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GORDON, Theodore Minister of Kennethmont parish, Reverend Mr
(1702-1779)
FORBES, Barbara
(About 1715-1767)
WILSON, Thomas Minister of Gamrie parish, Reverend Mr
(1743-1830)
GORDON, Elizabeth
(About 1754-1808)
WILSON, Margaret
(1791-1855)

 

Family Links

Spouses/Children:
1. GRANT, James of Elchies, Astronomer

WILSON, Margaret 1 2 3

  • Born: 10 April 1791 3 4
  • Baptised: 19 April 1791, Gamrie and Macduff parish, Banffshire, Scotland 3
  • Marriage (1): GRANT, James of Elchies, Astronomer on 22 November 1807 in Knockando parish, Moray, Scotland 1
  • Died: 28 January 1855, London, England 4
  • Buried: 1855, Kensal Green Cemetery, London, England 4

   User ID: Z91.

  General Notes:

"WILSON
MARGARET
THOS. WILSON/ELIZABETH WILSON FR557 (FR557)
F
19/04/1791
155
20 / 388
Gamrie and Macduff"

from Births and Baptisms


Old Parish Registers
Gamrie and MacDuff parish Banffshire
Baptisms

"1791
Ap 10 & 19th
Wilson

Margaret Lawful Daughter to the Revd. Thos. Wilson Minr. of Gamrie & Elizabeth Wilson his Wife was born April 10th & baptized the 19th. Witnesses The Revd Geo. Sangster Minr. of Alvah &Jas, Wilson in MacDuff."





In Knockando Churchyard:

"Sacred to the memory of Margaret, wife of James William Grant, Esq. of Elchies, who died in London, Jan. 28, 1855, born April 10, 1791. Her mortal remains were laid in Kensal Green Cemetery, in the sure and certain hope of the resurrection to eternal life. Isa. xxvi. 3."

from History of Moray 3 4 5


Margaret married James GRANT of Elchies, Astronomer, son of Robert GRANT of Elchies, London Merchant, Fur Trader in Canada and Isabel CAMPBELL, on 22 November 1807 in Knockando parish, Moray, Scotland.1 (James GRANT of Elchies, Astronomer was baptised on 28 August 1788 in Knockando parish, Moray, Scotland,3 died in 1865 in Wester Elchies, Moray, Scotland 4 and was buried in 1865 in Elchies vault, Knockando Churchyard, Moray, Scotland 4.)


  Marriage Notes:

"GRANT
JAMES WILLIAM
MARGARET WILSON/FR192 (FR192)
22/11/1807
139/ 20 56
Knockando"

from Index of Marriages 1

Sources


1 GRO Scotland, OPR Index of Marriages.

2 e-books, Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae by Hew Scott.

3 GRO Scotland, OPR Index of Births and Baptisms.

4 e-books, The History of the Province of Moray by Lachlan Shaw (1882).

5 Old Parish Registers of the Church of Scotland, Gamrie and MacDuff parish Banffshire Baptisms.

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