Cathreen Margret McGhie contact¹

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• Birth*: Cathreen Margret McGhie contact was born circa 1933.¹
• She was the daughter of Robert McGhie and Maud Sophia Ann Gear.¹
• (Deceased) Death*: Cathreen Margret McGhie contact died on 28 February 2020 at Canada, .²

• Anecdote forWeb*: Cathreen says:
  I have been looking at my father’s side again. Quite a few years since I looked at it.
  He was born in Blantyre Lanarkshire. His grandparents were Sarah McKenna and James McGhie (Magee). I have discovered that Sarah’s mother was Sarah Dixon married to John McKenna. Her brother was Joseph Dixon who went to Maynooth in Dublin. It was the training college for priests. He worked for the pope before being appointed Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of all Ireland. The Dixons were all R,C, Joseph was responsible for the R,C, cathedral being built in Armagh. Sarah’s sister married outside the church also. The Dixons were all born in Ireland. James McGhie was a staunch Scottsh Presbyterian. There was a terrible split up in the Dixon family at this time.
  
  I found the 1851 census of the McKenna family in Scotland . It told me that John McKenna had gone to Scotland from Ireland with his 3 children. No mention of their mother—Sarah Dixon. Presume she had died in Ireland. One of the McKenna children was Sarah who later married James McGhie. I eventually found the record of the death of John McKenna in 1858 aged 48. His death was caused by the passage of a cart that ran over his body. I was even more surprised to see that the informant for the information on the death certificate to be none other than James McGhie (Magee) son in law. .I was even more surprised to find that where the place for the parents of the deceased was written Unknown by the Informant!!!!! I cannot imagine that James’s wife did not know who her grandparents were!!!! I now have all the certificates that give me all the informtion I needed to know that this is indeed in my ancestry. When I got the death record of the death of James’s wife, Sarah, her mother is Sarah Dixon. James and Sarah had 13 children. The 1st was my grandfather, Henry. A lot of the children of Sarah and James have Dixon as a middle name. One son was named Joseph Dixon and he died aged 7.³
• Address*: Cathreen Margret McGhie contact lived at 3315 University Woods, Victoria BC, V8P 5P9, CANADA.
• Telephone: Her telephone number was 250-595-4948.
• (Subject) Contact*: There was contact from an unknown person about Cathreen Margret McGhie contact. DI
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• Married Name: As of circa 1954, her married name was Fischer.¹
• (Subject) Contact*: On 24 March 2010 there was contact from Jean Tait about Cathreen Margret McGhie contact and William Guthrie ag lab, Margaret Guthrie, George Alexander, Thomas Fraser Alexander contractor, Isabel McLean, Ann McQueen Alexander, William Kidd, Margaret Guthrie Kidd, Edward Henry Gear blacksmith, Maud Sophia Ann Gear and Robert McGhie. Hi Pat,
  Yes I would like to exchange information on the Taits
  I am descended from Jean Tait 1764-1836. She married William Guthrie 1760-1857. They are my 4^th gr grandparents.
  One of their daughters, Margaret Guthrie, married George Alexander
  One of their sons, Thomas Alexander married Isabel McLean in New Zealand 1863.
  One of their daughters, Ann McQueen Alexander married William Kidd in N.Z.
  One of their daughters ,Margaret Guthrie Kidd married Edward(Bert) Gear in N.Z. (my Grandparents)
  Their eldest daughter, Maud Gear was my mother who married Robert McGhie. I am their only child
  I married Fred in N.Z. and had 3 chn. Ann, Wendy and Martin. We came to Canada in 1969. Martin
  died in 1984 from cancer. We have a 16yr old granddaughter and 2 grandsons aged 5 and 8.
  
  I know this is mainly about the Alexanders but I have all the Tait children of William Tait and Margaret Helen Croyle
  You are the first contact I have had from any of the other Tait chn.
  
  Because Jean Tait married William Guthrie and he lived past 1855 when it became law in Scotland to register all B D M’s
  I have his death record and on it gives his parents as William Guthrie and Elspeth Nicol.
  
  Isabel McLean, William Kidd and Robert McGhie were all born in Scotland
  
  Would very much like to hear more from you.
  
  Regards Cathreen
  
  
  Cathreen Fischer e-mail: cathreen@shaw.ca
  3315 University Woods
  Victoria BC V8P 5P9 tel: 250 595 4948
  Canada
  
  .¹
• Contact: On 26 June 2012 there was contact from Cathreen Margret McGhie contact about an unknown person . 26 JUNE 2012
  04:16
  DI
  Hi Pat,
  Could you please contact me again at cathreen@shaw.ca re Tait descendants.
  Thank you.
  Cathreen Fischer
  04:16.⁴