Margaret WORGAN (abt. 1741 - 1793)
Margaret WORGAN was born in Woolaston, in the Forest of Dean in Gloucestershire, in about 1741 and was the third child and eldest daughter of John and Margaret WORGAN. The details of her baptism in the Woolaston parish registers, as transcribed by www.forest-of-dean.net, are as follows...
Record ID: 231983
Entry Number: 45
Year: 1741
Month: Dec
Day: 26
Parents Surname: WORGAN
Child Forenames: Margaret
Fathers Forenames: John
Mothers Forenames: Margaret
Officiating Minister: James Meredith Rector
Event: Baptism
Register Reference: P376 IN 1/2
Page Number: 8
Parish Chapel: Woolaston
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Margaret married Benjamin PITCHER, the elder, in 1773 in St Oswald's Church, Rockhapmton, Gloucestershire, and the details in the parish registers, as transcribed by www.scribes-alcove.co.uk, state the following...
Marriage: 6 Jul 1773 at Rockhampton
Groom: Benjamin Pitcher
Abode: Rockhampton
Bride: Margaret Worgan
Abode: Woollastone
Witnesses: Robt Tanner, Arthur Screen
Photographs of St Oswald's Church can be seen in the Photo Gallery > Collections > Places > Rockhampton, Gloucestershire section of this website.
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Margaret died in 1793. She would have been about 52 years old. Although she was resident in Henbury, her burial service took place in St Andrew's Church, Alvington, Gloucestershire. One can only speculate that she might have been buried in the same place as her parents (although her mother outlived her). The Alvington parish registers, as transcribed by www.forest-of-dean.net, show the following details...
St Andrew's Church, Alvington |
Record_ID: 135727
Entry_Number: 189
Year: 1793
Month: May
Day: 10
Surname: PITCHER
Forenames: Margaret
Residence: Henbury
Event: Burial
Memoranda: (Widow)
Register_Reference: P12 IN 1/2
Page_No: 55
Parish_Chapel: Alvington
Soundex: P326
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