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Margaret Purdie Hewitt 1859–1895 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1859

Birth Location: cathcart/durham/ararat victoria R/No. 14691

Death Date: 06 Feb 1895

Death Location: Ballarat, Ballarat City, Victoria, Australia

Father:

Mother: Barbara Purdie

Spouse(s): Thomas Dixon

Children(s): Jane Dixon, Joseph Dixon, Sarah Dixon, Thomas Dixon, Margaret Dixon, John Dixon, Stanley Dixon, Barbara Dixon

The story of Margaret Purdie Hewitt began in 1859 in cathcartdurhamararat victoria RNo. 14691. Margaret Purdie Hewitt married Thomas Henry Dixon, and had children including Barbara Dixon, Jane Ellison Dixon, John Watson Dixon, Joseph Dixon, Margaret Maggie Dixon, Sarah Dixon, Stanley Dixon, Thomas Dixon. Margaret Purdie Hewitt/ passed away in 1895 in Ballarat, Ballarat City, Victoria, Australia.

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Biography

  • The story of Margaret Purdie Hewitt began in 1859 in cathcartdurhamararat victoria R/No. 14691.
  • Margaret Purdie Hewitt married Thomas Henry Dixon, and had children including Barbara Dixon, Jane Ellison Dixon, John Watson Dixon, Joseph Dixon, Margaret Maggie Dixon, Sarah Dixon, Stanley Dixon, Thomas Dixon.
  • Margaret Purdie Hewitt passed away in 1895 in Ballarat, Ballarat City, Victoria, Australia.

Immediate Family

Parents

Barbara Purdie
1832–1910
Birth Location: Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland
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Spouses(s)

Thomas Dixon
1853–1925
Birth Location: Shotton Colliery, Durham, England
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Children(s)

Jane Dixon
1881–1937
Birth Location: Scarsdale, Victoria, Australia
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Joseph Dixon
1878–1938
Birth Location: Scarsdale, Victoria, Australia
JD
Sarah Dixon
1879–
Birth Location: Scarsdale, Victoria, Australia
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Thomas Dixon
1884–1884
Birth Location: Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
TD
Margaret Dixon
1885–1945
Birth Location: Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
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John Dixon
1888–1955
Birth Location: Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
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Stanley Dixon
1891–1893
Birth Location: Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
SD
Barbara Dixon
1895–1895
Birth Location: Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
BD

Margaret Hewitt's Ancestors

Self
Margaret Hewitt
1859–1895
Birth Place: cathcart/durham/ararat victoria R/No. 14691
Parents
Barbara Purdie
1832–1910
Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland
Grandparents
William Purdie
1797–1863
Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland
Margaret Laidlaw
1804–1838
Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Walter Purdie
1774–1809
Janet Brown
1775–1805
Walter Laidlaw
1777–1855
Jane Malcolm
1778–1861
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Purdie
1743–
James Brown
1746–
John Malcolm
1740–
Margaret Webb
1742–

Margaret Hewitt's Descendants

1.
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Margaret (Purdie) Hewitt (1859–06 Feb 1895) m. Thomas (Henry) Dixon (10 Jun 1853–21 Oct 1925)
  1. 1. Jane (Ellison) Dixon 1881–1937 m. James (Thomas) Gibson 1869–1918
    1. 1. David (Leslie) Gibson 1913–1990 m. Mary (Bridget) McNeil 1918–1985
      1. 1. Ellen (Jane) Gibson 1939–1972
    2. 2. Thomas (James) Gibson 1905–1970
    3. 3. Eileen Gibson 1907–1997 m. William (Leslie) ELKINS 1896–1961
    4. 4. Alice Gibson 1910– m. Gerald McINERNERY 1907–1983
    5. 5. Mary ((Mollie)) Gibson 1912–1991 m. William (Joseph) Taffe 1905–1963
      1. 1. Peter (Joseph) Taffe 1938–2017
    6. 6. John (Watson) Gibson 1915–1961 m. Vivian (Joyce) Thomas 1917–
    7. 7. Eric Gibson 1918–1983 m. Mary Berchmans 1918–2010
  2. 2. Joseph Dixon 1878–1938 m. Ellie (Quinn) Byrnes 1881–1961
    1. 1. Mabel (Margaret) Dixon 1907–
    2. 2. Stewart (Henry Dixon Svc.) 55434 1905–1973
  3. 3. Sarah Dixon 1879–
  4. 4. Thomas Dixon 1884–1884
  5. 5. Margaret ("Maggie") Dixon 1885–1945 m. William (Arthur Edward) Curnow 1883–1940
    1. 1. William (Edward) Curnow 1910–
    2. 2. Ellen ("Nell" May) Curnow 1908–1992 m. Edgar (James) Connelly 1898–1976
      1. 1. Maxwell (James) Connelly 1935–1996
    3. 3. William (Edward) Curnow 1906–1906
    4. 4. Alan (Clifford) Curnow 1913–1913
    5. 5. Robert (John) Curnow 1919–1973
  6. 6. John (Watson) Dixon 1888–1955
  7. 7. Stanley Dixon 1891–1893
  8. 8. Barbara Dixon 1895–1895

Margaret Hewitt's Timeline

2 Records

1859
1859
Birth of Margaret Purdie Hewitt in cathcartdurhamararat victoria R/No. 14691
cathcart/durham/ararat victoria R/No. 14691
1895
06 Feb 1895
Age 36
Death of Margaret Purdie Hewitt in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
Ballarat, Victoria, Australia

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1859
    Event Place: cathcartdurhamararat victoria R/No. 14691
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 06 Feb 1895
    Event Place: Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Ballarat, Ballarat City, Victoria, Australia
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees
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