Margaret Yorston

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Margaret Yorston (Cleland)

Also Known As: "(Maggie)"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina
Death: March 01, 1891 (42)
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Thomas Cleland and Mary Cleland
Wife of James Yorston
Mother of Mary Yorston; Jane Bell Yorston; George Yorston; Alice Yorston; Thomas C. Cleland Yorston and 3 others
Sister of Barbara Rankin Cleland; Euphemia Cleland; Mary Jane Cleland; John Cleland; Mary Wilde and 7 others
Half sister of Emily Cleland

Managed by: Richard Bierregaard
Last Updated:
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Margaret Yorston's Timeline

1848
September 16, 1848
Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina
September 24, 1848
St. Andrew's Scots Church, Buenos Aires, Argentina

!CHRISTENING:
Margaret Young Cleland's Christening Record
Relevant christening entry taken from records of Saint Andrew´s Scots Presbyterian City Church, held at location hereafter:
352 Perú st. / 579 Belgrano st., City of Buenos Aires, Argentina
Author: Minister in charge of the said church
Source: Register Book 1 - Page 26
Actual text:
"CLELLAND
MAGARET, lawful daughter of Thomas Clelland and Mary Young born 16th. of Sept. and baptized 24th Sept. 1848"
Accuracy of source:
The correct spelling of her father's surname is CLELAND- it does not bear a double 'l' between vowels (see image of his marriage entry).

!CHRISTENING
Margaret Young Cleland's Christening Record
Relevant baptism entry registered at St. Andrew's Scots Presbyterian Church, City of Buenos Aires, Argentina, obtained at the website hereafter:
British Settlers in Argentina, homepage.ntlworld.com/jnth
Author: Transcriptions made by Jeremy Howat, researcher
Source: Volume 1 - 1830/1849 - Page 16
Actual text:
"Name.......................Father .....Mother............ Birth .......... Bapt
CLELAND, Margaret - Thomas - Young, Mary - 09/16/1848 - 09/24/1848
Officiant: W.B."
Additional information:
Rev. William Brown [W.B.]
Pastor to the Monte Grande Colony 1826-1829
Scots Minister in Buenos Aires 1829-1849

1871
May 8, 1871
1873
April 22, 1873
1875
May 1, 1875
1877
June 3, 1877
1879
January 18, 1879
1881
May 2, 1881
1883
July 8, 1883
1885
October 11, 1885