Ancestors of Margaret Anne FORSTER

Mark FORSTER
(1782-Abt 1845)

Margaret WILSON
(Abt 1775-Abt 1841)

Cuthbert BLACKETT
(Abt 1776-1854)

Margaret BELL
(Abt 1776-1858)

Luke FORSTER
(1805-1886)

Anne BLACKETT
(Abt 1812-1897)

Margaret Anne FORSTER
(1842-1925)

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Spouses/Children:
John Hunter GOWDIE

Margaret Anne FORSTER

Born: 1842, Glanton, Northumberland, England ⁹⁰
Marriage: John Hunter GOWDIE on 14 Aug 1869 in Emerald Hill, Vic. ⁷⁸ ^,88 ^,89
Died: 25 Feb 1925, Mount Morgan, Qld at age 83 ⁷⁸ ^,91 ^,92

bullet Noted events in her life were:

• Immigration, 1852, Melbourne, Vic. ⁸⁴ Luke (age 37[?]), his wife Anne (age 33 [listed as Mrs. - -]), and their 3 children Margaret (age 9), Elizabeth (age 7) and William (age 5) arrived in Melbourne in Oct 1852 aboard the ship "Ellen". (18 Oct 1852 to be exact )
Source: 1. the PROV index of inward passengers for unassisted immigration to Victoria (Aust)
2. Precise arrival date from biography of his son William Mark: http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A040220b.htm?hilite=forster

• Residence: 1851 England census, 1851, Rothbury, Northumberland, England. ⁹³

Margaret married John Hunter GOWDIE, son of Sinclair GOWDIE and Barbara HUNTER, on 14 Aug 1869 in Emerald Hill, Vic. ⁷⁸ ^,88.^,89 (John Hunter GOWDIE was born in 1844 ⁷⁸ and died on 12 Mar 1928 in Queensland ⁷⁸ ^,94.)