Margaret Wilkie

1872 - 1874  (2 years)

• Name	Margaret Wilkie
  Birth	11 Dec 1872	Kinglassie, Fife, Scotland
  Gender	Female
  Migration	1874	Scotland to New Zealand   [1]
  aboard Auckland vessel 1874 Depart Glasgow Scotland, arrived Dunedin, New Zealand
  Death	23 Dec 1874	East Taieri, Otago, New Zealand
  Person ID	I704	wilkie
  Last Modified	7 Mar 2019

  
  

  Father	Robert Wilkie,   b. Abt 1844, Strathmiglo, Fife, Scotland d. 21 Sep 1895, Greytown, Otago, New Zealand (Age ~ 51 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Mitchell,   b. 1844, , , , Scotland d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	16 Jun 1865	Leslie, Fifeshire, Scotland   [2]
  	On birth certificate of Margaret Wilkie born 1872, Elizabeth Mitchell & Robert Wilkie\s marriage date is noted as 12 June 1864 at Leslie, Fife Scotland
  Family ID	F487	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Birth: Scotlands People Statutory Births: 1872 440/00 0040 Name: Margaret Wilkie Date: 1872, December 11 11 h 0 m PM Place: Walkerton, Kinglassie, Fife Sex: Female Parents: Robert Wilkie - Yarn Bleacher - Journeyman & Elizabeth Wilkie MS MITCHELL their Marriage: June 12 1864, Leslie Fife Informant: Robert Wilkie, Father, Not present Registered: 1872 December 14 at Kinglassie, John Browne Registrar ancestry.ca file - Auckland Ship - 1245 tons, Captain: Stevens, Surgeon Superintendant: Sailed Glasgow 27th August 1874 - arrived Dunedin 21st November 1874 List of Passengers: Wilkie, William D., Age 57, County Fife, Occupation Ploughman Wilkie, Margaret, Age 55 Wilkie, Christiana, Age 21 Wilkie, William Age 16 Wilkie, Peter Age 14 Wilkie, Charles Age 12 Wilkie, Robert Age 26, County Fife, Occupation Ploughman Wilkie, Elizabeth Age 26 Wilkie, Andrew Age 7 Wilkie, Elizabeth Age 3 Wilkie, Margaret Age 1 Certainly there seems to be a little discrepancy in the ages and birth dates as I know them, but then this did happen on passenger lists and other databases - so for the moment this checks out. I wonder, though, why Janet left earlier and was married in New Zealand, then also Son James - seems he was perhaps married there also - why did they leave earlier. I also wonder if all of these families or just some were sponsored by the govt to migrate to New Zealand????? HW Jan 2011 New Zealand Cemetery Records 1800-2007 Transcription of Death Registrations 1859 - 1884 - Districts of North, East and West Taieri, Otago New Zealand Page 28 Entry 394 Margaret Wilkie - Died 23 Dec 1874 at East Taieri, Aged 2 years, of marasmus, Daughter of Robert Wilkie, a farm servant. Informant: James Wilkie, a butcher of East Taieri Register Number 191 I believe this to be our Margaret Wilkie, Daughter of Robert Wilkie & Elizabeth Mitchell - as their Daughter Margaret, was Age 1 year on Passenger list of Ship Auckland, arriving in Dunedin 23 Nov 1874. This is the area where Robert & Elizabeth Wilkie were living - East Taieri - and Robert was a farm labourer. Mar 2019 hw

  
  

• Sources

  [S738] Ship Records, aboard Auckland vessel, departed Glasgow 27 Aug 1874, Arrived Dunedin New Zealand 21 Nov 1874 (Reliability: 4). [S642] Registrar Office,, Statutory Marriages, 440/00/0023 16 June 1865 (Reliability: 4).