Margaret Sword Nicholson

Parents:

• (Child) Birth*: Margaret Sword Nicholson was born on 19 August 1895 at 1 Graham Place, Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, ; 1895 births in the district of St Andrew in the burgh of Dundee ref 1118, Margaret Sword Nicholson 1895 August Nineteenth 1h 0m am 1 Graham Place Dundee, female parents Robert Davidson Nicholson engine fitter journeyman and Margaret Nicholson ms Sword m 1874 August 7th Dundee, signed Robert D Nicholson father present, regsitered 1895 August 29th at Dundee Jas Murray registrar.¹
• She was the daughter of Robert Davidson Nicholson chief engineer and Margaret Combs Sword powerloom weaver.
• (Bride) Marriage*: Margaret Sword Nicholson married Francis McNeill on 21 January 1931 at Kidd's Rooms, South Lindsay Street, Dundee, Angus, Scotland, ; 1931 marriages in the ... of ... in the burgh of Dundee ref 44; 1931 on the twenty-first of January at Kidd's Rooms South Lindsay Street Dundee after banns according to the forms of the Church of Scotland; signed Francis McNeill tailor & outfitter widower, 55, 21 Eglington Street Beith, parents Robert McNeill tailor & outfitter (dec) and Jeanie McNeill ms Ferguson (dec); signed Margaret Sword Nicholson home duties spinster, 35, 4 Wortley Place Dundee, parents Robert Davidson Nicholson engineer (dec) and Margaret Nicholson ms Sword; signed Robert F V Scott minister of St Andrews Dundee; signed Robert McNeill 21 Eglington Street Beith; signed Margaret Mabel Lawson 32 Thomson Street Dundee witnesses, registered 1831 January 23rd at Dundee J McWhinney registrar.²

• (Witness) Marriage: Margaret Sword Nicholson witnessed the marriage of Henry Robertson and Primrose Davidson Nicholson on Tuesday, 22 December 1914 at 4 Wortley Place, Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, ; 1914 marriages in the district of St Andrew in the burgh of Dundee; ref 356; 1914 on the twenty-second day of December at 4 Wortley Place Dundee after banns & publication according to the forms of the Established Church of Scotland; H Robertson house furnishers manager bachelor, 27, 89 Bellvue Road Edinburgh, Bethune Robertson grocer & spirit dealer (dec) Helen Robertson ms Keith (dec); Primrose Davidson Nicolson drapers salewoman spinster, 26, 4 Wortley Place Dundee, Robert Davison Nicholson marine engineer Margaret Nicholson ms Sword; H M Davidson minister of St Andrews parish, Alexander Mackenzie, Margaret Nicholson witnesses; registered 1914 December 23rd at Dundee Jas Murray registrar.³
• (Informant) Death: Margaret Sword Nicholson registered the death of Mary Combs Nicholson on 20 October 1929 at 4 Wortley Place, Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, ; 1929 deaths in the district of St Andrew inthe burgh of Dundee ref 697; Mary Combs Nicholson confectioner single, 1929 October Twentieth 6h 30m pm 4 Worthley Place Dundee, female aged 54 years, parents Robert Davidson Nicholson engineer (dec) and Margaret Nicholson me Sword, Scisshus [Inammer?] as certified by T King Buchanan MBChB, signed margret S Nicholson sister present, registered 1929 October 21st at Dundee H T Templeton registrar.⁴
• Married Name: As of 21 January 1931, her married name was McNeill.

Census & Directory Entries

Member of Household

31 March 1901

They was listed as a member of the household of Robert Davidson Nicholson chief engineer and Margaret Combs Sword powerloom weaver in the 1901 census at 1 Graham Place, Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, . Margaret Nicolson, daug, aged 5, scholar, born Dundee; Robert D Nicholson, head, married, aged 47, engine fitter, worker, born Dundee; Margaret Nicholson, wife, married, aged 46, born Dundee.5