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I am trying to find out out more about a MARGARET WALKER. I know that she was initially married to someone with the surname LEGGE with whom she had a son. In 1910 she then married my Grandfather, Albert Kitson, who travelled a lot but was often based in Victoria Australia. Margaret died in 1920. Any help gratefully received

Simon, do you know how old Margaret was when she married your grandfather? I can't seem to find a marriage to anyone called Legge (or Legg!), so her age would narrow it down a bit. Might then also be able to find her on census reports, assuming it is this sort of info you would like.
Jan

Dear Janet,

Thanks for your help.

What I know is that my Grandfather was born in 1868 so it is possible that they were around teh same age. Margaret then died in 1920.

Simon, maybe someone else will have more luck, but I can't find her. Are you sure she actually married this person or has it been passed down the family verbally? Do you have the marriage cert to your grandfather? This would show her name plus maiden name - and age of course!
Jan

On the one hand it has been past down verbally by family history but on the other it also features in my Grandfather's entry in the Australian Dictionary of National Biography. So I have every reason to believ it true. The problem may be that it is not certain whether they married in the UK or in Australia.

Thanks anyway for your help.

Have you any idea where they were born?

He was born in Manchester, England.

Sorry to seem a bit dim Simon, are you saying Margaret may have married Legge in Australia? Looking on freebmd,she definitely married your Grandfather over here, and you are right she is called Margaret Legge at this point. Therefore the question mark may be over her maiden name. I would get this cert if it were me.
Albert E. Kitson to Margaret Legge Preston sep 1910 ref 8e 1414
Let us know if you re unsure about ordering certs from gro
AND let us know how you get on - don't know about anyone else but I do like to know! Just nosey I suppose.
Jan

Just to say, it may be irrelevant, but I have found a Margaret Legge born 1870 with presumably her son Alan JW Legge born 1900, both born in Australia and living in London. Margaret is a widow. It looks like some kind of accommodation for incomers, as there are a lot of people there from abroad! Will have a closer look.
Jan

Name: Margaret Legge
Age: 31
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1870
Relation: Boarder
Gender: Female
Where born: Australia

Civil parish: Bloomsbury St George and St Giles in The Fields
Ecclesiastical parish: St George Bloomsbury
County/Island: London
Country: England

Street address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Education:

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Registration district: St Giles
Sub-registration district: Bloomsbury and St Giles, South
ED, institution, or vessel: 7
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 161

WOW! Thanks to some help from Keith and Jim I have managed to transfer details from ancestry to here for the 1st time!!!

If it turns out to be her, Alan's marriage is on freebmd.

Jan

Dear Janet,

Thanks very much for that. It is the same person. I know she had a son from her first marriage. And this moving between Australia and England seems in keeping with the lifestyle I imagined. Also the son Alan is later recorded returning from Accra, Ghana which is where my Grandfather spent much of his career.