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The Common Room / Margaret Helen McRae Robertson Cowper
« on: Wednesday 21 November 18 20:03 GMT (UK) »
Hi
I am looking for any information on the very elusive lady named above - she was my grandmother and seems to have disappeared into thin air after 1940. She was born in 1906 in Nairn and her name was Margaret Helen McRae. Her mother was Hughina McRae and her father was Alexander McIntosh. Hughina disappears after 1907 and Margaret (known as Peggy) went to live with her father's family in Buckie. They were William and Jessie Robertson (Alexander McIntosh was Jessie's nephew).
Peggy names William and Jessie as her parents when she marries Robert Watson Cowper in 1927. Peggy and her husband have 3 children before Robert dies in 1940. After then she just evaporates. Her eldest two (Robert - my dad - and his sister Jessie) go into care. Until just a few weeks ago I knew nothing about the existence of a third child - Georgina Cathro Cowper born in 1939. Sadly all three of Peggy's children have died.
I have been trying to trace Granny for almost a decade with no luck. No trace of a remarriage or death record. She was last known to be living in the Pollock area of Glasgow although she was born and raised in Nairn/Buckie.
Any help or info would be gratefully received
Tina
I am looking for any information on the very elusive lady named above - she was my grandmother and seems to have disappeared into thin air after 1940. She was born in 1906 in Nairn and her name was Margaret Helen McRae. Her mother was Hughina McRae and her father was Alexander McIntosh. Hughina disappears after 1907 and Margaret (known as Peggy) went to live with her father's family in Buckie. They were William and Jessie Robertson (Alexander McIntosh was Jessie's nephew).
Peggy names William and Jessie as her parents when she marries Robert Watson Cowper in 1927. Peggy and her husband have 3 children before Robert dies in 1940. After then she just evaporates. Her eldest two (Robert - my dad - and his sister Jessie) go into care. Until just a few weeks ago I knew nothing about the existence of a third child - Georgina Cathro Cowper born in 1939. Sadly all three of Peggy's children have died.
I have been trying to trace Granny for almost a decade with no luck. No trace of a remarriage or death record. She was last known to be living in the Pollock area of Glasgow although she was born and raised in Nairn/Buckie.
Any help or info would be gratefully received
Tina