Margaret Ann Fraser MATHESON

1865 - 1965  (100 years)

• Name	Margaret Ann Fraser MATHESON
  Nickname	Maggie
  Born	3 Apr 1865  [1]
  Gender	Female
  General event	Maggie looked after her little brother Alec in the years 1891 to 1893 when she was teaching at Pt Sturt. He lived there with her.
  Notes for biography	Never married or had any children.
  Occupation	School teacher at Point Sturt, Bletchley, Lake Plains and Mines Flat (ref : Faull, p 150)  [2]
  Died	22 Jun 1965  [3, 4]
  Person ID	I181	Alexander & Jessie
  Last Modified	1 May 2018

  
  

  Father	Hugh Innis Cameron MATHESON,   b. 12 Aug 1831,   d. 28 May 1915, 'Clashmore',Strathalbyn, SA, Australia  (Age 83 years)
  Mother	Margaret Munro GOLLAN,   b. 1836, Beauly, Inverness-shire ,   d. 15 Jul 1927  (Age 91 years)
  Married	18 Sep 1861	Strathalbyn,SA
  	Married at Margaret's mother's residence, 'The Swamp Farm', Strathalbyn. Her mother is Amy (or Ann) Gollan. The wedding was officiated by Rev John Anderson Question : Some sources indicate that Hugh's wife was someone else, but it is doubted that these other sources are correct. * Margaret GORDON : The birth record of her daughter, Jessie Gollan MATHESON has her mother as Margaret GORDON (ref : Aust Birth Index, vol 73, p 166). If it is true that her mother was a Gordon, is this Margaret related to the Alexander Gordons? He had a daughter, Margaret, but she would have only been 9 years old when Jessie was born. * Catherine Christina GOLLAN : "He married a niece of Gollan's, namely Catherine Christina Gollan." (ref : Alexandrina's Shore, Jim Faull, p 150) But who is this Catherine, and what connection has she with Donald Gollan? * Resolution: It is most likely that Jessie's mother is Margaret Gollan as indicated by Jessie's middle name. And Margaret's marriage notice states that the wedding was held in the home of the bride's mother - Ann Gollan. We need to get a copy of actual birth record's of Hugh's children (rather than a transcription from the Aust Birth Index). This note was by Don Gordon on 7th April 2018.
  Children	Of Hugh and Margaret's six daughters, only the first, Elizabeth was married. Four of them were spinster teachers at neighbouring schools - Jessie, Christina, Margaret and Alexandrina - ie four Miss Mathesons were teachers. Their other daughter, Jane, died when she was just three years old. This note by Don Gordon on 6th April 2018
  Residence	'Clashmore', 28 Sandergrove Rd, Strathalbyn
  Wedding	18 Sep 1861	Strathalbyn
  	"Married - Matheson-Gollan: On September 18, at the residence of the bride's mother, near Strathalbyn, by the Rev John Anderson, late of Aird, Inverness-shire." (South Australian Advertiser, 20th Sept 1861, p2)
  Family ID	F60	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Headstones

  Matheson family memorial gravestone - Strathalbyn cemetery This Matheson family memorial headstone was erected some time after 1966 - ie after the death of the last of the 10 people listed. Were all these people actually buried here?

  
  

  Documents		Margaret Ann Fraser MATHESON - teaching record
  		Margaret Ann Fraser Matheson - born 3rd April 1865 at Dunrobin in Strathalbyn Father: Hugh Innes Cameron Matheson Mother: Margaret Gollan Place of birth: residence Dunrobin, Strathalbyn Registered: Strathalbyn district 35/120

  
  

• Sources

  [S5] Ian Young - ID 292. [S6] Book by Faull, Faull, p 150. [S4] Matheson Bible, (Ian Young). [S72] Gravestone, Matheson family memorial stone at Strathalbyn cemetery.