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Margaret Simpson 1817 – 1907 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 29 JUN 1817

Birth Location: , Tophead, , Rathen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Death Date: 1907

Death Location: , , , Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Father: William Simpson

Mother: Jean Henderson

Spouse(s): James Greig

Children(s): Rebecca Greig, Mary Greig, Alexander Greig, Margaret Greig, Sophia Greig, Isabella Greig, Ann Greig

According to available records, Margaret Simpson was born in 1817 in , Tophead, , Rathen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, the child of William Simpson and Jean Henderson. Following those early years, Margaret Simpson married James Greig, and their family grew to include Rebecca Greig, Mary Shewan Greig, Alexander Greig, Margaret Greig, Sophia Greig, Isabella Greig and Ann Greig. In the later years of life, Margaret Simpson died in 1907 in , , , Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

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Parents

William Simpson
Birth Location: –
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Jean Henderson
Birth Location: –
JH

Spouses(s)

James Greig
1811 – 1888
Birth Location: , , St Fergus, St Fergus, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
JG

Children(s)

Rebecca Greig
1846 – 1918
Birth Location: , , , Longside, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
RG
Mary Greig
1848 –
Birth Location: , , , Longside, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
MG
Alexander Greig
1851 –
Birth Location: , , , Longside, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
AG
Margaret Greig
1854 –
Birth Location: , , , Longside, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
MG
Sophia Greig
1856 –
Birth Location: , Rora, , Longside, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
SG
Isabella Greig
1858 –
Birth Location: , , , Longside, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
IG
Ann Greig
1861 –
Birth Location: , , , Longside, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
AG

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 29 JUN 1817
    Event Place: , Tophead, , Rathen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
    Record Source: 1851 Scotland census, Rora, Longside, Aberdeenshire Scotland, head of household: James Greig, 1861 Scotland census, Rora, Longside, Aberdeenshire Scotland, Burnside, head of household: James Greig, 1871 Scotland census, Graigdam, Longside, Aberdeenshire Scotland, Burnside, head of household: James Greig, 1881 Scotland census, Longside, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, Burnside, head of household: James Greig, 1891 Scotland census, High Street, Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, head of household: William Robb, 1901 Scotland census, 2, Burnside House, Longside, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, head of household: Margaret Greig, Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Year: 17 JUL 1817
    Event Place: , , Rathen, Rathen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
    Record Source: Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Occupation
    Event Year: 7 APR 1861
    Record Source: 1861 Scotland census, Rora, Longside, Aberdeenshire Scotland, Burnside, head of household: James Greig

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Occupation
    Event Year: 31 MAR 1901
    Record Source: 1901 Scotland census, 2, Burnside House, Longside, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, head of household: Margaret Greig

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 1907
    Event Place: , , , Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
    Record Source: Gravestone for James Greig, Margaret Greig, Rebecca Greig: Longside Old Church, , Longside, Longside, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, Scotland Death Registration Index

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Year: ABT 1907
    Event Place: Longside Old Church, , Longside, Longside, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
    Record Source: Gravestone for James Greig, Margaret Greig, Rebecca Greig: Longside Old Church, , Longside, Longside, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

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