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Mary MacPherson

Female 1811 - 1895  (83 years)


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  • Name Mary MacPherson 
    Born 14 Apr 1811  Killean and Kilchenzie, Argyll, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died 5 Feb 1895  Govan, Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Cause: general debility 
    • daughter Barbara Cumming
    Siblings 8 siblings 
    Patriarch & Matriarch
    MacPherson   (Great Grandfather) 
    Elisabeth McMurchy  (Grandmother) 
    Notes 
    • Mary was still alive in 1874 as she is the informant for the death of her busband Archibald Mathieson. By 1874 they lived in Campbeltown
    Person ID I118  Clark
    Last Modified 31 Dec 2012 

    Father Angus MacPherson,   b. Abt 1781, Argyll, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Mother Barbara MacEachran,   b. 14 May 1786, Campbeltown, Argyll, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1826, Killean and Kilchenzie, Argyll, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 39 years) 
    Family ID F183  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Husband Archibald Mathieson,   b. 7 Feb 1796, Campbeltown, Argyll, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Oct 1874, Campbeltown, Argyll, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years) 
    Married 24 Jun 1833  Killean and Kilchenzie, Argyll, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Got married at Drumnavous, Killean, Kintyre, Argyll, UK which is a now-vanished place near Tayinloan where Mary MacPherson's parents lived.


      In 1851 they were living in the village of Barr:
      Archibald Matheson 52 born Campbeltown
      Mary Matheson 38 born Killean
      Archibald Matheson 14 born Killean
      Angus Matheson 12 born Killean
      Dugald Matheson 10 born Killean

      1861 Barr village
      Archibald Matheson 60 labourer born Killean
      Mary Matheson 49 born Killean
      Angus Matheson 23 born Paisley, Renfrewshire tailor
      Mary Matheson 5 born Killean

      1871 Longrow Campbeltown
      Arch Mathieson 76
      Mary Mathieson 60
      Marian McGill 76 boarder

      1881 census Longrow St 55 Campbeltown
      Mary Mathieson 70 born Killean Housekeeper, living alone

    Children 
    +1. Barbara Mathieson,   b. Abt 1834, Campbeltown, Argyll, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Apr 1916, Cathcart, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years)
    John McNaughton  m. 15 Dec 1865;   John Cumming  m. 1 Feb 1876
     2. Archibald Mathieson,   b. 3 Jan 1835, Killean and Kilchenzie, Argyll, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Dec 1855, Barr, Argyll, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 20 years)
    +3. Angus Mathieson,   b. 1 Jun 1838, Killean and Kilchenzie, Argyll, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Oct 1878, Killean and Kilchenzie, Argyll, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 40 years)
    Catherine MacCallum  m. 24 Dec 1863
    +4. Dugald Mathieson,   b. 16 Oct 1839, Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Mar 1927, Thomas, Oakland County, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 87 years)
    Margaret McPhatter  m. 31 May 1866
     5. Mary Mathieson,   b. 7 Jul 1854, Killean and Kilchenzie, Argyll, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 31 Dec 2012 
    Family ID F46  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart