Margaret C Young

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Personal and Family Information

Margaret was born on 26 AUG 1829 in Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland, the daughter of Alexander Young and Isabella Ireland.

She died on 21 JAN 1899. The place is not known.

Her husband was Robert Douglas Alston Gilchrist, who she married on 23 FEB 1856 in Dunipace, Stirlingshire, Scotland. Their nine known children were Isabella Alston (1856-1932), John (1857-1923), Marion (1859-?), Helen (1861-1901), Margaret (1862-?), Jessie (c1864-?), Alexander (1865-?), Alexander (c1866-?) and Annie (c1870-?).

Pedigree Chart (3 generations)


 

Margaret C Young
(1829-1899)

 

Alexander Young
(c1808-?)

   
 
   
 
 
     
 
 
     
 
   
 
 
     
 
 
   

Isabella Ireland
(c1808-?)

   
 
   
 
 
     
 
 
     
 
   
 
 
     
 
 

Events

EventDateDetailsSourceMultimediaNotes
Birth26 AUG 1829
Place: Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Death21 JAN 1899
Christening13 SEP 1829
Place: Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland
BurialJAN 1899
Place: Airth Cemetery, Airth, Stirlingshire, Scotland

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Notes

Note 1

!Source: Ancestry.com Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950

Name: Margaret Young

Gender: Female

Birth Date: 26 Aug 1829

Baptism Date: 13 Sep 1829

Baptism Place: , Douglas, Lanark, Scotland

Father: Alexander Young

Mother: Isabel Ireland

FHL Film Number: 1066589

Reference ID: - 2:15KR25N

!Source: "Scotland Marriages, 1561-1910," database, FamilySearch FHL microfilm 1,041,941, 102,107.

Name Robert Douglas Alston Gilchrist

Spouse's Name Margaret Young

Event Date 23 Feb 1856

Event Place Dunipace,Stirling,Scotland

!Source: gravestone - Airth Churchyard

IN MEMORY OF ROBERT D A GILCHRIST

WHO DIED 19TH OCT 1866

AGE 34 YEARS

ALSO HIS WIFE

MARGARET YOUNG

WHO DIED 21ST JANY 1899

AGED 70 YEARS

ALSO THEIR DAUGHTER

HELEN GILCHRIST

WHO DIED 2OTH FEB 1901

AGED 40 YEARS

ALSO THEIR SON

JOHN GILCHRIST

WHO DIED 13TH OCTOBER 1923

AGED 65 YEARD

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Note: Some of these dates were very hard to read. I’ve interpreted them as best I can.