HOME, Margaret (DNA Link) ^{1 2}

   Cause of her death was senile decay.⁵

   User ID: E238.

  General Notes:

"HOME
MARGARET
PETER HOME/CHRISTIAN STRACHAN
F
08/10/1809
180 10 / 141
CLATT"

from Births and Baptisms



Old Parish Registers
Clatt parish Aberdeenshire
Baptisms

"1809
8th October
HOME
Margaret lawful daughter of Peter Home and Christian Strachan in mains of Tilliangus was baptized before witnesses Jas Anderson in Tilliangus and Jas Home in meikle Newton"




The 1851 UK census for Clatt in Aberdeenshire recorded John Anderson as head of a household living at Hardgate. His household comprised himself, his wife Margaret, and their ten recorded children. Margaret Anderson was recorded as 41 years old and had been born in Clatt. By occupation (apart from her many children - we know of thirteen births!) she was a carpenter's and farmer's wife.




Margaret Anderson died in New Zealand in 1902. Her death certificate recorded that her name was Margaret Anderson and that she was occupied in domestic duties. Her age at death was 93 years. Her father was Peter Home, a farmer; her mother Christy Strachan. She had been born in Scotland and had lived in New Zealand for 50 years. It also recorded that she had been married in Scotland at the age of 20 years to John Anderson. It listed her living children: three sons aged 71, 60 and 54 years; and six daughters aged 70, 62, 58, 56, 52, and 50 years. The Reverend William Campbell, a presbyterian minister, was present at her funeral.

Note:

Margaret gave birth to six sons and six daughters, therefore by the time of her death three sons must have died. The ages do not exactly correspond with the known ages of her children. ^{1 6 7}

  Research Notes:

BAPTISM

The 'James Home' recorded as a witness at Margaret's baptism may have been her grandfather or her uncle.

  Medical Notes:

The cause of death was certified by Percy R. Cook who last saw Margaret on 14 July 1902.

The informant of her death before the Registrar on 16 July 1902 was Frank C. Forbes, of Cheviot. ⁵

Margaret married John ANDERSON, son of James ANDERSON and Mary AIKIN, on 15 March 1831 in Clatt parish, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. (John ANDERSON was baptised on 29 May 1796 in Belhelvie parish, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, died on 4 June 1878 in Balcairn, Canterbury, New Zealand ⁸ and was buried on 9 June 1878 in Public cemetery, Leithfield, Canterbury, New Zealand ⁸.). The cause of his death was senile debility.⁵

  Marriage Notes:

"HOME
MARGARET
JOHN ANDERSON/
15/03/1831
180 30 / 94
CLATT"

from Index of Marriages



Old Parish Registers
Clatt parish Aberdeenshire
Marriages

"15 March 1831
Anderson and Home
John Anderson and Margaret Home both in this parish being proclaimed were married"
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