 313
- ↑ New South Wales, Australia, St. John's Parramatta, Baptisms, 1790-1916 Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Note: Parish Baptism Registers. Textual records. St. John’s Anglican Church Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia. Record Collection 60622
- ↑ Australia, Marriage Index, 1788-1950 Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Record Collection 1780
- Source: S730585327 Australia, Births and Baptisms, 1792-1981 Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Record Collection 9776
- Source: S730586097 Australia, Newspaper Vital Notices, 1831-2001 Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Record Collection 9091
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Margaret by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. Mitochondrial DNA test-takers in the direct maternal line:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Margaret by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. Mitochondrial DNA test-takers in the direct maternal line:
- Janelle (Usher) Whitbread
:
Family Tree DNA mtDNA Test, FTDNA kit #B495054
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~6.25%
~25.00%
Margaret Kemp :
AncestryDNA
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~3.12%
~6.25%
Louise Roy :
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~3.12%
Robert McGrath :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member marggrath1
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~1.56%
~3.12%
Katrina Kiely :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch HQ2840379 [compare], Ancestry member Katrina_kiely2
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~1.56%
Gail Holland :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member GailsTwigs
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~0.78%
~0.78%
Janelle (Usher) Whitbread :
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Margaret Kemp
I'm pretty sure Margaret McGrath Daughter of Michael McGrath And Elizabeth Sommerville Was born in Sydney Australia as she and her sibling were put in orphanages when Elizabeth married (2nd) Frazier and then a (3rd) marriage to James Ward after Michael McGrath was sent back to prison
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Margaret Kemp
Hi, Margaret McGrath married William Dawson I'm not sure where but their son(my GGrandfather) Alfred Married Clara Anna Howard (daughter of Benjamin and Adelaide Howard) 1870's-80's their first couple of children William and Emily were born in Chile, in the mid 1880's they were living in Sydney Australia My Grandmother Priscilla Margaret was born In Annandale Sydney Australia in 1888, my GGrandmother Clara passed away shortly after in 1891, after which my GGrandfather Alfred Dawson moved the family to Portland New South Wales Australia where My Grandmother met and married my Grandfather Albert Ernest Kemp also born in 1888
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by Margaret Kemp
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