Margaret SPIERS

Margaret SPIERS

Female 1831 - 1919  (87 years)


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  • Name Margaret SPIERS 
    Birth 26 Oct 1831  Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Haddington OPR, FR2282 709/00 0007:
      John Spiers and Margaret Henderson had a daughter born 26 October and baptised same day named Margaret. Wit. George Fortune and Peter Crow?
      "Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950," index, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XBP8-KBC : accessed 23 Dec 2013), Margaret Spiers, 26 Oct 1831; citing, reference 2:15R7KCW; FHL microfilm 1067849.

    Gender Female 
    Census 1841  Cinderhall, Tranent, East Lothian, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1851  High St, Haddington, Ormiston, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • 1851 census for High St, Haddington:
      John Spiers, head, married, aged 56, blacksmith, born Westruther, Berwickshire
      Margaret Spiers, wife, aged 54, born Haddington
      Margaret Spiers, dau, unm, aged 18, house servant, born Haddington
      William Spiers, son, unm, aged 14, scholar, born Salton, Haddington

    Census 1861  90 Farm Cottage Edrom, Berwickshire, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1871  Dunning Road, Little Kinnaird, Perthshire, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • 1871 census for Dunning Road, Little Kinnaird, Perthshire:
      John TODD, head, mar, aged 37, born Skirling, Peebleshire
      Margaret TODD, wife, aged 37, born Haddingtonshire
      Margaret TODD, dau, aged 12, born Blackadder, Berwickshire
      James TODD, son, aged 11, born Torasay, Argyleshire
      Elizabeth TODD, dau, aged 8, born Cockpen, Midlothian
      Janet TODD, dau, aged 6, born Cockpen, Midlothian
      Robert TODD, son, aged 2, born Forgandenny, Perthsire
      Johana TODD, dau, aged 8 months, born Forgandenny, Perthsire
      William Spiers, brother-in-law, aged 31, blacksmith, born Salter, Haddington

    Census 1881  Balmaghie, Kircudbrightshire, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • 1881 census for Gamekeepers house, Balmaghie, Kircudbright, Scotland:
      John TODD, head, mar, aged 45, born Skirling, Peebles
      Margaret TODD, wife, aged 45, born Haddington
      Janet TODD, dau, unm, aged 16, housemaid, born Cockpen, Edinburgh
      Robert TODD, son, unm, aged 11, scholar, born Forgandenny, Perth
      Joanna TODD, dau, aged 9, scholar, born Forgandenny
      Gracie TODD, dau, aged 7, scholar, born Forgandenny
      Mary TODD, dau, aged 4, born Balmaghie, Kirkcudbright

    Census 1891  Balmaghie, Kircudbrightshire, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • 1891 census for No 38, Balmaghie Cottage, Balmaghie, Kircudbrightshire:
      John TODD head married 56 gamekeeper born Peebleshire, Skirling
      Margaret TODD wife married 56 born Haddington
      Robert TODD son unmarried 21 grocer (foreman) Born Perthshire Forgandenny
      Joanna TODD dau unmarried 19 Born Perthshire Forgandenny
      Grace A TODD dau unmarried 14 Kircudbrightshire Balmaghie
      Richard T. HUTCHINSON grandson 4 Kinrosshire, Milnathort
      1891 Scotland Census, Ancestry.com, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.Original data - Scotland. 1891 Scotland Census. Reels 1-409. General Register Office for Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland.Original data: Scotland. 1891 Scotland Census. Reels 1-409. Genera).
      Birth date: abt 1887 Birth place: Milnathort, Kinrosshire Residence date: 1891 Residence place: Balmaghie, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland
      http://search.Ancestry.com.au/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1891scotland&h=3475467&ti=5544&indiv=try&gss=pt

    Census 1901  Balmaghie, Kircudbrightshire, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • 1901 census Balmaghie, Kircudbrightshire, Scotland:
      No 30 Balmaghie North Cottage
      John TODD, head, married, aged 62, gamekeeper (domestic), born Peebleshire, Skirling
      Margaret TODD, wife, married, aged 62, born Haddington
      Joanna TODD, dau, single, aged 27, born Perthshire Forgandenny
      Richard HUTCHINSON, grandson, aged 15, born Perthshire Milnathort
      Elizabeth KEEGAN, visitor (John and Margaret's daughter) married, aged 36 (should be 38 as born 1863), born Midlothian Dalhousie
      William KEEGAN, visitor, aged 4, born Edinburgh
      Margaret KEEGAN, visitor, aged 2, born Edinburgh
      Norah KEEGAN, visitor, aged 9 months, born Edinburgh
      1901 Scotland Census, Ancestry.com, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.Original data - Scotland. 1901 Scotland Census. Reels 1-446. General Register Office for Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland.Original data: Scotland. 1901 Scotland Census. Reels 1-446. Genera).
      Birth date: abt 1886 Birth place: Milnathort, Kinrosshire Residence date: 1901 Residence place: Balmaghie, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland
      http://search.Ancestry.com.au/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1901scotland&h=2712159&ti=5544&indiv=try&gss=pt


    Census 1911  88 Cotton St, Castle Douglas, Kirkcudbright, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial Jun 1919  Castle Douglas, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death 22 Jun 1919  88 Cotton St, Castle Douglas, Kirkcudbright,Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • 1919 deaths in the parish of Kelton in the Stewardry of Kirkcudbright:
      No 36 Margaret Todd married to John Todd retired Gamekeeper
      June 22 1919 at 7.20pm at 88 Cotton Street Castle Douglas aged 86 years.
      Father John Spiers Blacksmith (deceased). Mother: Margaret Spiers MS Henderson (deceased)
      Witness Joan Todd daughter present
    Person ID I2083  Warren Nunn's family tree
    Last Modified 17 Sep 2020 

    Father John SPIERS,   b. Abt 1793, Westruther, Berwickshire, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Sep 1883, Hunterfield, Cockpen, Stobhill, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 90 years) 
    Mother Margaret HENDERSON,   b. Abt 1799, Haddington, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Jan 1879, Ford Rd, Nungate, Haddington, Ormiston, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years) 
    Marriage 24 Mar 1834  St Cuthberts, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • GRO 1841 census 722/00 013/00 011
      Cinderhall, Parish of Tranent.
      John SPIERS, aged 45, blacksmith, born Scotland
      Margaret SPIERS, aged 40, born Scotland
      Jessie SPIERS, aged 19, born Scotland
      James SPIERS, aged 13, born Scotland
      Margaret SPIERS, aged 10, born Scotland
      William SPIERS, aged 5 born Scotland

    Family ID F844  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family John TODD,   b. 19 Aug 1835, Skirling, Peebles, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Jul 1920, 88 Cotton St, Castle Douglas, Kirkcudbright, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years) 
    Marriage 14 Sep 1857  29 Robbs Court, Castlebanks, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • 1857 marriage in the District of Denton? in the County of Edinburgh No 152: On the Fourteenth day of September 1857 at 29 Robbs Court Castlebanks Edinburgh Marriage (after Banns) was solemnized between us according to the forms of the Free Church of Scotland John Tod Aged 24* of Ormiston Bachelor Father: James Tod Game Keeper (Deceased) Mother: Margaret Tod Maiden name Cochrane (Deceased) AND Margaret Spiers aged 24 of Ormiston Spinster Father: John Spiers Blacksmith Mother: Margaret Spiers maiden name Henderson Witnesses: William Nisbet Minister, Thomas Hamilton, James Darg, Margaret Gibson
      *Note he was 22. Linked his age to Margaret's throughout the rest of their lives.
    Children 
     1. Margaret TODD,   b. 30 Oct 1858, Blackadder Mount, Edrom, Berwick, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Mar 1945, Gruisrand, Colesberg, South Africa Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 86 years)
     2. James TODD,   b. 12 Mar 1860, Blackadder Mount, Edrom, Berwick, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Dec 1944, Burnside House, Kirkcudbright, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years)
     3. Elizabeth TODD,   b. 23 Jan 1863, Java Lodge, Lochdonhead, Torosay, Argyll, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Sep 1945, St Louis, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years)
     4. Janet TODD,   b. 11 Dec 1864, Dalhousie Stables, Midlothian, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Aug 1939, Fermoy Private Hospital, Auchenflower, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years)
     5. John William TODD,   b. 5 Jul 1866, Cockpen, Midlothian, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Mar 1870, Little Kinnaird, Forgandenny, Perthshire, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 3 years)
     6. Robert TODD,   b. 9 Sep 1868, Forgandenny, Perth, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Sep 1936, Kelton, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years)
     7. Joanna Whilemina "Dan" TODD,   b. 23 Jul 1870, Forgandenny, Perth, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Oct 1946, Carlisle, Cumberland, England, UK Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years)
     8. Maryann "Polly" TODD,   b. 9 Aug 1872, Forgandenny, Perth, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Nov 1948, Purley, Surrey, England, UK Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years)
     9. Grace Agnes TODD,   b. 8 Jul 1876, Balmaghie High Lodge, Kirkcudbright, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Apr 1963, Dumfries Infirmary, Dumfries, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 86 years)
    Family ID F536  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 28 Feb 2025 

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