Margaret Martin Urquhart 1904 - 1986

Name : Margaret Martin Urquhart

AKA: Maggie Urquhart

Father: Archibald Buchanan Dixon Urquhart

Mother: Bessie Campbell Martin

Born: 25 Oct 1904, 29 Rosevale Street Glasgow Partick1

Siblings:

Morag Campbell Urquhart b. 31 Jul 1901, 29 Rosevale Street, Glasgow Partick2
Mary Reid Urquhart b. 22 Aug 1902, 29 Rosevale Street, Glasgow Partick3
Johnanna George Campbell Urquhart b. 29 Jan 1908, 21 Kennedy Drive, Glasgow Partick4
Elspeth Martin Urquhart b. 7 Oct 1911, 4 Kennedy Drive, Glasgow Partick5

Married: Never Married

Children: No Known Issue

Death: 1986, Inveraray6

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  • Burial
  • Headstone

Occupation: Maggie is to have worked at the local school for many years in the lunch room.

Address: Was to have lived near Chatty Martin according to EWL when he visited with her in the 1980s. Duncan Beaton led me to believe that Chatty and Maggie lived across from each other - Maggie lived at Parkhead?

Census

  • 1911

4 Kennedy Drive, Glasgow Partick7
Only Bessie speaks Gaelic & English
2 rooms with 1 or more windows.

Name Rel. Age Con yrs Ttl Chd Liv Chd Occupation Industry E/W/OA at home Born
Arch. Urquhart Head 46 Mar Mason England
Bessie Urquhart Wife 41 Mar 11 4 4 Argyllshire
Morag Urquhart Daur 9 School Lanarkshire
Mary Urquhart Daur 8 School Lanarkshire
Maggie Urquhart Daur 6 School Lanarkshire
Johanan Urquhart Daur 3 School Lanarkshire

Stories: Audio tapes of EWL and Maggie talking from 1983: You get to hear Maggie say she used to visit the Munro house at Auchindrain when she was a child….and she did not like their butter!

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Other records

  • Duke of Argylls census
  • Fencible Men
  • Valuation Rolls