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Facts and Events
Extract from local paper co-concerning Margaret's death - January 1904
- "On Saturday morning last the life of Mrs Milroy ebbed peacefully away in her residence in St John Street, Creetown, at the advanced age of 94 years. The coincidence was somewhat singular and remarkable that her death took place on the anniversary of her birth. Through her death, Creetown and the parish of Kirkmabreck has lost the oldest inhabitant. She lived during the reign of five sovereigns and had a good recollectionof the last four reigns. Her husband, Mr William Milroy (Should be Alexander!), predeceased her upwards of forty years ago. Subsequently Mrs Milroy and the then younger members of her family came to Creetown where she soon gained the respect and esteem of all she came in contact with. In every respect she was a real typical Scotchwoman. To the extreme limit she possessed a quite inoffensive nature and most obliging disposition, while her pleasing manner and intelligence and shrewdness adorned her life and good character in a particular degree. She retained a wonderfully retentive memory almost to the last and frequently compared the long years gone by with the present, and her narratives to those who heard them formed an interesting treat. She leaves a large grown-up family of sons and daughters, all occupying good social positions in their respective spheres. The remains of the deceased were interred in Kirkmabreck Churchyard on Tuesday and the funeral, which was a public one, was largely attended, many being present from considerable distances to pay their last tribute of respect to her worth and memory.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 John Roy. Milroy Database
Recorded 19 Dec 2001. - ↑ Ann Milroy. Ann Milroy's Family Tree
Recorded 25 Sep 2003.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Ann Milroy. Ann Milroy's Family Tree.
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