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Margaret Hannah Gilchrist 1767 – 1808 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1767

Birth Location: Scotland

Death Date: 1808

Death Location: Pennsylvania, Somerset, Pennsylvania, United States

Father: Robert Gilchrist

Mother: Anne Doyle

Spouse(s): WILLIAM 1

Children(s): Ann Downing

Margaret Hannah Gilchrist was born in 1767 in Scotland, the child of Robert Gilchrist and Anne Doyle. Margaret Hannah Gilchrist married WILLIAM ANDREW DOWNING 1, and had children including Ann Downing. Margaret Hannah Gilchrist passed away in 1808 in Pennsylvania, Somerset, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Biography

  • Margaret Hannah Gilchrist was born in 1767 in Scotland, the child of Robert Gilchrist and Anne Doyle.
  • Margaret Hannah Gilchrist married WILLIAM ANDREW DOWNING 1, and had children including Ann Downing.
  • Margaret Hannah Gilchrist passed away in 1808 in Pennsylvania, Somerset, Pennsylvania, United States.

Immediate Family

Parents

Robert Gilchrist
1734 – 1803
Birth Location: Walston, Lanarkshire, Scotland
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Anne Doyle
1737 –
Birth Location: Saint Paul Covent Garden, Westminster, London, England
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Spouses(s)

WILLIAM 1
1765 – 1829
Birth Location: Emerald Isle, Ireland
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Children(s)

Ann Downing
1788 – 1830
Birth Location: Pennsylvania, United States
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Margaret Gilchrist's Ancestors

Self
Margaret Gilchrist
1767 – 1808
Birth Place: Scotland
Parents
Robert Gilchrist
1734 – 1803
Walston, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Anne Doyle
1737 –
Saint Paul Covent Garden, Westminster, London, England
Grandparents
James Gilchrist
1710 – 1771
WEST CALDER, MIDLOTHIAN, SCOTLAND
Christian (Wyld Broun or) Brown
1715 –
North Leith, Midlothian, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
John 111
1680 – 1720
Jean Aitken
1682 – 1725
John Brown
1696 –
Marion Rioch
1695 –
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Isobel Kerr
1644 – 1709
Charles Brown
1668 –
Beatrix Patersone
1666 –
William Rioch
1675 –
Anna Dun
1675 –

Margaret Gilchrist's Descendants

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Margaret (Hannah) Gilchrist (1767 – 1808) m. WILLIAM (ANDREW DOWNING) 1 (1765 – 6 Oct 1829)
  1. 1. Ann Downing (1788 – 1830) m. John (Barnett Bell) Sr (13 Apr 1784 – 5 Feb 1860)
    1. 1. George Bell (20 Dec 1812 – 12 Apr 1896) m. Elizabeth (Betsy) Say (27 September 1818 – 18 Oct 1853)
      1. 1. Polly (Ann) Bell (06 Jul 1839 – 11 August 1905) m. John (Andrew) O'Neil (17 December 1836 – 11 November 1919)
        1. 1. John (Jo William) O'Neil (27 Nov 1870 – Apr 1946) m. Dora (Idella) Gibb (18 Jan 1874 – 1956)

Margaret Gilchrist's Timeline

2 Records

1767
1767
Birth of Margaret Hannah Gilchrist in Scotland
Scotland
1808
1808
Age 41
Death of Margaret Hannah Gilchrist in Pennsylvania, Somerset, Pennsylvania, United States
Pennsylvania, Somerset, Pennsylvania, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1767
    Event Place: Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1808
    Event Place: Pennsylvania, Somerset, Pennsylvania, United States
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