Margaret Lumsden Birss

F, #30150, b. 1824, d. 8 Jan 1890
Probate (Will)* 41/662. Margaret Fraser, Residence: Packenhaw, Occupation: Widow, Date Of Death: 8 Jan 1890, Date Of Grant: 31 Mar 1890
No real estate. Beneficiaries son George Fraser, daughter Catherine Fraser, daughter Annie Fraser, niece Kate Anne Fraser at Invercargill, Otago, New Zealand, sister Annie Mason of Stonehaven Scotland.1 
Married NameFraser. 
Birth*1824 
Marriage*1 Jul 1851 Spouse: William Fraser. Tarland and Migvie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, Ref 20 / 65.2
 
Widow4 Apr 1880Margaret Lumsden Birss became a widow upon the death of her husband William Fraser.3 
Land-Gembrook*11 Dec 1884 GEM--19. Transfer from William Fraser to Margaret Lumsden Fraser. 313a 3r 1p. Crown grant issued 11 Dec 1884.4,5 
Land-Gembrook*12 Feb 1885 GEM--19. Transfer from Margaret Lumsden Fraser to Francis Findlay. 313a 3r 1p.6 
Death*8 Jan 1890 Pakenham, VIC, Australia, #D3874/1890 (Age 66) (par Robt BIRSS & Helen ESSON) - as Margt FRASER.7 
Death-Notice*10 Jan 1890 FRASER.—On the 8th inst., at the residence of her son-in-law, Pakenham, Margaret Lumsden Fraser, relict of the late William Fraser, Gembrook, aged 66 years.
THE Friends of the late Mrs. MARGARET B. FRASER, relict of the late William Fraser, of Gembrook, are respectfully invited to follow her remains to the place of interment in the St. Kilda Cemetery.
The funeral will leave the Hawksburn railway station on arrival of the train from Pakenham, THIS DAY (Friday, 10th inst.), at 2 o'clock.
RAYBOULD BROS., undertakers, Prahran, Armadale, South Yarra, Cheltenham, and Springvale. Telephone 17, Windsor Exchange.8 

Electoral Rolls (Australia) and Census (UK/IRL)

DateAddressOccupation and other people at same address
7 Apr 1861Millbank, Cluny, Aberdeenshire, Scotland(Head of Household) William Fraser;
Age 39 - Wood merchant's wife
Member(s) of Household: William Fraser, Catherine Fraser, George Fraser, Annie Fraser9

Family

 William Fraser b. 1829, d. 4 Apr 1880
Child 1.Catherine Fraser+ b. 1852, d. 18 Sep 1908

Citations

  1. [S35] Probate Records, PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), Probate and Administration Files (VPRS28) / Wills (VPRS7591)
    41/662. Margaret Fraser, Residence: Packenhaw, Occupation: Widow, Date Of Death: 8 Jan 1890, Date Of Grant: 31 Mar 1890
    VPRS 28/P0002, 41/662; VPRS 7591/P0002, 41/662; VPRS 28/P0000, 41/662.
  2. [S250] General Register Office for Scotland Indexes "Old Parish Registers Banns and marriages
    Margaret Birss & William Fraser married on 1 Jul 1851, TARLAND AND MIGVIE Parish. Ref 20 / 65, WILLIAM FRASER/."
  3. [S28] Victorian Government. BDM Index Victoria (Deaths) (online) "#D5199/1880 (Age 51) (par Donald FRASER & Catherine COPELAND) - as William FRASER. Spouse Margaret BRISS."
  4. [S81] Land Records & Parish Maps ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria). Land Selection And Correspondence Files (VPRS5357)
    198/47. WILLIAM FRASER, GEMBROOK, 1 Jan 1875
    VPRS 5357/P0000, 198/47.
  5. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 1647-389 - Margaret Fraser of Gembrook Widow as Executrix of the will of William Fraser late of Gembrook Saw Mill Proprietor deceased.
  6. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 1647-389 - Francis Findlay of Albert Road South Melbourne Inspector of Government School Buildings - C/T 1658-444.
  7. [S28] Victorian Government. BDM Index Victoria (Deaths) (online) "#D3874/1890 (Age 66) (par Robt BIRSS & Helen ESSON) - as Margt FRASER, Death registered at Pakenham, Australia."
  8. [S11] Newspaper - The Argus (Melbourne, Vic.), Fri 10 Jan 1890, p1
    https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/8582993
  9. [S83] UK census - viewed on Ancestry "1861 Scotland Census. 2/3/14
    Enummerated at Millbank Cluny Parish
    Household Members: William Fraser, 34, Head, Margaret Fraser, William Fraser, 13, born Tullynessle, Son, Catherine Fraser, born Cluny, 9, Daughter, Scholar, George Fraser, 4, Son, Ann Fraser, 2, Daughter, Isabella Carnie, 18, Servant
    Ancestry Record ID: 1080::2227285."
Last Edited19 Apr 2024
 

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