Margaret Isabella (Paul) Lambert (1825 - 1876)

Born 12 Dec 1825 in Colony of New South Wales, Australia

Ancestors

Wife of William Blake Lambert — married 9 Jul 1849 in Brighton, England

Descendants

Died 23 Oct 1876 at age 50 in Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom

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Biography

Margaret was born in 1826, in the Colony of New South Wales, Australia, the daughter of George Paul and Sarah Dalton.^[1]

Margaret married William Blake LAMBERT, 9 July 1849 at Brighton, Sussex, England.^[2]

Margaret Isabella Paul and her husband William Blake Lambert (Civil Engineer: Assistant Chief Engineer in Portsmouth Dock Yards) were recorded on the 1851 census in Northumberland with son Sydney Paul Lambert aged 11 months. She was born in Sydney, New South Wales, he was born at Berwick on Tweed, and their son appears to have been born somewhere between the two locations (?Hamphin Southsea Bingh Sabjed?), but not where Ancestry.com transcribes. The Lamberts were visiting the Weatherhead family at Calf Close, Tweedmouth. Robert Weatherhead was Solicitor and Coroner for the borough of Berwick on Tweed.^[3]

Margaret Isabella Paul and William Blake Lambert appeared on the 1871 England census at 3 Morden Road, Charlton, Kent, with daughters Tempest Isabella, aged 16, born in Southampton, and Vera Margaret, aged 8, who appears on the census as having been born in Russia."^[4]

Margaret Isabella died 23 Oct 1876 at Berwick on Tweed.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ New South Wales BDM Birth 329/1826 V1826329 11 PAUL MARGARET I F: WILLIAM M: SARAH
2. ↑ Family Notices (1849, December 14). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), p. 3. Retrieved September 29, 2018, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12913859
3. ↑ Ancestry.com. 1851 England Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005. : Original data: Census Returns of England and Wales, 1851. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA): Public Record Office (PRO), 1851. Data imaged from the National Archives, London, England. The National Archives gives no warranty as to the accuracy, completeness or fitness for the purpose of the information provided. Images may be used only for purposes of research, private study or education. Applications for any other use should be made to the National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey TW9 4DU.
4. ↑ Family informant, Bishmel
5. ↑ Ancestry.com. England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, 1973-1995 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Original data: Principal Probate Registry. Calendar of the Grants of Probate and Letters of Administration made in the Probate Registries of the High Court of Justice in England. London, England © Crown copyright.