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Family: Peter Muir / Margarate Smith (F190)

m. 3 Dec 1857


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  • Husband | Male
    Peter Muir

    Born  Abt 1831   
    Died  14 Dec 1883  Springston, Canterbury, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Springston, Canterbury, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location
    Married  3 Dec 1857  Isle of Gigha, Argyll, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this location
    Father  John Muir | F191 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Isabella Forbes | F191 Group Sheet 

    Wife | Female
    Margarate Smith

    Born  8 Jul 1830  Isle of Gigha, Argyll, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  16 Dec 1915  Springston, Canterbury, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Springston, Canterbury, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location
    Father  Archibald Smith | F49 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Flora MacNeill | F49 Group Sheet 

    Child 1 | Male
    John Muir

    Born  23 Mar 1859  Row, Dumbartonshire, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  1877  New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried  14 Dec 1877  Makaraka, Gisborne, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location

    Child 2 | Male
    + Archibald Muir

    Born  6 May 1860  Row, Dumbartonshire, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  17 Jul 1951  Springston, Canterbury, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Springston, Canterbury, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Mary Ann Cooke | F859 
    Married  1888  New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location

    Child 3 | Male
    + Alexander Watson Muir

    Born  25 Dec 1861  Row, Dumbartonshire, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  25 Mar 1938  Makaraka, Gisborne, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried  26 Mar 1938  Makaraka, Gisborne, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Robina McFarlane | F854 
    Married  21 Nov 1894  Gisborne, Northland, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location

    Child 4 | Female
    + Flora Muir

    Born  1864  New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  Yes, date unknown   
    Buried     
    Spouse  Richard Edward Newport | F5277 
    Married  1886  New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Robert Aitchison | F5278 
    Married  24 Jun 1917  Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location

    Child 5 | Female
    + Margaret Muir

    Born  1866  New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  18 Dec 1925  Springston, Canterbury, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried  19 Dec 1925  Springston, Canterbury, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Robert George Naish | F856 
    Married  29 Oct 1890  Springston, Canterbury, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location

    Child 6 | Male
    + James Muir

    Born  1867  New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  3 Feb 1915  Gisborne, Northland, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried  4 Feb 1915  Makaraka, Gisborne, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Charlotte Agatha May Tarr | F5272 
    Married  1900  New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location

    Child 7 | Female
    Agnes Muir

    Born  1868  New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  Yes, date unknown   
    Buried     

    Child 8 | Male
    + Donald Muir

    Born  1870  New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  8 Oct 1935  Springston, Canterbury, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Springston, Canterbury, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Mabel Stace | F858 
    Married  1903  New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location

    Child 9 | Male
    James Daniel Garwood Muir

    Born  1872  New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  Yes, date unknown   
    Buried     

    Child 10 | Male
    + George Muir

    Born  1874  New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  12 Sep 1945  Gisborne, Northland, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried  13 Sep 1945  Taruheru, Gisborne, Northland, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Elizabeth Stockwell McConnell | F2189 
    Married  1901  New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location

  • Notes  Married:
    • They couple settled in Helensburgh in Dumbaretonshire, UK, where Peter worked as a railway porter. Their first 3 children were born here.



      Emigration, Aboard the Chariot of Fame, 1862 to Lyttleton, New Zealand
      source http://www.yesteryears.co.nz/shipping/passlists/chariotoffame.html

      Passenger list states:
      MUIR ALEXANDER 9m
      MUIR MARGARET 32
      MUIR PETER 31 SHEPHERD
      MUIR JOHN 4
      MUIR ARCHIBALD 3