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Margaret Lees 1776 – 1855 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 18 Apr 1776

Birth Location: Coylton, Ayrshire, Scotland

Death Date: 10 Mar 1855

Death Location: Danston, Dalrymple, Ayrshire, Scotland

Father: Thomas Lees

Mother: Jean Aird

Spouse(s): Thomas Dempster

Children(s): Mary Dempster, Susan Dempster, Margaret Dempster, John Dempster, Jean Dempster, Susan Dempster, Barbara Dempster, James Dempster, Elizabeth Dempster, Matthew Dempster, Thomas Dempster, Isabella Dempster, William Dempster, Anne Dempster

The story of Margaret Lees began in 1776 in Coylton, Ayrshire, Scotland. Margaret Lees married Thomas Dempster, and had children including Mary Dempster, Susan Dempster, Margaret Dempster, John Dempster, Jean Dempster, Susan Dempster, Barbara Dempster, James Dempster, Elizabeth Dempster, Matthew Dempster, Thomas Dempster, Isabella Hastings Dempster, William Dempster, Anne Dempster. Margaret Lees passed away in 1855 in Danston, Dalrymple, Ayrshire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • The story of Margaret Lees began in 1776 in Coylton, Ayrshire, Scotland.
  • Margaret Lees married Thomas Dempster, and had children including Mary Dempster, Susan Dempster, Margaret Dempster, John Dempster, Jean Dempster, Susan Dempster, Barbara Dempster, James Dempster, Elizabeth Dempster, Matthew Dempster, Thomas Dempster, Isabella Hastings Dempster, William Dempster, Anne Dempster.
  • Margaret Lees passed away in 1855 in Danston, Dalrymple, Ayrshire, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Thomas Lees
1735 – 1809
Birth Location: Auchinleck, Ayrshire, Scotland
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Jean Aird
1755 – 1811
Birth Location: Sorn, Ayrshire, Scotland
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Spouses(s)

Thomas Dempster
1780 – 1867
Birth Location: Carsphairin, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland
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Children(s)

Mary Dempster
1798 – 1878
Birth Location: Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Scotland
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Susan Dempster
1799 – 1800
Birth Location: –
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Margaret Dempster
1807 – 1907
Birth Location: Carsphain, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
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John Dempster
1802 – 1884
Birth Location: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
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Jean Dempster
1807 –
Birth Location: Carsphairn, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland
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Susan Dempster
1807 – 1800
Birth Location: Wigston, Parish of Carsphairn, Kirkcudbright, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland
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Barbara Dempster
1811 – 1863
Birth Location: Carsphairn, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland
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James Dempster
1812 – 1890
Birth Location: New Galloway, Kells, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland
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Elizabeth Dempster
1816 –
Birth Location: Scotland
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Matthew Dempster
1816 –
Birth Location: –
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Thomas Dempster
1817 – 1834
Birth Location: Parish of Dalry, Kirkcudbright, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland
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Isabella Dempster
1819 – 1891
Birth Location: Parish of Kells, Kirkcudbright, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland
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William Dempster
1820 – 1907
Birth Location: Kells, Kirkcudbright, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland
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Anne Dempster
1821 –
Birth Location: Burnton, Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Scotland
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Margaret Lees's Ancestors

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Margaret Lees
1776 – 1855
Birth Place: Coylton, Ayrshire, Scotland
Parents
Thomas Lees
1735 – 1809
Auchinleck, Ayrshire, Scotland
Jean Aird
1755 – 1811
Sorn, Ayrshire, Scotland
Grandparents
David Lees
1714 –
Mary Speir
1710 – 1768
Sorn, Ayrshire, Scotland
David Aird
1729 – 1792
Sorn, Ayrshire, Scotland
Elizabeth Baird
1724 – 1783
New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Andrew Lees
Sarah Morton
Thomas Speir
Mary Clarke
William Baird
1709 –
Margaret Howatson
1704 –
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Margaret Lees's Descendants

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Margaret Lees (18 Apr 1776 – 10 Mar 1855) m. Thomas Dempster (15 Apr 1780 – 19 Nov 1867)
  1. 1. Mary Dempster (7 Nov 1798 – 29 Nov 1878) m. James Smith (1805 – 21 Aug 1860)
    1. 1. Margaret Smith (04 Nov 1827 – 29 Sep 1910) m. John Boyd (1831 – 10 Aug 1898)
      1. 1. James Boyd (abt 1855 – 11 Dec 1930) m. Eliza Shields (Abt. 1856 – 9 Feb 1899) m. Jeanie Miller (Abt. 1862 – )
        1. 1. Margaret Boyd (Abt. 1880 – ) m. James (Naismith) Young (1876 – 1957)
        2. 2. Mary Boyd (Abt. 1882 – 1941)
        3. 3. Sarah (Shields) Boyd (2 Nov 1883 – 1961) m. William (James) McCord (Abt. 1880 – )
        4. 4. Robina Boyd (Abt. 1885 – ) m. William Downie
        5. 5. John Boyd (Abt. 1887 – 1968) m. Isabella Wark
        6. 6. James Boyd (Abt. 1890 – Abt. 1952) m. Grace Toy ( – 1965)
        7. 7. Hugh Boyd (16 Jan 1893 – 1963) m. Margaret Lindsay (25 Feb 1895 – 1962)
        8. 8. Peter (Shields) Boyd (1896 – ) m. Elizabeth (Cowan) Darling
      2. 2. Robina (Smith) Boyd (abt 1860 – 1857)
      3. 3. Mary Boyd (22 Mar 1858 – )
        1. 1. Robert Boyd (22 Feb 1877 – ) m. Elizabeth Kerr (Abt. 1877 – )
      4. 4. Robina (Smith) Boyd (7 Jul 1860 – ) m. George (Laurson) Crichton (6 Oct 1857 – )
      5. 5. John Boyd (1863 – 17 Mar 1936) m. Jane Cook (4 Dec 1867 – 23 Feb 1941)
        1. 1. Margaret (McCulloch Smith) Boyd (9 Nov 1890 – 27 Jan 1970) m. John Lees (Abt. 1889 – 17 Dec 1937)
        2. 2. Mary Boyd (1892 – ) m. William (Turnbull) Fisher (1898 – )
        3. 3. John Boyd (17 May 1894 – 29 Jan 1915)
        4. 4. Adam (Cook) Boyd (18 Sep 1896 – 24 Jan 1944) m. Elizabeth (Gilchrist) Cameron (14 Mar 1897 – )
        5. 5. James Boyd (1899 – 1899)
        6. 6. Jane (Cook) Boyd (1900 – )
        7. 7. David (Finlay) Boyd (26 Jun 1903 – 22 Oct 1956) m. Jean (Aitchinson) Martin (17 Jul 1903 – 11 Oct 1976)
        8. 8. James (Smith Cook) Boyd (27 Dec 1905 – 14 Jan 1975) m. Janet (Waugh) Brooksby (1899 – 21 Jun 1948) m. June (Marie) Orton (17 Jun 1927 – 29 Nov 1990) m. Marion (Ruth) Leaney (27 Dec 1919 – 28 Nov 2005)
      6. 6. Ann (Jane) Boyd (abt 1866 – )
      7. 7. David Boyd (abt 1868 – )
      8. 8. Margt Boyd (abt 1872 – )
    2. 2. Robert Smith (1829 – Bef. 1865)
    3. 3. Elizabeth Smith (1832 – ) m. John Wilson
    4. 4. Mary Smith (1835 – )
    5. 5. James Smith (1837 – 1865) m. Jane Caldwell (1840 – )
      1. 1. James Smith (7 Aug 1863 – )
    6. 6. Janet (Caldwell) Smith (1839 – 5 Oct 1910) m. John Mitchell (abt 1840 – )
  2. 2. Susan Dempster (1799 – 1800)
  3. 3. Margaret Dempster (1807 – 1907)
  4. 4. John Dempster (6 April 1802 – 2 July 1884) m. Margaret Templeton (24 Aug 1809 – 31 Dec 1907)
    1. 1. Annaple (Muir) Voshell (16 Apr 1837 – 7 Feb 1904)
    2. 2. William (Templeton) Dempster (9 Oct 1830 – 24 May 1908)
    3. 3. Margaret Munger (24 Nov 1832 – 23 Oct 1920)
    4. 4. Thomas Dempster (20 Oct 1834 – 23 Feb 1843)
    5. 5. Eliza (Ann) Dempster (8 Sep 1846 – 25 Mar 1935)
    6. 6. James (Templeton) Dempster (30 June 1839 – 23 Jun 1907) m. Jane Duff (22 Jun 1845 – 2 Aug 1914)
      1. 1. Marian Dempster (9 Jul 1862 – ) m. William (J) Watts
        1. 1. Homer Watts
        2. 2. Fern Watts
        3. 3. Virgil Watts
      2. 2. Margaret Dempster (31 Mar 1864 – 12 May 1909) m. Will Speed
        1. 1. Lottie Speed
        2. 2. Ruth Speed
        3. 3. Mary Speed
        4. 4. John Speed
        5. 5. James Speed
      3. 3. Mary (Ann) Dempster (25 Aug 1866 – 9 Jun 1971) m. Alfred (William) Fox
        1. 1. Cora Fox
        2. 2. Estella Fox
        3. 3. James Fox
        4. 4. Grace Fox
        5. 5. Floy Fox
        6. 6. Eliza Fox
        7. 7. Margret (Jane) Fox
      4. 4. William (John) Dempster (22 January 1869 – 1 Aug 1949) m. Mary (Lucinda) Fox (1 Jan 1876 – 11 April 1911)
        1. 1. Frederick Dempster (17 December 1891 – 22 October 1967)
        2. 2. Frank Dempster (9 Feb 1893 – 30 March 1977) m. Anna (Heinricke) Nus (25 Oct 1890 – 4 Jul 1978)
        3. 3. Hattie (Dempster) Smith (Mar 1895 – 17 February 1966)
        4. 4. Nettie Dempster (4 October 1897 – 10 Apr 1937)
      5. 5. Levina (W) Dempster (17 Jun 1871 – 6 Nov 1951) m. Charles Squires
        1. 1. Chesley Squires
        2. 2. Ruby Squires
        3. 3. William Squires
      6. 6. Blanchie (M) Dempster (3 February 1874 – 22 August 1875)
      7. 7. Thomas (T) Dempster (4 July 1875 – 8 January 1878)
      8. 8. David Dempster (30 May 1885 – 24 Jan 1963) m. Marie (L) Betcher
        1. 1. Russel Dempster
        2. 2. David (A) Dempster
        3. 3. Anna Dempster
        4. 4. Ethelyn Dempster
        5. 5. James Dempster
        6. 6. Iona Dempster
      9. 9. Dempster ( – 1 April 1884)
    7. 7. John (Wyley) Dempster (6 Oct 1841 – 17 Jul 1934) m. Eliza Hummel (Sep 1846 – )
      1. 1. Jessie Dempster (Nov 1880 – )
      2. 2. Thomas Dempster (Dec 1882 – )
      3. 3. Robert Dempster (Aug 1885 – )
      4. 4. Josephine Dempster (Jul 1887 – )
      5. 5. James (E) Dempster m. Myrtle Smith
        1. 1. John (Finley) Dempster m. Ruby (Della) Henderson
        2. 2. FNU (1) Dempster
    8. 8. Mary (Campbell) Smith (30 Jan 1844 – 5 Mar 1927)
    9. 9. Rebecca (Jane) Bissell (15 Apr 1849 – 28 Feb 1933)
    10. 10. Lavina (Whiteside) Dempster (7 August 1852 – 31 October 1886)
    11. 11. Lewanna Dempster (abt 1853 – 17 Apr 1858)
    12. 12. Susanna Dempster (9 Jul 1855 – 6 May 1858)
    13. 13. David (George) Dempster (30 Sep 1859 – 17 Feb 1882)
  5. 5. Jean Dempster (1807 – ) m. John Higgins
    1. 1. James Higgins (1847 – )
  6. 6. Susan Dempster (1807 – 1800) m. John White (1811 – 11 Feb 1853)
    1. 1. John White (1842 – 9 Jul 1843)
    2. 2. Susan White ( – Dec 1866) m. Thomas Houston
      1. 1. Mary (Jane White) Houston (Dec 1866 – 3 Dec 1867)
  7. 7. Barbara Dempster (1811 – 5 May 1863) m. David Murdoch (1810 – 6 Nov 1872)
    1. 1. Margaret Murdoch (1833 – ) m. Robert Callan
    2. 2. David Murdoch (1834 – ) m. Elizabeth Fleming
    3. 3. James Murdoch (1836 – )
    4. 4. Barbara Murdoch (1839 – )
    5. 5. Thomas Murdoch (1841 – )
    6. 6. Janet (Clark) Murdoch (1844 – ) m. Adam Gall
    7. 7. Barbara Murdoch (6 Nov 1846 – ) m. Alexander Dunsmor
    8. 8. John (Muir) Murdoch (21 Jun 1849 – ) m. Helen Hogg
    9. 9. Mary Murdoch (1853 – ) m. Robert Boyd
  8. 8. James Dempster (Dec 1812 – 26 Feb 1890) m. Mary Mitchell (1817 – )
    1. 1. Margaret (Lees) Dempster (3 Feb 1840 – )
    2. 2. Anne Dempster (19 Mar 1842 – )
    3. 3. Margaret (Lees) Dempster (5 Oct 1844 – ) m. John Frew (1831 – 1866) m. James Stewart (Abt. 1844 – 24 Oct 1869) m. James (Smith) Fulton (1847 – )
    4. 4. James Dempster (1849 – )
    5. 5. Mary (Paterson) Dempster (1850 – ) m. Alexander (Dunlop) Reid
    6. 6. John (M C) Dempster (1855 – )
  9. 9. Elizabeth Dempster (1816 – )
  10. 10. Matthew Dempster (1816 – )
  11. 11. Thomas Dempster (1817 – 8 Aug 1834)
  12. 12. Isabella (Hastings) Dempster (1819 – 19 Sep 1891) m. George (Brodie) Cornelius (3 Apr 1816 – 10 Sep 1869)
    1. 1. Thomas Cornelius (1845 – )
    2. 2. Ann Cornelius (1847 – )
    3. 3. James Cornelius (1849 – )
    4. 4. John Cornelius (1851 – )
    5. 5. William Cornelius (1851 – )
    6. 6. William Cornelius (1853 – )
    7. 7. Margaret Cornelius (Abt. 1854 – )
    8. 8. George Cornelius (1855 – )
  13. 13. William Dempster (25 Apr 1820 – 31 Mar 1907) m. Nancy (Jane) Crill (1831 – 8 Apr 1914)
    1. 1. Libbia (Jane) Dempster m. Delos Clink
    2. 2. William (H) Dempster ( – Bef. Mar 1907)
    3. 3. Francis (Allan) Dempster ( – Bef. Mar 1907)
  14. 14. Anne Dempster (6 Dec 1821 – )

Margaret Lees's Timeline

8 Records

1776
17 Feb 1776
Birth of Margaret Lees in Coylton, Ayrshire, Scotland
Coylton, Ayrshire, Scotland
1776
18 Apr 1776
Birth of Margaret Lees in Coylton, Ayrshire, Scotland
Coylton, Ayrshire, Scotland
1776
18 Apr 1776
Margaret Lees was baptized in Wigstown, Coylton, Ayrshire, Scotland
Wigstown, Coylton, Ayrshire, Scotland
1776
18 Apr 1776
Margaret Lees was christened in Wigstown, Coylton, Ayrshire, Scotland
Wigstown, Coylton, Ayrshire, Scotland
1841
1841
Age 65
Margaret Lees resided here in Parish, of, Dalrymple, Ayrshire, Scotland
Parish, of, Dalrymple, Ayrshire, Scotland
1851
1851
Age 75
Margaret Lees resided here in Parish, of, Dalrymple, Ayrshire, Scotland
Parish, of, Dalrymple, Ayrshire, Scotland
1855
10 Mar 1855
Age 79
Death of Margaret Lees in Danston, Dalrymple, Ayrshire, Scotland
Danston, Dalrymple, Ayrshire, Scotland
1855
1855
Age 79
Burial of Margaret Lees in Dalrymple, Ayrshire, Scotland
Dalrymple, Ayrshire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 17 Feb 1776
    Event Place: Coylton, Ayrshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 18 Apr 1776
    Event Place: Coylton, Ayrshire, Scotland
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Date: 18 Apr 1776
    Event Place: Wigstown, Coylton, Ayrshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Christening
    Event Date: 18 Apr 1776
    Event Place: Wigstown, Coylton, Ayrshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1841
    Event Place: Parish, of, Dalrymple, Ayrshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1851
    Event Place: Parish, of, Dalrymple, Ayrshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 10 Mar 1855
    Event Place: Danston, Dalrymple, Ayrshire, Scotland
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: 1855
    Event Place: Dalrymple, Ayrshire, Scotland
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