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Margaret Anderson 1838 – 1914 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1838

Birth Location: Stromfirth, Weisdale, Shetland Islands, Scotland

Death Date: 25 JUN 1914

Death Location: East Gardie, Shetland Islands, Scotland

Father: John Anderson

Mother: Janet Sutherland

Spouse(s): John Thomson

Children(s): Mary Thomson, Margaret Thomson, Joan Thomson

Margaret Anderson was born in 1838 in Stromfirth, Weisdale, Shetland Islands, Scotland, the child of John Anderson and Janet Sutherland. Margaret Anderson married John Thomson, and had children including Mary Hellen Thomson, Margaret Thomson, Joan Thomson. Margaret Anderson passed away in 1914 in East Gardie, Shetland Islands, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Margaret Anderson was born in 1838 in Stromfirth, Weisdale, Shetland Islands, Scotland, the child of John Anderson and Janet Sutherland.
  • Margaret Anderson married John Thomson, and had children including Mary Hellen Thomson, Margaret Thomson, Joan Thomson.
  • Margaret Anderson passed away in 1914 in East Gardie, Shetland Islands, Scotland.

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Margaret Anderson's Ancestors

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Margaret Anderson
1838 – 1914
Birth Place: Stromfirth, Weisdale, Shetland Islands, Scotland
Parents
John Anderson
1800 – 1900
Nesting, Shetland Islands, Scotland
Janet Sutherland
1800 – 1859
Nesting, Shetland Islands, Scotland
Grandparents
Gilbert Sutherland
1771 – 1856
Brough, Nesting, Shetland Islands, Scotland
Mary Nicolson
1776 – 1841
Cruster, Shetland Islands, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Margaret Anderson's Descendants

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Margaret Anderson (1838 – 25 JUN 1914) m. John Thomson (11 JUL 1841 – BEF 1914)
  1. 1. Mary (Hellen) Thomson (9 JUL 1870 – BEF 1970)
  2. 2. Margaret Thomson (22 MAY 1872 – BEF 1972)
  3. 3. Joan Thomson (9 JUN 1874 – BEF 1974)

Margaret Anderson's Timeline

2 Records

1838
1838
Birth of Margaret Anderson in Stromfirth, Weisdale, Shetland Islands, Scotland
Stromfirth, Weisdale, Shetland Islands, Scotland
1914
25 JUN 1914
Age 76
Death of Margaret Anderson in East Gardie, Shetland Islands, Scotland
East Gardie, Shetland Islands, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1838
    Event Place: Stromfirth, Weisdale, Shetland Islands, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 25 JUN 1914
    Event Place: East Gardie, Shetland Islands, Scotland

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