Trove Tuesday: Margaret Marshall (c. 1854 - 14 June 1889)

I am still revelling in the delightful abundance of family history I am finding in the Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate that has been put on Trove! I have MONTHS of material to work through.

Margaret Marshall, daughter of James Marshall and Janet Andrew, was born in Leslie, Fife, Scotland in 1854 (exact date unknown, unfortunately, despite paying for a copy of every Margaret Marshall birth and baptism in Scotland five years either side). She emigrated to Australia with her parents and three siblings on the Persia - a fourth sibling was born on the voyage.

Margaret married John Houston, who was also born in Scotland, on 30 December 1874 in her father's house at New Lambton. They had 7 children before Margaret was tragically taken from them at the age of 35 on 14 June 1889. Her death certificate states that she has suffered for 6 months prior to her death before succumbing to consumption.

Her funeral notices and tributes in the paper in the years following her death are rich with family information and emotion. She must have been a treasured mother, daughter, sister and wife.

1889 'Family Notices.', Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate (NSW : 1876 - 1954) , 15 June, p. 3, viewed 13 January, 2015, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article138926423

1892 'Family Notices.', Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate (NSW : 1876 - 1954) , 14 June, p. 4, viewed 13 January, 2015, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article140955423

1894 'Family Notices.', Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate (NSW : 1876 - 1954) , 16 June, p. 4, viewed 13 January, 2015, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article133203400

1900 'Family Notices.', Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate (NSW : 1876 - 1954) , 14 June, p. 4, viewed 13 January, 2015, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article136481909

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