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Margaret Weir 1708–1786 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 4 Jan 1708

Birth Location: Lesmahagow, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Death Date: 23 Dec 1786

Death Location: South Lanarkshire, Scotland

Father: William Weir

Mother: Agnes Cleland

Spouse(s): Robert Meikle

Children(s): James Mickle, Agnes Meikle, Thomas Meikle, Thomas Meikle, Agnes Meikle, William Meikle, Bessie Meikle, Marion Meikle

In 1708, Margaret Weir entered the world in Lesmahagow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, born to William Weir And Agnes Cleland. Margaret Weir married Robert Meikle, and had children including Agnes Meikle, Bessie Meikle, James Meikle Or Mickle, Marion Meikle, Thomas Meikle, William Meikle. Margaret Weir passed away in 1786 in South Lanarkshire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • In 1708, Margaret Weir entered the world in Lesmahagow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, born to William Weir And Agnes Cleland.
  • Margaret Weir married Robert Meikle, and had children including Agnes Meikle, Bessie Meikle, James Meikle Or Mickle, Marion Meikle, Thomas Meikle, William Meikle.
  • Margaret Weir passed away in 1786 in South Lanarkshire, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

William Weir
1681–1720
Birth Location: Dunbarton, Strathclyde, Scotland
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Agnes Cleland
1680–1720
Birth Location: Lanarkshire, Scotland
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Spouses(s)

Robert Meikle
1706–
Birth Location: Lesmahagow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
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Children(s)

James Mickle
1739–1776
Birth Location: Lesmahagow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
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Agnes Meikle
1726–1731
Birth Location: Lesmahagow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
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Thomas Meikle
1728–1729
Birth Location: Lesmahagow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
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Thomas Meikle
1729–1729
Birth Location: Lesmahagow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
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Agnes Meikle
1731–1823
Birth Location: Lesmahagow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
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William Meikle
1733–1792
Birth Location: Lesmahagow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
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Bessie Meikle
1736–
Birth Location: Beaton's Smithy, Lesmahagow, Lanarkshire
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Marion Meikle
1736–1800
Birth Location: Lesmahagow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
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Margaret Weir's Ancestors

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Margaret Weir
1708–1786
Birth Place: Lesmahagow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Parents
William Weir
1681–1720
Dunbarton, Strathclyde, Scotland
Agnes Cleland
1680–1720
Lanarkshire, Scotland
Grandparents
Alexander Weir
1650–
Scotland
Marion Scott
1660–
Scotland
John Cleland
1642–
Great-Grandparents
John Clelands
1620–1675
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Margaret Weir's Descendants

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Margaret Weir (4 Jan 1708–23 Dec 1786) m. Robert Meikle (1 Sep 1706–)
  1. 1. James (Meikle Or) Mickle 1739–1776 m. Janet Young 1740–1804
    1. 1. Isabel (or Isabella Meikle Or Mickle Or) Muckle 1762–1849 m. Thomas Duff 1766–1847
      1. 1. Jean ("Jane") Duff 1788–1843 m. William Bone 1787–1833
        1. 1. Quinton (or Quintin) Bone 1828–1828
        2. 2. Jane ("Jean") Bone 1831–1904 m. James Cockburn 1828–1911
        3. 3. Thomas Bone 1819–1845 m. Mary (Roger Or Rodger Or) Rodgers 1820–1878
        4. 4. Isabel Bone 1812–1832
        5. 5. Margaret Bone 1825–1895 m. Andrew McSkimming 1821–1884
        6. 6. Janet (Muir) Bone 1829–1830
        7. 7. William Bone 1814–1893 m. Mary Russell 1821–
        8. 8. James Bone 1822–1890 m. Jane Ritchie 1822–1878
        9. 9. Janet (Muir) Bone 1816–1829
      2. 2. Thomas Duff 1793–1847
      3. 3. Mary Duff 1801–1879 m. William McDonald 1802–
        1. 1. Thomas McDonald 1840–1893 m. Sarah Moffatt 1834–1911
        2. 2. Margaret McDonald 1834– m. Samuel Crawford 1826–1904
        3. 3. William McDonald 1832–1900 m. Eve Stewart 1838–1923
        4. 4. John McDonald 1843–
      4. 4. Margaret (Henderson) Duff 1796–1879 m. James (McMeekin Or) McMicken –1835
        1. 1. Samuel (McMeekin Or) McMicken 1833–1894 m. Margaret McHallum 1833–1915
        2. 2. John McMeekin 1831–1838
        3. 3. Margaret McMeekin 1836–1914 m. Alexander (Strathern Or) Strathairn 1839–1919
      5. 5. Jannet Duff 1791–1855 m. James (Gemmell Or) Gemmel 1796–1866
        1. 1. Isabella Gemmell 1821–1862 m. John Cunningham 1813–1862
        2. 2. Margaret Gemmell 1824–1906 m. James Rewcastle 1821–1876
        3. 3. Agnes Gemmell 1823–1896 m. Lauchlin Taylor 1831–1913
        4. 4. Helen ((Ellen)) Gemmell 1835–1875 m. John Garret 1831–1890 m. Peter Carruth 1819–1877
        5. 5. Susanna Gemmell 1818–1909 m. James Thom 1819–1893
        6. 6. Alexander Gemmell 1815–1899 m. Janet McFadyen 1818–1906
        7. 7. Thomas Gemmell 1814–1880 m. Margaret McGill 1809–1869 m. Isabella Ewing 1821–1881
        8. 8. Janet Gemmell 1827–1895 m. Samuel Templeton 1818–1859 m. John Sloan 1831–1869
        9. 9. Jane Gemmell 1830–1911 m. Robert Hillhouse 1804–1867 m. Robert Dunsmuir 1831–1910
        10. 10. Sarah Gemmell 1832–
      6. 6. Isabella Duff 1797–1862 m. Quintin Bone 1793–1869 m. Andrew Hose 1790–1838
        1. 1. Quinton Bone 1843–1918 m. Sarah (Jane) Kee 1846–1920
        2. 2. Thomas Hose 1827–1905 m. Jane McCreath 1820–1876
        3. 3. Agnes (Hose) Howat 1820–1903 m. William Hannah 1821–1886
        4. 4. Andrew Hose 1818–1888 m. Ann Woodburn 1824–1895
        5. 5. James Hose 1824–1910 m. Mary Mooney 1823– m. Mary (Smillie Or) Smyllie 1825–1881
        6. 6. Jane (Meikle) Hose 1822–1866 m. Andrew Fraser 1824–1891
        7. 7. Isabella Hose 1836–1914 m. John McCracken 1834–1917
        8. 8. John Hose 1833–1910 m. Margaret Wilson 1840–1902
        9. 9. William Hose 1831–1882 m. Janet (or Jent) McClure 1828–1913
      7. 7. John Duff 1807–1888 m. Janet Wilson 1810–1887
        1. 1. Janet Duff 1849–1875
        2. 2. William Duff 1842–1857
        3. 3. Jane (or Jean) Duff 1837–1928 m. Quintin (Blane Or) Blain 1830–1889
        4. 4. John (Wilson) Duff 1833–1870 m. Jean Scollick 1834–1896
        5. 5. Isabella Duff 1835–1881 m. William Brownlie 1838–1900 m. Alexander Marshall 1831–1866
        6. 6. Agnes Duff 1832–
      8. 8. Sarah Duff 1804–1866 m. William (Howart) McCartney 1788–1860
        1. 1. James McCartney 1836–
        2. 2. Isabella (Meikle) McCartney 1847–1915
        3. 3. Margaret McCartney 1840–1912 m. Thomas Nisbet 1841–1895
        4. 4. Robert McCartney 1833–1907
      9. 9. William Duff 1786–1871 m. Elisabeth Crooks 1790–1872
        1. 1. Margaret (Wilson) Duff 1816–1875 m. John (McLauchlane Or) McLauchlan 1824–
        2. 2. Thomas Duff 1818–
        3. 3. William Duff 1812–1889 m. Elizabeth (Johnston (E)) Reid 1819–1874
        4. 4. Isabel Duff 1814–1825
        5. 5. David (Duff Or) McDuff 1820– m. Margaret (Dickson Or) Dixon 1825–
    2. 2. William (Meikle Or) Mickle 1763–
    3. 3. James Meikle 1766–
    4. 4. John (Meikle Or) Mickle 1770–1857 m. Mary Hawetson 1772–1848
      1. 1. Mary Meikle 1804–1852 m. Robert Alexander 1801–1880
        1. 1. George (M.) Alexander 1841–1858
        2. 2. Elisebeth Alexander 1851–1852
        3. 3. Margaret Alexander 1848–
        4. 4. Robert Alexander 1844–
        5. 5. John Alexander 1846–
        6. 6. Mary Alexander 1843–
        7. 7. Jane Alexander 1850–
        8. 8. Joseph (King) Alexander 1848–1922 m. Rachel (Elenora) Crowl 1850–1898 m. Anna ('Annas') Sonnedecker 1850–1927
      2. 2. Robert Meikle 1807–
      3. 3. John Meikle 1794–1877 m. Jean Greenshields 1797–1870
        1. 1. John Meikle 1821–1896 m. Elizabeth Barron 1823–1891
        2. 2. George (Lockhart) Meikle 1826–1900 m. Jessie Walker 1835–1883
        3. 3. Robert (Greenshields) Meikle 1831–1901 m. Alison McKay 1852–1935
        4. 4. Thomas (Barron) Meikle 1833–1917 m. Anna (Cavie) Howard 1838–1935
        5. 5. Mary (Jane Greenshields) Meikle 1836–1887 m. James (Douglas) Wells 1838–1920
        6. 6. Marion (Young) Meikle 1838–1842
        7. 7. Samianna Meikle 1841–1841
        8. 8. William Meikle 1824–1896
      4. 4. James Meikle 1794–
      5. 5. Marian Meikle 1796–
      6. 6. Thomas Meikle 1811–1857 m. Margaret Wood 1820–1898
        1. 1. Mary (Hoatson) Meikle 1847–1883 m. Robert (McIntyre) MD 1837–1906
        2. 2. Margaret (Young) Meikle 1849–1882 m. Henry (James) Giles 1848–1919
        3. 3. Jeanie (Greenshields) Meikle 1854–1914 m. Andrews (Thomas "Thomas") Barrington 1854–1884
        4. 4. Thomas (David Meikle) MD 1857–1935 m. Helen (Martha) MacMartin 1864–1948
        5. 5. Catherine ("Kate") Meikle 1854–1936
        6. 6. John Meikle 1846–1846
      7. 7. William Meikle 1798–
    5. 5. Mary Meikle 1772–
  2. 2. Agnes Meikle 1726–1731
  3. 3. Thomas Meikle 1728–1729
  4. 4. Thomas Meikle 1729–1729
  5. 5. Agnes Meikle 1731–1823
  6. 6. William Meikle 1733–1792 m. Janet Symington 1733–
    1. 1. Mary Meikle 1771–1839
    2. 2. William Meikle 1763–1848 m. Helen Brounlee 1765–
      1. 1. William Meikle 1790–1868 m. Isabell Law 1794–1868
        1. 1. Cathrine Meikle 1822–
        2. 2. Helen Meikle 1829–1883
        3. 3. William Meikle 1824–1898
        4. 4. Robert Meikle 1831–
      2. 2. Helen Meikle 1793–
      3. 3. Janet Meikle 1786–1859 m. John Tudehope 1784–1862
        1. 1. Daniel Tudehope 1811–1890
        2. 2. Janet Tudehope 1816–
        3. 3. Margaret Tudehope 1826–
        4. 4. Helen Tudehope 1809–1859
      4. 4. John Meikle 1781–1856
      5. 5. Jean Meikle 1788–1818 m. James Taylor 1782–
        1. 1. William Taylor 1811– m. Ann Bryce 1811–1856
        2. 2. Jean Taylor 1807–
      6. 6. Isobel Meikle 1795–1818
    3. 3. Margaret Meikle 1765–1839 m. Andrew Donald 1765–1822
      1. 1. Elizabeth Donald 1794–1884
      2. 2. Andrew Donald 1806–1890
      3. 3. Mary Donald 1801–1891 m. James Robb 1799–1891
        1. 1. Susanna Robb 1835–1918
        2. 2. Andrew (Donald) Robb 1829–1881
        3. 3. Margaret Robb 1831–1861
        4. 4. William Robb 1838–1841
        5. 5. John Robb 1827–1911
        6. 6. James Robb 1834–1920
        7. 7. Robert Robb 1842–1938
        8. 8. Thomas Robb 1845–1846
        9. 9. Mary Robb 1825–1835
        10. 10. Mary Robb 1835–1895
        11. 11. Janet (Donald) Robb 1839–1927
      4. 4. Robert Donald 1804–1890
      5. 5. Margaret Donald 1792–1867 m. Thomas Pate 1780–1840
        1. 1. Janet Pate 1824–1850
      6. 6. William Donald 1812–
      7. 7. Janet Donald 1810–1891 m. Samuel Lockhart 1802–1886
        1. 1. Jane ("Jean") Lockhart 1835–1912 m. James Miller 1833–1881
        2. 2. Samuel Lockhart 1840–1884
        3. 3. Robert Lockhart 1846–
        4. 4. Janet Lockhart 1852–1903
        5. 5. Andrew (Donald) Lockhart 1831–
        6. 6. John Lockhart 1829–1912
        7. 7. Margaret Lockhart 1833–1909
        8. 8. Agnes (Potter) Lockhart 1843–
      8. 8. Susan Donald 1790–1877 m. Andrew Barr 1777–1848
        1. 1. Elizabeth Barr 1836–1917 m. Charles Gibb 1832–1874
        2. 2. Robert Barr 1832–1927 m. Isabella (Matilda) Wilson 1835–1907
        3. 3. Marion Barr 1825–1907 m. James Leiper 1814–1901
        4. 4. Margaret Barr 1822–
        5. 5. William Barr 1823–1909 m. Margaret (Holmes) Ross 1834–1906
        6. 6. John Barr 1818–1906 m. Jane ("Jean") Scott 1823–1887
        7. 7. Thomas Barr 1813–1864 m. Jean Patterson 1807–1867
        8. 8. Margaret Barr 1815–1874 m. James Millar 1796–1869
        9. 9. James Barr 1830–1837
        10. 10. Janet Barr 1827–1911 m. James Whyte\White 1831–1907
        11. 11. Susan (Donald) Barr 1820–1884 m. Thomas Barr 1815–1898
        12. 12. William Barr 1820–1823
        13. 13. Andrew Barr 1811–1900 m. Marion Brownlee 1815–1898
        14. 14. Thomas Barr 1809–1813
      9. 9. Jean Donald 1814–1864
      10. 10. Janet Donald 1788–1810
      11. 11. William Donald 1796–1809
      12. 12. James Donald 1789–1809
    4. 4. Richard Meikle 1760–1800 m. Janet McGowan 1756–
      1. 1. Marion Meikle 1791–1874 m. William Hamilton 1782–1867
        1. 1. Isobella Hamilton 1816–1889 m. John (Andrew) Dunlop 1812–1856
        2. 2. Jane ((Jean)) Hamilton 1820–1899
        3. 3. Thomas Hamilton 1823–1858
        4. 4. Elizabeth ("Eliza") Hamilton 1830–1909
        5. 5. James Hamilton 1827–1908 m. Margaret Stark 1825–1921
        6. 6. Richard Hamilton 1821–1915 m. Mary (Walker) Hastie 1840–1927 m. Janet Grossart 1827–1856
        7. 7. William Hamilton 1825–1906 m. Sarah Robison 1838–1876 m. Elizabeth Prosser 1833–
        8. 8. Margaret Hamilton 1833–1909
        9. 9. Marion Hamilton 1812–1873 m. John Chalmers 1822–1908
        10. 10. Dianna Hamilton 1836–
        11. 11. Janet Hamilton 1810–1887 m. David Cuthbert 1794–1866
        12. 12. John Hamilton 1828–1894
        13. 13. Catherine Hamilton 1818–1870 m. Thomas Ritchie 1813–
        14. 14. Mary Hamilton 1814–1898 m. James Wilson 1824–1871
      2. 2. Isobell ("Isobella" "Isobel") Meikle 1797–1851 m. William Wilson 1791–1878
        1. 1. Janet Wilson 1829–1906
        2. 2. James Wilson 1831–1916
        3. 3. Richard Wilson 1834–1916
        4. 4. Mary Wilson 1836–1917 m. Alexander (Wilson) Barrie 1832–1911
        5. 5. William Wilson 1839–1851
      3. 3. Janet Meikle 1795–1874
      4. 4. Richard Meikle 1799–1870 m. Catherine Hamilton 1811–1834
        1. 1. Richard Meikle 1833–1910
        2. 2. Catherine Meikle 1834–1834
      5. 5. William Meikle 1793–1870 m. Elizabeth Jack 1800–1836 m. Margaret (Pate Or) Peat 1811–1850
        1. 1. William Meikle 1836–1908
        2. 2. Marion Meikle 1826–1886 m. Robert Wilson 1830–1892
        3. 3. John Meikle 1827–1892 m. Margaret (Lennox) Craig 1829–1903
        4. 4. Isabella Meikle 1828–1899 m. William Leggate 1828–1905
        5. 5. Robert Meikle 1830–
        6. 6. Elizabeth Meikle 1834–1882 m. Archibald Welsh 1834–1901
        7. 7. Janet Meikle 1850–1944 m. Thomas (Brown) Cassels 1837–1914
        8. 8. Thomas Meikle 1838–1907
        9. 9. Andrew Meikle 1840–1886
        10. 10. Richard Meikle 1841–1920 m. Marion (Nelson) Bruce 1846–1933
        11. 11. Margaret Meikle 1843–1912
        12. 12. James Meikle 1845–1917
        13. 13. George Meikle 1847–1924 m. Janet Smith 1851–1912
        14. 14. David Meikle 1849–
        15. 15. Mary Meikle 1840–1855
        16. 16. Jeannie Meikle 1841–1855
        17. 17. Christina Meikle 1848–1855
        18. 18. Thomas Meikle 1831–
        19. 19. Grace Meikle 1846–1868
    5. 5. Janet Meikle 1758–1800
    6. 6. James Meikle 1752–1800
    7. 7. William Meikle 1768–1848
  7. 7. Bessie Meikle 1736–
  8. 8. Marion Meikle 1736–1800

Margaret Weir's Timeline

4 Records

1708
4 Jan 1708
Birth of Margaret Weir in Lesmahagow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Lesmahagow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
1708
4 Jan 1708
Margaret Weir was baptized in Lesmahagow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Lesmahagow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
1786
23 Dec 1786
Age 78
Death of Margaret Weir in Lesmahagow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Lesmahagow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
1786
23 Dec 1786
Age 78
Burial of Margaret Weir in South Lanarkshire, Scotland
South Lanarkshire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 4 Jan 1708
    Event Place: Lesmahagow, Lanarkshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Date: 4 Jan 1708
    Event Place: Lesmahagow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
    Record Source: Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Lesmahagow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
    Record Source: Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 23 Dec 1786
    Event Place: Lesmahagow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
    Record Source: UK, Burial and Cremation Index, Deceased Online; United Kingdom; Deceased Online Burial Indexes

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: 23 Dec 1786
    Event Place: South Lanarkshire, Scotland
    Record Source: UK, Burial and Cremation Index, Deceased Online; United Kingdom; Deceased Online Burial Indexes
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