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I am still looking for some 'official' reference to my Great Grandmother, Margaret Robertson.  Over the weekend I found a reference to a Margaret Robertson in the 1901 Census.  It had her as being born about 1873 at Hammersmith and in 1901 was recorded in the London, Fulham districts.  She was a Cook/Domestic.

Margaret was married in Brisbane, Australia in 1913 and her marriage certificate records her as being born in Hammersmith in 1876.  She also states her parents are Frank Robertson, Builder born Hammersmith and Jane Painter born Hammersmith.

Can anybody advise me of the full details of this person and who she was working for at the time of the census.  Also, if you could find her in previous census records that would be fantastic - we have never been able to find the combination of people she recorded on her marriage certificate.

I will be most grateful for any help I can get as we can't find any for certain about Great Granny Margaret!!!!

Tony Dyer
Wellington, NZ

Does anybody know anything about Mrs J M Marsden of 31 Brunswick Terrace, Brighton, c1905-08?  

I believe she had 2 daughters because I have found a reference to a Miss Marsden and a Miss I Marsden of the above address in a document titled, 'Contributors to the Sick Room Helps Society 1907-8  This list has been taken from the annual report for 1907-8.  The contributors, mostly female, constitute a representative group of middle-class Anglo-Jewry in Edwardian times.'

My GGrandmother, Margaret Robertson, also lived at this address but we don't know if she was a guest or a servant or a member of the family, in fact, we don't know much more about her at all.

Looking forward to any help I can get.

tonz
Wellington, NZss

My GGrandmother was known as Margaret Robertson.  She lived in Brighton, Sussex until 1908 when she moved to Brisbane, Australia.  She married George Edwards in 1911 at Brisbane and then moved to Southport (on what is now the Gold Coast) until she died in 1937.  According to her marriage certificate she was 34 at the time of her marriage.

The details on her marriage certificate indicate that she was born in (about) June, 1876 at Hammersmith, Middlesex.  She gave her parents as Frank Robertson, builder and Jane Painter both born in Hammersmith, Middlesex.

To date I have not been able to find any references to this family in the various census or in the historical directories.  Is there another way of finding her family if, in fact, it did come from Hammersmith?

Thanking you in advance for any help provided,

Regards

Tony
Wellington, NZ

I have recently begun trying to locate some information on my GGrandmother, Margaret Robertson.  Thanks to the web pages listed under this heading I have located a Margaret Robinson who arrived in Brisbane on the 27 August 1908 on the ship ORMUZ (Orient Line).  Unfortunately I can't get any more details that might be on the passenger list and was wondering if somebody could help.

Margaret is a bit of a mystery and we have not been able to identify her in any census or other official source.  We have her marriage and death certificates with parents listed but they don't appear in other official documents either.

Many thanks in advance

Tony

I am looking for some help in how to track down one of my maternal great grandmothers, Margaret Robertson.

The information I have to date is that she was born about 1876 to Frank and Jane (nee Painter) Robertson.  On her marriage record (to George Edwards at Southport, Queensland, June 1911) Margaret said she and both her parents were born in Hammersmith, Middlesex.

From post cards my father saw some years ago she lived with Mrs (?) J M Marsden at 31 Brunswick Terrace, Brighton, Sussex.  She was living there in 1908.  We think she travelled to Southport, Queensland in about 1903, returned to Mrs Marsden's and returned to Australia in about 1908.  A lot of this is supersition because it seems Margaret was always a bit of a mystery woman!!!!  A fact which adds to the uncertainty of the information she provided during her lifetime.  We are happy that her name was Margaret Robertson as that is who the postcards are all addressed to.

We can't seem to find any records of her birth, her parent's marriage, whether she had sisters and/or brothers.  Most of what we know comes from Mum's childhood recollections as both Margaret's children are now deceased.

I'm not really sure what I am asking for as a 'look-up' other than how could I locate some records of Margaret's living in Brighton after all this time?  I have looked through the censuses for 1901 and 1881 but can't find her.  None of the search engines I know of seem to turn her up other than a likely looking arrival in Victoria (not Queensland) in August, 1908 on the 'Ormuz'.

What can I do next?  As I now reside in New Zealand (not Queensland) visiting the English records office isn't an easy option so all suggestions and any assistance will be gratefully accepted.