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Margaret Bathgate

Female 1794 - Abt 1796  (1 year)


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  • Name Margaret Bathgate 
    Birth 7 Sep 1794  Tranent, Haddingtonshire (East Lothian), Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Christening 18 Sep 1794  Tranent Kirk, Tranent, Haddingtonshire (East Lothian), Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
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    Death Abt 1796  Cockenzie, Haddingtonshire (East Lothian), Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial Abt 1796  Tranent Kirk, Tranent, Haddingtonshire (East Lothian), Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • From Tranent and it's Surroundings, Historical, Ecclesiastical and Traditional by P. M'Neill (Edinburgh & Glasgow: John Menzies & Co, 1884),  p78.
      In Tranent Churchyard:
      On a plain flat stone, set on two pillars, opposite the old Dovecot, is found an inscription which reads thus:
      Weep not for us, our race is run,
      It is the Lord, His will be done.
      In Memory of
      Patrick, Margaret, and William,
      Sons and Daughter of William Bathgate,
      Land Surveyor in Cockenzie,
      Who are interred here, 1790.
      The 1790 date has probably been mistranscribed, it is more likely to be 1796. Note that Burial/Death records for Tranent are blank between May 1620-March 1627, December 1627-1781, June 1787-1788, September 1789-April 1790, July 1790-March 1793, May 1793-December 1802.
    Person ID I2978  FamilyTree1
    Last Modified 10 Nov 2020 

    Father William Bathgate,   b. 26 Oct 1758, Gifford, Haddingtonshire (East Lothian), Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Apr 1825, Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 66 years) 
    Mother Margaret Hardie,   b. 14 Jan 1773, Cockenzie, Haddingtonshire (East Lothian), Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 May 1822, Cockenzie, Haddingtonshire (East Lothian), Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 49 years) 
    Family ID F762  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart