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Margaret Mary Prescott 1856–1942 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 23 Nov 1856

Birth Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Death Date: 19 Aug 1942

Death Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Father: William Prescott

Mother: Margaret (Fanning)

Spouse(s): Henry Wright

Children(s): Frederick Wright, George Wright, Emily Wright, James Wright, Blanche Wright, Florence Wright, Alice Wright, Jessie Wright

Margaret Mary Prescott was born in 1856 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, the child of William Prescott And Margaret Fannin Fanning. Margaret Mary Prescott married Henry Rogers Wright, and had children including Alice Mary Wright, Blanche Wright, Emily Jane Wright, Florence Emily Wright, Frederick Wright, George Wright, James William Henry Wright, Jessie Mary Wright. Margaret Mary Prescott passed away in 1942 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

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Biography

  • Margaret Mary Prescott was born in 1856 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, the child of William Prescott And Margaret Fannin Fanning.
  • Margaret Mary Prescott married Henry Rogers Wright, and had children including Alice Mary Wright, Blanche Wright, Emily Jane Wright, Florence Emily Wright, Frederick Wright, George Wright, James William Henry Wright, Jessie Mary Wright.
  • Margaret Mary Prescott passed away in 1942 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

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Spouses(s)

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Margaret Prescott's Ancestors

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Margaret Prescott
1856–1942
Birth Place: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Parents
William Prescott
1819–1880
Wavertree, Lancashire, England
Margaret (Fannin) (Fanning)
1826–1887
Ireland
Grandparents
Alexander Prescot
1778–1863
Tarbuck, Lancashire, England
Mary Ovens
1802–1833
Liverpool, Lancashire, England
John (Fannin) (Fanning)
1800–1849
Ireland
Mary Jones
1800–
Great-Grandparents
Alexander Prescott
1744–1817
Ellen Gee
1743–1850
Thomas Ovens\Owens
1776–1854
Ellen Whittle
1776–1849
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William Prescott
1711–1774
Margery Britch
1716–1797
Edward Gee
1702–
Jane Cowley
1695–1762
Isaac Ovens
1751–1834
Rebecca Radford
1751–1798
Daniel Whittle
1752–1776

Margaret Prescott's Descendants

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Margaret (Mary) Prescott (23 Nov 1856–19 Aug 1942) m. Henry (Rogers) Wright (1853–16 Oct 1926)
  1. 1. Frederick Wright 1880–1919
  2. 2. George Wright 1882–1924
  3. 3. Emily (Jane) Wright 1889–1986 m. Arthur (George 'Snowy') Lainson 1887–1964
    1. 1. Leslie (Arthur) Lainson 1921–
    2. 2. Henry (Alfred (Harry)) Lainson 1924–2019
  4. 4. James (William Henry) Wright 1878– m. Elsie (Maud) King 1880–1945
    1. 1. Elsie (Florence ("Betty")) Wright 1917–2001
    2. 2. Jack (Sydney King) Wright 1912–
    3. 3. Jessie (Beatrice) Wright 1915–1970
    4. 4. Henry (William James) Wright 1905–1991 m. Jean (Gladys) Miller 1913–1965
      1. 1. Brian (Victor (twin)) Wright 1935–2007
      2. 2. Robert (Henry) Wright 1937–2020
      3. 3. Barbara (Joy) Wright 1938–1995
  5. 5. Blanche Wright 1891–
  6. 6. Florence (Emily) Wright 1876–1962
  7. 7. Alice (Mary) Wright 1885–1975
  8. 8. Jessie (Mary) Wright 1887–1948

Margaret Prescott's Timeline

3 Records

1855
17 Nov 1855
Margaret Mary Prescott was baptized in St. James, Cumberland, Australia
St. James, Cumberland, Australia
1856
23 Nov 1856
Birth of Margaret Mary Prescott in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
1942
19 Aug 1942
Age 86
Death of Margaret Mary Prescott in Private Hospital Centennial Park, Sydney New South Wales, Australia
Private Hospital Centennial Park, Sydney New South Wales, Australia

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 23 Nov 1856
    Event Place: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Date: 17 Nov 1855
    Event Place: St. James, Cumberland, Australia
    Record Source: Australia, Births and Baptisms

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: New South Wales, Australia
    Record Source: Australia, Births and Baptisms

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 19 Aug 1942
    Event Place: Private Hospital Centennial Park, Sydney New South Wales, Australia

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
    Record Source: Sydney, Australia, Cemetery Headstone Transcriptions

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