Margaret Galloway

Brief Life History of Margaret

When Margaret Galloway was born on 28 September 1844, in Lower Hutt, Hutt City, New Zealand, her father, David Galloway, was 25 and her mother, Ann McEwen, was 23. She married Thomas Sanson on 1 January 1861, in Pāuatahanui, Porirua, New Zealand. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 4 daughters. She died on 25 February 1924, in Sanson, Manawatū, New Zealand, at the age of 79, and was buried in Sanson, Manawatū, New Zealand.

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Family Time Line

Thomas Sanson
1838–1901
Margaret Galloway
1844–1924
Marriage: 1 January 1861
Mary Ann Sanson
1861–1880
Robert Thomas Sanson
1863–1926
David Galloway Sanson
1865–1955
Samuel James Sanson
1867–1938
Margaret Elizabeth Sanson
1869–1943
Alfred Henry Sanson
1871–1955
Agnes Kate Laura Sanson
1872–1919
Thomas Sanson
1875–1943
Sarah Ellen Sanson
1879–1888
John Harold Sanson
1882–1949
Vivian George Harley Sanson
1889–1971

Sources (17)

  • Margaret Sanson, "BillionGraves Index"
  • Margaret, "New Zealand, Cemetery Transcriptions, 1840-1981"
  • Margaret Galloway Sanson, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (6)

1845

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

1846 · The First Constitution Act

The New Zealand Constitution Act was passed to grant self-government of the Colony of New Zealand, but it was never fully implemented. This act was a part of the New Zealand constitution until it was repealed in 1852 with a updated New Zealand Constitution Act. 

1887 · New Zealands's First National Park

Tongariro National Park was the sixth national park established in the world and the first in New Zealand. In the center of the park there lies three active volcanic mountains (Ruapehu, Ngauruhoe, and Tongariro). it is home to the famed Tongariro Alpine Crossing day hike and has been recognized as a World Heritage Site for all its natural values.

Name Meaning

English and Scottish: habitational name from Galloway in southwest Scotland, named as ‘place of the foreign Gaels’, from Gaelic gall ‘foreigner’ + Gaidheal ‘Gael’. From the 8th century or before it was a province of Anglian Northumbria. In the 9th century it was settled by mixed Gaelic-Norse inhabitants from the Hebrides and Isle of Man.

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

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