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Margaret Tait 1774–1860 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1774

Birth Location: Bressay, Shetland, , Scotland

Death Date: 8 Jun 1860

Death Location: Bressay, Shetland, , Scotland

Father: Alexander Tait

Mother: Catherine Halcrow

Spouse(s): William Wards

Children(s): William Wards

Margaret Tait was born in 1774 in Bressay, Shetland, , Scotland, the child of Alexander Tait And Catherine Halcrow. Margaret Tait married William Wards, and had children including William Mcdonald Donald Ross Wards. Margaret Tait passed away in 1860 in Bressay, Shetland, , Scotland.

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Biography

  • Margaret Tait was born in 1774 in Bressay, Shetland, , Scotland, the child of Alexander Tait And Catherine Halcrow.
  • Margaret Tait married William Wards, and had children including William Mcdonald Donald Ross Wards.
  • Margaret Tait passed away in 1860 in Bressay, Shetland, , Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Alexander Tait
1753–
Birth Location: Deenfoot, Peebleshire, Scotland
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Catherine Halcrow
1747–1830
Birth Location: Bressay, Shetland, Scotland
CH

Spouses(s)

William Wards
1781–1856
Birth Location: Bressay, Shetland, Scotland
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Children(s)

William Wards
1804–1886
Birth Location: Bressay, Shetland, Scotland
WW

Margaret Tait's Ancestors

Self
Margaret Tait
1774–1860
Birth Place: Bressay, Shetland, , Scotland
Parents
Alexander Tait
1753–
Deenfoot, Peebleshire, Scotland
Catherine Halcrow
1747–1830
Bressay, Shetland, Scotland
Grandparents
Robert Tait
1722–1785
Traquair, Peebles, Scotland
Mary Broun
1723–1773
Innerleithen, Peeblesshire, Scotland
Nicol Halcrow
1720–
Shetland, Scotland
Margaret Leask
1734–1779
Deepdale, Sandwick, Shetland, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Robert Tait
1694–1760
Margaret Smith
1695–1746
Alexander Broun
1677–1744
Elspeth Moffat
1680–1739
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William Tait
1674–
Elizabeth Murray
1674–1700
Johne maybe
1650–1726
Margaret Schedd
1646–1730
James Moffat
1650–1686
Elspet Craig
1653–

Margaret Tait's Descendants

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Margaret Tait (1774–8 Jun 1860) m. William Wards (2 May 1781–Bef 1856)
  1. 1. William (McDonald Donald Ross) Wards 1804–1886 m. Grizel ("Grace") Robertson 1802–1880
    1. 1. Christina Wards 1830–1912 m. Alfred Armstrong 1826–1904
      1. 1. Eliza (Mary) Armstrong 1856–1947 m. John (Gillespie) Reid 1852–1906
        1. 1. Harry (Stanley) Reid 1890–1965
        2. 2. Alexander (John) Reid 1876–1933
        3. 3. Alfred (Ward) Reid 1881–1953
        4. 4. Christina (Gillespie) Reid 1878–1904
        5. 5. Jeannie (Gibson) Reid 1882–1936
        6. 6. Thomas (Russell) Reid 1886–1924
        7. 7. John (Gordon) Reid 1885–1948
        8. 8. Elizabeth (Armstrong) Reid 1879–1951 m. William Dale 1872–1949
        9. 9. James (Eric William) Reid 1888–1890
        10. 10. James Reid 1892–1955 m. Florence (May) Billman 1905–1948 m. Ivy (Pearl) Turner 1901–1959
        11. 11. Eliza (Margaret Helen) Reid 1883–1970 m. George (Victor) August 1880–1948

Margaret Tait's Timeline

2 Records

1774
1774
Birth of Margaret Tait in Bressay, Shetland, , Scotland
Bressay, Shetland, , Scotland
1860
8 Jun 1860
Age 86
Death of Margaret Tait in Bressay, Shetland, , Scotland
Bressay, Shetland, , Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1774
    Event Place: Bressay, Shetland, , Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 8 Jun 1860
    Event Place: Bressay, Shetland, , Scotland
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