Margaret Helen Paterson housekeeper

Parents:

• (Child) Birth*: Margaret Helen Paterson housekeeper was born on 27 March 1870 at 152 High Street, Lochee, Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, ; 1870 births in the district of Lochee in the burgh of Dundee; ref 89; Margaret Helen Paterson; 1870 March twenty-seventh 9h 50m pm 152 High Street Lochee; f; John Paterson yarn bundler Mary Paterson ms Findlay 1851 February 4th Montrose; John Paterson father present; 1870 April 4th at Lochee David Neish registrar.^1,2
• She was the daughter of John Paterson master seaman MS and Mary Findlay.
• (Bride) Marriage*: Margaret Helen Paterson housekeeper married William Phinn cab driver, son of Eliza Phinn, on 28 August 1896 at 4 Mibray Place, Lochee, Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, ; 1896 on the 28th day of August at 4 Mibray Place Lochee after publication according to the forms of the Established Church of Scotland William Phinn cab driver bachelor, 28, 14 Logie Street Lochee moth Eliza Phinn jute weaver, Margaret Helen Peterson house keeper spinster, 26, 4 Murray Place Lochee, fath John Paterson merchant seaman (dec) moth Mary Paterson ms Findlay (dec), signed Wm May MA minister of St Lukes Parish Lochee, wit Alexander Stewart, Kate Paterson, reg 1896 September 3rd at Lochee J Robertson registrar.³
• (Deceased) Death*: Margaret Helen Paterson housekeeper died on 28 March 1931 at 74 Ward Road, Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, , at age 61 Margaret Helen Phinn married to William Phinn garage attendant 1931 March 28th 10h 45m pm 74 Ward Road Dundee, f, 61 years, fath John Paterson seaman (dec), moth Mary Paterson ms Findlay (dec), carcinoma of breast secondary anaemia cardiac failure as cert by Wm Allison MBChB, inf William Phinn widower present, reg 1931 March 30th at Dundee J Mawhinney registrar.

• (Witness) Marriage: She witnessed the marriage of John Beattie baker and Jane Ann Wylie Paterson powerloom weaver on Friday, 10 October 1890 at The Weavers Hall, Lochee, Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, ; 1890 on the 10th day of October at the Weavers Hall Lochee after publication according to the forms of the Established Church of Scotland John Beattie baker journeyman bachelor, 23, 3089 Perth Road Dundee, fath Alexander Beattie mason journeyman, moth Helen Rintoul Beattie ms Bell (dec), Jane Ann Wylie Paterson powerloom weaver spinster, 24, Smalls Lane Lochee, fath John Paterson merchant seaman (dec), moth Mary Paterson ms Findlay, signed Wm May St Lukes Lochee, wit Henry Bell Beattie, Margaret Helen Pateron, reg 1890 October 13th at Lochee J Robertson registrar.⁴
• Married Name: As of 28 August 1896, her married name was Phinn.

Census & Directory Entries

Member of Household	2 April 1871	They was listed as a member of the household of John Paterson master seaman MS in the 1871 census at 152 High Street, Lochee, Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, . Margaret Helen Patterson, 1; John Patterson, head, 41, joiners labourer, Laurencekirk; Mary Patterson, wife; 2 children at school; 3 rooms with windows.5,6
Member of Household	3 April 1881	They was listed in the 1881 census at 51 Mid Street, Liff & Benvie, Forfarshire, Scotland, . Margaret H Paterson, daug, scholar, 11 Lochee; Mary Paterson, head, grocer, w, 52, Montrose.7
Member of Household	5 April 1891	They was listed in the 1891 census at 145 High Street, Smalls Lane, Lochee, Forfarshire, Scotland, . Margaret H Paterson, daug, 21, jute twine parceler, employed, Lochee; Mary F Paterson, head, widow, 61, formerly jute mill worker, Montrose.8
Member of Household	31 March 1901	They was listed as a member of the household of William Phinn cab driver in the 1901 census at 27 Lyon Street, Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, ; William Phinn, head, mar, 32, mill machine man, own ac, Lochee; Margaret Phinn, wife, mar, 31, Lochee.9