Born in Spittal, Northumberland, England
Ancestors 
Daughter of Joseph Wilks Thompson
and Margaret (Lough) Thompson
Sister of
Ann Wilks (Thompson) Whiteford, Fanny Wilks (Thompson) Patterson, Mary Wilks (Thompson) Gray, Jane Wilks Thompson and John Wilks Thompson
Wife of
James Windram
— married
3 Jan 1876 in Edinburgh, Scotland
Wife of
Robert Johnston
— married
1 Jun 1888 in Eyemouth, Berwickshire, Scotland
Descendants 
Mother of
Margaret T Windram, William Windram, Mary J Windram, Jamesina (Windram) Ridley, Jane (Johnston) Coupland, Joseph Thompson Johnston and Fanny Wilks Johnston
Died
at age 76
in Eyemouth, Berwickshire, Scotland
Profile last modified
| Created 6 Jul 2018
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Biography
Margaret Wilks Thompson was born APRIL 1854. at Spittal, Northumberland, England - mother = Lough. [1]
1861 Spittal, Northumberland, England. [2]
1871 Eyemouth, Berwickshire, Scotland. Margaret Wilkes, 16, servant, living with sister's in laws Archibald & Isabella Gray [3]
3 Jan 1876 Eyemouth - marriage to James Windram
APR 1881. Eyemouth, Berwickshire, Scotland. James Windram, 26, wife Margaret Windram, 25, children Margaret T (13), William (3), Mary J (1) + niece Margaret Wilks (13) [4]
Oct 1881 - death of James in Eyemouth fishing disaster (Margaret pregnant with Jamesina)
1 Jun 1888 Eyemouth - marriage of Robert Johnston, 40, widower, fisherman, son of William Johnston & Jane Wood, and Margaret Windram, 32, fisherman's widow, daughter of Joseph Wilks, fisherman,, & Margaret Wilks (Lough); Witness Margaret's sister Mary Gray [5]
1891 Eyemouth, Berwickshire, Scotland [6]
- Robert Johnston, 42, fisherman, wife Margaret Johnston, 35
- children Jane Johnston (2) Joseph Johnston (3 mths)
- his children William Johnston (15), Mary Johnston (13), Rachel Johnson (10)
- her children William Windram (10), Jamesina Windram (9)
1901 Eyemouth, Berwickshire, Scotland. [7] fisherman
1911 Eyemouth, Berwick, Scotland. SR Ref 739120.
Sources
- ↑ Birth ceritificate
- ↑ 1861 England Census Class: RG9; Piece: 3888; Folio: 6; Page: 5; GSU roll: 543201.
- ↑ 1871 Scotland Census
- ↑ 1881 Scotland Census Eyemouth; ED: 1; Page: 12; Line: 17; Roll: cssct1881_309
- ↑ Eyemouth Marriages
- ↑ 1891 Scotland Census
- ↑ 1901 Scotland Census
- FreeBMD England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915
- 1861 England Census
- 1881 Scotland Census
- 1871 Scotland Census
- Ancestry.com Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950
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