Margaret Cheyne

F, #9243, b. circa 1842
     Margaret Cheyne was born circa 1842 at Foveran, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. She was the daughter of James Cheyne and Margaret Scott.
She was listed as head of household's daughter in the 1851 census at Frogmore, Foveran, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Those recorded in the household were: James Cheyne, head; Margaret Cheyne, wife; William Cheyne, son; Margaret Cheyne, daughter; Charles Cheyne. son; George Cheyne, son; Jean Cheyne, daughter.1

She was listed as head of household's daughter in the 1871 census at Frogmore, Foveran, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Those recorded in the household were: James Cheyne, head; Margaret Cheyne, daughter.2
She was the informant for, and present at, James Cheyne's death at Frogmore, Foveran, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, on 17 January 1874.3

Citations

  1. [S8248] 1851, Scottish Census, "Margaret Cheyne, daughter, unmarried, female, age 9, born in Aberdeenshire Foveran, scholar at home, resident at Frogmore."
  2. [S8251] 1871, Scottish Census, "Margaret Cheyne, daughter, unmarried, female, age 29, born in Aberdeenshire, Foveran, farmer's daughter, resident at Frogmore."
  3. [S8252] James Cheyne, Register of Deaths in the Parish of Foveran in the County of Aberdeen, "James Cheyne, Crofter (Widower of Margaret Scott), died 1874, January Seventeenth 8h 30m P.M. at Frogmore, Parish of Foveran, Male, 78 years, Father: James Cheyne, Farm Servant (deceased), Mother: Ann Cheyne M.S. Cumming (deceased), Cause of death: Cancer of the hand, 17 or 18 months, As certified by Robert Mannie M.D., Informant: Margaret Cheyne, Daughter (present), Registered: 1874, January 20th at Foveran, Peter Anton Registrar."