Margaret Lambert

Brief Life History of Margaret

When Margaret Lambert was born on 26 October 1827, in Selkirk, Selkirkshire, Scotland, her father, John LAMBERT, was 25 and her mother, Jessie STODDART, was 20. She married John Mcgregor on 3 November 1857, in Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 3 sons. She lived in Selkirk, Selkirkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom in 1841. She died on 25 December 1890, in Bulls, Rangitikei, New Zealand, at the age of 63, and was buried in Mount View Cemetery, Marton, Rangitikei, New Zealand.

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Family Time Line

John Mcgregor
1834–1919
Margaret Lambert
1827–1890
Marriage: 3 November 1857
James McGregor
1858–1923
Alexander Kay McGregor
1860–1949
Thomas McGregor
1860–1912

Sources (7)

  • Margaret Lambart in household of John Lambart, "Scotland Census, 1841"
  • Margaret Lambert, "Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
  • Margaret Lambert, "Scotland, Marriages, 1561-1910"

World Events (8)

1830

Eclectic Period (Art and Antiques).

1832 · The Scottish Reform Act

The Scottish Reform Act was introduced by Parliament that introduced changes to the election laws in Scotland. The Act didn’t change the method of how the counties elected members but adopted a different solution for each pair of counties. Ultimately, it brought about boundary changes so that some burghs would have more say for the country than others.

1845

The New Zealand Wars, also referred to as the Land Wars. Maori put up resistance to British colonial rule.

Name Meaning

English, French, Walloon, Dutch, German, Polish, Czech, and Slovak: from a personal name composed of the ancient Germanic elements land ‘land, territory’ + berht ‘bright, famous’. In England, the native Old English form Landbeorht was replaced by Lambert, the Continental form of the name that was taken to England by the Normans from France. The name gained wider currency in Britain in the Middle Ages with the immigration of weavers from Flanders, among whom Saint Lambert or Lamprecht, bishop of Maastricht in around 700, was a popular cult figure. In Italy the name was popularized in the Middle Ages as a result of the fame of Lambert I and II, Dukes of Spoleto and Holy Roman Emperors. Lambert is the second most frequent surname in Wallonia. In North America, the English form of the surname has absorbed cognates from other languages, for example Slovenian Lampret and Lampreht (see also Lampert ).

History: Aubin Lambert dit Champagne from Tourouvre in Orne, France, married Élisabeth Aubert in Quebec City, QC, in 1670; see also Champagne . Eustache Lambert from Boulogne-sur-Mer in Pas-de-Calais, France, married Marie Laurence in France c. 1656, died in Quebec City, QC, in 1673. Pierre Lambert from Fourmetot in Eure, France, married Marie Normand in Quebec City, QC, in 1680. Augustin Hébert dit Lambert, a descendant of Augustin Hébert from Paris, France, married Françoise Petit in Varennes, QC, in 1761. — This surname is listed in the (US) National Huguenot Society's register of qualified Huguenot ancestors and also in the similar register of the Huguenot Society of America.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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