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Margaret Major 1765–1846 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Abt. 1765

Birth Location: Devon, England

Death Date: Oct 1846

Death Location: Ashburton, Devon, England

Father:

Mother: Christian COLLINS

Spouse(s): Willm Gray

Children(s): Joanna Grey

Margaret Major was born in 1765 in Devon, England, the child of William Major And Christian Collins. Margaret Major married Willm Gray, and had children including Joanna Grey. Margaret Major passed away in 1846 in Ashburton, Devon, England.

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Biography

  • Margaret Major was born in 1765 in Devon, England, the child of William Major And Christian Collins.
  • Margaret Major married Willm Gray, and had children including Joanna Grey.
  • Margaret Major passed away in 1846 in Ashburton, Devon, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Christian COLLINS
1720–
Birth Location: Tiverton, Devon, England
CC

Spouses(s)

Willm Gray
1755–1812
Birth Location: Ashburton Devon
WG

Children(s)

Joanna Grey
1800–1835
Birth Location: Ashburton, Devon, England
JG

Margaret Major's Ancestors

Self
Margaret Major
1765–1846
Birth Place: Devon, England
Parents
Christian COLLINS
1720–
Tiverton, Devon, England
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Margaret Major's Descendants

1.
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Margaret Major (Abt. 1765–Oct 1846) m. Willm Gray (1755–August 1812)
  1. 1. Joanna Grey 1800–1835 m. James Bonamy 1796–1870
    1. 1. Charlotte Bonamy 1831–1904 m. Edward (Edwin) Horwill 1831–1891
      1. 1. Wm (Hy) Horwill 1857–1935 m. Emily (Moore) STAINES 1866–1948
        1. 1. Herbert (Ashburton) Horwill 1893–1931 m. Winnifred (Edith) Marr 1903–1989
        2. 2. William (Edwin) Horwill 1897–1973 m. Mary (Eileen) King 1906–1995
        3. 3. Stanley (Middleton) Horwill 1904–1984
        4. 4. Eveline (Charlotte (Payne)) Horwill 1889–1966 m. Joseph PAYNE 1888–1967
        5. 5. Edward (Henry) Horwill 1891–1954
        6. 6. Jack Horwill 1901–1990 m. Alma (Rose) Horwill 1900–1983
        7. 7. James (George) Horwill 1895–1964 m. Gladys (May) Sincock 1904–1974
        8. 8. Julia (Emily) Horwill 1899–1962 m. Harold Davies 1892–1964
        9. 9. Adelaide (Olivia (twin)) Horwill 1910–1979 m. Bernard (William Patrick) Bragg 1896–1986
        10. 10. Phyllis (Victoria) Owen 1910–1965 m. Jack Owen 1911–2001
        11. 11. Robert (Keith) Horwill 1906–1970 m. Ethel (Maud) Pyatt 1912–1976
        12. 12. Harriett (Helena [Lena]) Horwill 1907–1994 m. Horace (Sidney J) Argali 1908–1998
      2. 2. Herbert (Ashburton) Horwill 1865–1876
      3. 3. Charlotte (Olivia (Olivia)) Horwill 1873–1904 m. John ((Jack)) Pocknee 1872–1934
        1. 1. Charlotte (Grace) Pocknee 1900–1995 m. Harold (Henry) Tudor 1900–1966
        2. 2. John (Edward (Ted)) Pocknee 1902–1973
      4. 4. Harriet Tormey 1860–1923
      5. 5. Louisa Horwill 1851–
      6. 6. Edward (Edwin) Horwill 1863–1923 m. Annie WARD 1870–1945
        1. 1. Jean (Helena Dorothy) Horwill 1907–1994 m. Ernest (Gilbert Ramon) Argall 1910–1981
        2. 2. Herbert (Edward) Horwill 1902–1966 m. Mildred (Annie) Argall 1911–2011
        3. 3. John (Thomas Bonamy) Horwill 1903–1967
        4. 4. Alan (Edward) Horwill 1900–1903
        5. 5. Arthur (Lawrence) Horwill 1895–1946
        6. 6. Roy (Ernest) Horwill 1910–1944 m. Emma (Louisa) Pimm 1913–2006
        7. 7. Catherine (Olivia) Horwill 1897–1985
      7. 7. George (Bonamy) Horwill 1855–1944 m. Mary (Ann) Burge 1856–1942
        1. 1. George (Edward) Horwill 1892–1961
        2. 2. Alice (Olivia) Henderson 1891–1975
        3. 3. Annie (Helena) Horwill 1890–1967 m. Albert Streeter 1887–1973
      8. 8. Helena Horwill 1862–1952
      9. 9. Florence (A) Horwill 1856–
    2. 2. Susan Bonomy 1829–1907
    3. 3. Harriet Bonomy 1833–
    4. 4. Jane Bonamy 1821–1822
    5. 5. William (Gray) Bonamy 1823–1895 m. Edith Squires 1818–1886
    6. 6. Ann Bonomy 1826–1897

Margaret Major's Timeline

4 Records

1764
1764
Birth of Margaret Major in Devon, England
Devon, England
1765
Abt. 1765
Birth of Margaret Major in Devon, England
Devon, England
1846
Oct 1846
Age 81
Death of Margaret Major in Ashburton Devon
Ashburton Devon
1846
Oct 1846
Age 81
Death of Margaret Major in Ashburton, Devon, England
Ashburton, Devon, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1764
    Event Place: Devon, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Abt. 1765
    Event Place: Devon, England

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: Oct 1846
    Event Place: Ashburton Devon

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: Oct 1846
    Event Place: Ashburton, Devon, England
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