Margaret Howie

Brief Life History of Margaret

When Margaret Howie was born on 6 October 1854, in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, her father, Hugh Howie, was 47 and her mother, Jean Muir Smith, was 38. She married Alexander Gavin Chisholm on 18 June 1874, in Watervale, South Australia, Australia. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 4 daughters. She died on 26 September 1943, in Cheltenham, South Australia, Australia, at the age of 88, and was buried in Cheltenham, South Australia, Australia.

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Family Time Line

Alexander Gavin Chisholm
1844–1928
Margaret Howie
1854–1943
Marriage: 18 June 1874
Hugh John Chisholm
1875–1942
Margaret Jane Chisholm
1877–1882
Alexander Gavin Chisholm
1879–1937
George Henry Chisholm
1881–1949
Charles David Chisholm
1884–1950
Janet Mary Chisholm
1885–1951
James William Chisholm
1888–1890
Arthur Albert Chisholm
1890–1946
Gertrude Maud Chisholm
1895–1982
Ellen May Chisholm
1897–1965

Sources (8)

  • Legacy NFS Source: Margaret Howie - Government record: birth: 6 October 1854; Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
  • Margaret Chisholm, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Margaret in entry for Arthur Albert Chisholm, "Australia Births and Baptisms, 1792-1981"

World Events (7)

1867

End of transportation to Western Australia.

1870

British troops withdraw from Australia.

1892

Coolgardie gold-field is discovered.

Name Meaning

Scottish: from a pet form of the personal name How, a variant of Hugh .

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

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