FRASER & RUSSELL

[DaveHam9]

Marriage V1855111 82/1855 FRASER DAVID - RUSSELL MARGARET - QC= Presbyterian Sydney, Scots Church (Pitt Street)

No. 1172
I, David Fraser, Bachelor do hereby declare that I am a Member of, or hold Communion with, the Presbyterian Church of Scotland [signed] David Fraser
I, Margaret Russell do hereby declare that I am a Member of, or hold Communion with, the Church -[signed] -
I, James Fullerton L.L.D., of Sydney, Minister of Scots Church, do hereby certify that David Fraser, Bachelor, of Sydney and Margaret Russell, Spinster, of Sydney, were joined together in Wedlock by me on the thirtieth day of August 1855, at Sydney, in the presence of Alexander Skirving of Sydney and Mary Ann Skirving of Sydney. Witnesses signed.
Parties signed: David Fraser, Margaret Russell [signed] James Fullerton LL.D. Minister

NSW Death 9368/1906 FRASER MARGARET - ROBERT - MARGARET - MANLY

The Sydney Morning Herald - Fri 22 Jun 1906 p.6
DEATHS
FRASER.-June 20, at her late residence, Eustace- street, Manly, Margaret, widow of the late David Fife Fraser, aged 76 years.

 

[DaveHam9]

Margaret born abt 1830.

No birth 1827 - 1834 on SP with those matching parents.

The Fraser side has been done.

 

[DaveHam9]

FRASER: Family Marriages:- David marr. Margaret RUSSELL, 1855; John marr.
Margaret WEST, 1883; Adam marr. Virginia MURRAY, 1883; James marr. Eva
WILLIAMS, 1886; William marr. Addie CULLEN, 1887; Cecilia marr. Arthur
KEIRLE, 1889; Andrew marr. Margaret CHARNLEY, 1896. All marr. Sydney.

NSW Birth 4458/1866 FRASER CECILIA M - DAVID - MARGARET - ST LEONARDS * 19 Apr 1866

 

[emeltee]

I can find a baptism 8 March 1835, Gorbals, Lanarkshire, parents Robert Russell and Margaret Watson

 

[DaveHam9]

Thanks emeltee.

I'll see where that takes me.

Reginald Russell, Alan Russell, Robert Russell, Adam Russell, ...

Russell as a middle name but have not found any descendants so far with Watson as a middle name.

 

[DaveHam9]

??
Assisted to NSW
Margaret RUSSELL 22 'Telegraph' 1853 Sydney and/or Newcastle Reel 2137, [4/4791]; Reel 2465, [4/4936]
NRS5316/4_4791/Telegraph_18 Sep 1853/ Native place Glasgow

Margaret RUSSELL 22 'Earl of Elgin' 1853 Sydney and/or Newcastle Reel 2136, [4/4791]; Reel 2464, [4/4931]
NRS5316/4_4791/Earl of Elgin_26 Jul 1853/ native place Donegal

 

[DaveHam9]

A bit of a problem with two other marriages in NSW about the same time.

 

[DaveHam9]

160 RUSSELL Margaret 22 General House Servant Glasgow Lanarkshire Robert & Margaret both dead CofS Both None Good None Paid £1


No way of knowing for sure if that is the Margaret who married David Fraser in 1855.

Would have to assume parents on her death reg are correct and that she was from Scotland.

 

[DaveHam9]

NSW Marriages

V1855111 82/1855 FRASER DAVID - RUSSELL MARGARET - QC= Presbyterian Sydney, Scots Church (Pitt Street) * Spinster signs Margaret Rufsell

V1854677 81/1854 RUSSELL GEORGE - RUSSELL MARGARET - QC= Presbyterian Sydney, Scots Church (Pitt Street) * Widow signs M Russell

V1855263 43B/1855 PARKES JOSEPH - RUSSELL MARGARET - NL= CofE Sydney, St Andrew's Cathedral * Spinster signs Margaret Rufsell

 

[DaveHam9]

Back to this one.

Need the help of a tree for Russell side.

 

[DaveHam9]

Assisted to NSW
Margaret RUSSELL 22 'Telegraph' 1853 Sydney and/or Newcastle Reel 2137, [4/4791]; Reel 2465, [4/4936]
NRS5316/4_4791/Telegraph_18 Sep 1853/ Native place Glasgow

General House Servant - Glasgow Lanarkshire - Robert & Margaret Both dead - CofS - Both - None - Good - None - Paid £1