Harrower Family Tree » Margaret Workman (1776-< 1864)

Personal data Margaret Workman 

Sources 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
  • She was born on December 8, 1776.Sources 1, 2, 3, 4
    WORKMAN, MARGARET (Old Parish Registers Births 599/ 20 198 Kilwinning/Broomhill, Kilwinning, Ayrshire, Scotland
  • She was christened on December 12, 1776.Sources 1, 4
    Age: 0, WORKMAN, MARGARET (Old Parish Registers Births 599/ 20 198 Kilwinning/Broomhill, Kilwinning, Ayrshire, Scotland
  • Profession: in the year 1851 Annuitant in Auchengree Farm, Auchengree, Dalry, Ayrshire, Scotland.Sources 2, 5
  • Resident:
    • in the year 1841: Wardneuk Farm, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland.Source 3
    • in the year 1851: Auchengree Farm, Auchengree, Dalry, Ayrshire, Scotland.Sources 2, 5
    • in the year 1817: Kersland, Dalry, Ayrshire, Scotland.Source 6
  • She died before 1864.Source 7
    Son Bryce marriage to Marion Wylie
  • A child of Hugh Workman and Margaret Ramsay

Household of Margaret Workman

She is married to Robert Ker.

Their notice of marriage was on 1797 in Dalry, Ayrshire, Scotland.Source 8


Child(ren):

  1. Mary Kerr  1817-1884 
  2. Bryce Kerr  1806-1867 
  3. Robert Kerr  1809-1871
  4. Margaret Kerr  1819-????
  5. Agnes Kerr  ± 1813-????
  6. Janet Kerr  1821-1887 
  7. Jane Kerr  1810-????
  8. John Ker  1815-????


Notes about Margaret Workman

1. There is doubt as to the parents of Margaret Workman, as no death register can be found for her.

2. Closest match would be, Margaret Workman, born 8th December, 1776, baptized 12th December, 1776 in Kilwinning, daughter to Hugh Workman and Margaret Ramsay, of Broomhill, m. 4 March, 1770

3. WORKMAN, MARGARET (Old Parish Registers Births 599/ 20 198 Kilwinning)

4. 12/12/1776 WORKMAN, MARGARET (Old Parish Registers Births 599/ 20 198 Kilwinning)
Marg. Workman: Margaret, Daughter to Hugh Workman and Margaret Ramsay in Broomhall was born on Sabbath Decr. 8th & baptised on Thursday Dec.12th. 1776

5. From the book "FAMILY RECORDS" Compiled by Robert Reid 1912.
Robert Ker, of Auchingree, died 1838, married in 1796, Margaret Workman, she was a daughter of Margaret Ramsay, supposed to have been a sister of Hugh Ramsay, of West Kilbride. The last Ramsays about West Kilbride were in the farm of Thirdpart in that parish till about the middle of last century. The above Hugh Ramsay had two sons, merchants in Kilwinning, Hugh and Alexander. Hugh continued there, and had a son Alexander, who succeeded and left a family. (See note, page 195).

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Margaret Workman

John Workman
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Mary King
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Robert Ramsay
1716-????
Jean Stevenson
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Hugh Workman
1739-????

Margaret Workman
1776-< 1864


Robert Ker
1760-1838

Mary Kerr
1817-1884
Bryce Kerr
1806-1867
Robert Kerr
1809-1871
Margaret Kerr
1819-????
Agnes Kerr
± 1813-????
Janet Kerr
1821-1887
Jane Kerr
1810-????
John Ker
1815-????
Jean Kerr
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    1. Scotland. Select Births and Baptisms. Ancestry,com. 1564 -1950, Ancestry.com, 1776 Record for Margaret Workman Ancestry.com. Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Original data: Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013. FHL Film Number: 1041389 Reference ID: 2:16FFX82
      Record for Margaret Workman
      Name: Margaret Workman
      Gender: Female
      Birth Date: 8 Dec 1776
      Baptism Date: 12 Dec 1776
      Baptism Place: Kilwinning, Ayr, Scotland
      Father: Hugh Workman
      Mother: Margaret Ramsay
      FHL Film Number: 1041389
      Reference ID: 2:16FFX82
    2. 1851 Scotland Census Scotlands People, 1851 KERR, MARGARET (Census 587/ 5/ 11) Parish: Dalry 1851 Scotland Census [scotlandspeople.com] The 1851 Census for Scotland was taken on the night of 30/31 March 1851. The following information was requested: place, name, relationship to head of family, marital status, age, gender, profession, birthplace, and whether blind, deaf, and dumb. Database online.
      Name: Margaret Kerr
      Age: 74
      Estimated birth year: abt 1777
      Relationship: Head
      Gender: Female
      Where born: Ardrossan, Aryshire
      Parish Number: 587
      Civil Parish: Dalry
      County: Ayrshire
      Address: Auchengree
      Occupation: Annuitant
      Household Members:
      Name Age
      Margaret Kerr 74 Head
      Bryce Kerr 44 Son
      Jane Kerr 41 Daughter
      Janet Kerr 28 Daughter
      Robert K Douglas 11 Nephew
      Margaret Douglas 9 Nephew
      John Douglas 5 Nephew
      Mary Jane Douglas 3 Niece
      David Arthur 30 Servant
      Esther Smillie 24 Servant
    3. 1841 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for Margaret Kerr Parish: Kilmarnock; ED: 6A; Page: 6; Line: 1135; Year: 1841 1841 Scotland Census [Ancestry.com] The 1841 Census for Scotland was taken on the night of 6 June 1841. The following information was requested: name, age, gender, profession, and birthplace. Database online.
      Record for Margaret Kerr
      Name: Margaret Kerr
      Age: 60
      Estimated birth year: abt 1781
      Gender: Female
      Where born: Ayrshire, Scotland
      Civil Parish: Kilmarnock
      County: Ayrshire
      Address: Wardneuk
      Parish Number: 597
      Household Members:
      Name Age
      David Rankin 30
      Mary Kerr 20
      John Rankin 4 Days
      Jean Galt 70
      Margaret Kerr 60
      Katherin Sillars 25
      Janet Thorburn 25
      James Brown 20
      Thomas Grey 12
    4. Scotlands People - Old Parish Registers of Births and Baptisms, 1776 WORKMAN, MARGARET (Old Parish Registers Births 599/ 20 198 Kilwinning)
      12/12/1776 WORKMAN, MARGARET (Old Parish Registers Births 599/ 20 198 Kilwinning)
      Marg. Workman: Margaret, Daughter to Hugh Workman and Margaret Ramsay in Broomhall was born on Sabbath Decr. 8th & baptised on Thursday Dec.12th. 1776
    5. 1851 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for Margaret Kerr Parish: Dalry; ED: 5; Page: 11; Line: 6; Roll: CSSCT1851_130; Year: 1851 1851 Scotland Census [Ancestry.com] The 1851 Census for Scotland was taken on the night of 30/31 March 1851. The following information was requested: place, name, relationship to head of family, marital status, age, gender, profession, birthplace, and whether blind, deaf, and dumb. Database online.
      Record for Margaret Kerr
      Name: Margaret Kerr
      Age: 74
      Estimated birth year: abt 1777
      Relationship: Head
      Gender: Female
      Where born: Ardrossan, Aryshire
      Parish Number: 587
      Civil Parish: Dalry
      County: Ayrshire
      Address: Auchengree
      Occupation: Annuitant
      Household Members:
      Name Age
      Margaret Kerr 74 Head
      Bryce Kerr 44 Son
      Jane Kerr 41 Daughter
      Janet Kerr 28 Daughter
      Robert K Douglas 11 Nephew
      Margaret Douglas 9 Nephew
      John Douglas 5 Nephew
      Mary Jane Douglas 3 Niece
      David Arthur 30 Servant
      Esther Smillie 24 Servant
    6. Scotlands People - Old Parish Registers of Births and Baptisms, 1817 KERR, MARY (Old Parish Registers Births 587/ 20 161 Dalry)
      1817 KERR, MARY (Old Parish Registers Births 587/ 20 161 Dalry)
      Rob't Kerr in Kersland had a lawful daughter called Mary
      Born 28th Jan'y Baptised 23d.Feby 1817
    7. Scotlands People - Statutory Registers of Marriages (from 1855), 1864 KERR, BRYCE, MARION WYLIE (Statutory registers Marriages 587/ 65)
      1864 KERR, BRYCE, MARION WYLIE (Statutory registers Marriages 587/ 65)
      Marriages in the Parish of Dalry in the County of Ayr 1864.
      1864 Twenty sixth September,
      Auchengree, Dalry
      After Banns according to the Forms of the Reformed Presbyterian Church.
      (Signed)
      Bryce Kerr. Proprieror of Land, (Bachelor).
      Age 57, Auchengree, Dalry
      Parents: Robert Kerr. Proprietor of Land (Deceased)
      Margaret Kerr M.S. Workman (Deceased)
      (Signed)
      Marion Wylie, (Spinster)
      Age 29, Auchengree, Dalry
      Parents: James Wylie. Farmer
      Agnes Wylie M.S. Barr
      Signed
      P.M. Martin
      (Signed)
      Wm. A. Martin. Witness. James Cochran, Witness
      Registered 1864 September 28th Dalry
      Wm. Barclay
      Registrar
    8. Scotlands People - Old Parish Registers of Banns and Marriages, 1797 KERR, ROBERT MARGARET WORKMAN (O.P.R. Marriages 587/ 0020 0218 Dalry (Ayr))
      KERR, ROBERT MARGARET WORKMAN (O.P.R. Marriages 587/ 0020 0218 Dalry (Ayr))
      Marriage Bann, Dated 01.01.1797 Scotlands People
      Robert Ker in this parish & Margaret Workman Parish of Kilbryde booked

    Historical events

    Birthday December 8, 1776

    • The temperature on December 8, 1776 was about -1 °C. There was 4 mm of rainWind direction mainly east-southeast. Weather type: helder. Source: KNMI
    • Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
    • In the year 1776: Source: Wikipedia
      • January 1 » American Revolutionary War: Norfolk, Virginia is burned by combined Royal Navy and Continental Army action.
      • March 3 » American Revolutionary War: The first amphibious landing of the United States Marine Corps begins the Battle of Nassau.
      • March 28 » Juan Bautista de Anza finds the site for the Presidio of San Francisco.
      • July 2 » American Revolution: The Continental Congress adopts a resolution severing ties with the Kingdom of Great Britain although the wording of the formal Declaration of Independence is not published until July 4.
      • September 10 » American Revolutionary War: Nathan Hale volunteers to spy for the Continental Army.
      • December 7 » Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, arranges to enter the American military as a major general.

    Christening day December 12, 1776

    • The temperature on December 12, 1776 was about 5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south. Weather type: betrokken mist. Source: KNMI
    • Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
    • In the year 1776: Source: Wikipedia
      • January 1 » General George Washington hoists the first United States flag; the Grand Union Flag at Prospect Hill.
      • March 4 » American Revolutionary War: The Continental Army fortifies Dorchester Heights with cannon, leading the British troops to abandon the Siege of Boston.
      • April 7 » Captain John Barry and the USSLexington captures the Edward.
      • June 12 » The Virginia Declaration of Rights is adopted.
      • July 12 » Captain James Cook begins his third voyage.
      • November 16 » American Revolutionary War: British and Hessian units capture Fort Washington from the Patriots.
    

    Same birth/death day

    Source: Wikipedia


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