Margaret (Piercy) Walmsley (1931 - 2017)

Born 1 Jun 1931 in West Hartlepool, Durham, England

Ancestors

Wife of Hector Walmsley — married 26 May 1951 in Barton upon Humber, Lincolnshire, England

Died 25 Mar 2017 at age 85 in Goxhill, Lincolnshire, England

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Biography

Margaret Piercy, the daughter of Fred Piercy and his wife Alice (née Wood), was born on 1 Jun 1931 at home at 28 Cambridge Street, West Hartlepool.^[1]

Note: Details from certified copy of birth certificate.

Margaret was baptized privately at home on 1 Jun 1931, the same day she was born, as there was serious concern for her life.

Margaret married Hector Walmsley on 26 May 1951 at ???.^[2]

Margaret and Hector had seven children.

Margaret died in Grimsby hospital on 25 Mar 2017, and was buried on 8 Apr 2017 at Goxhill, Lincolnshire cemetery.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVQW-3JB2 : 1 October 2014), Margaret Piercy, 1931; from "England & Wales Births, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Birth Registration, Hartlepool, Durham, England, citing General Register Office, Southport, England.
2. ↑ "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVD8-J3G2 : 8 October 2014), Margaret Piercy and null, 1951; from “England & Wales Marriages, 1837-2005,” database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing 1951, quarter 2, vol. 3B, p. 808, Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.
3. ↑ Death Announcement originally printed on March 30, 2017 in the Grimsby and Scunthorpe Telegraph