The Tree - Person Sheet
The Tree - Person Sheet
NameMargaret Hunter Macdonald
Birth4 May 1885, Bramley, Yorkshire West Riding, England
Baptism6 Feb 1895, St. Mary, New Wortley, Leeds, Yorkshire, England
Death28 Jul 1967, Mt Albert, Auckland, New Zealand
BurialAuckland, New Zealand
FatherJohn Albert Macdonald (ca1857-)
MotherMary Ann Hunter (1862-)
Misc. Notes
Name of “Margaret Hunter McDonald”, date and place of birth and death, date of baptism (4 Mar 1886), date and place of marriage, departs Southampton Hampshire on 27 May 1920 for New Zealand with daughter Elsie Roma Collett aged 9 and son John Percival (Jack) Collett aged 4 - they are accompanied by “Edwin Thomas Smith”, arrived in Auckland 14th July 1920, place of burial, from Mark Blackburn’s Family Tree as at February 2019. Mark’s birth name was Mark Patrick Collett. His grandfather’s (Harold Collett) older brother’s (Albert Collett) daughter was Elsie Roma Collett who married Oliver descendant, Kenneth Norman McGonagle b1905.

Different spelling of maiden name as “Macdonald”, name of father from entry for marriage in the West Yorkshire, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1813-1935 found in February 2019:
Name: Margaret Hunter Macdonald
Marriage Age: 24
Event Type: Marriage
Birth Year: abt 1885
Marriage Date: 1 Sep 1909
Marriage Place: Armley, St Bartholomew, Yorkshire, England
Parish as it Appears: Armley, St Bartholomew
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Father: John Macdonald
Spouse: Albert Edward Collett
Witnesses: John Swan Macdonald, and
Elsie Rogers [Brian of nzolivers wondered if this is Margaret’s sister but discounts this as she was still living at home at the time of the marriage under the surname of Macdonald]?

Entry from 1891 England Census for Yorkshire/Armley/District 33 found in February 2019:
Household Members:
Name and Age
John Macdonald age 34 [Father]
Mary A Macdonald age 29 [Mother]
Mary H Macdonald age 8 Scholar, Born Yorks Leeds [Sister]
Margaret H Macdonald age 5 Born Yorks Leeds
Laura Macdonald age 4 Born Yorks Leeds [Sister]
Elsie Macdonald age 1 Born Yorks Leeds [Sister]

Margaret does not appear with the family in the 1901 census.

Date of birth confirmed, different date of baptism (6 Feb 1895), place of baptism, abode, found in February 2019 from Page 98 of the Baptism records of the Parish of St. Mary New Wortley in the County of Leeds in 1895:
Baptised: 1895 Feb 6
Born: May 4 1885
Christian Name: Margaret Hunter
Parents’ Name: John & Mary Macdonald
Abode: 25 Fearnley Street
Father Trade or Profession: Warpdresser
Spouses
BirthOct 1887, Armley, Metropolitan Borough of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England
Baptism18 Jan 1891, Leeds, St Matthew, Yorkshire, England
Death9 Nov 1918, Royal Herbert Military Hospital, Woolwich, Royal Borough of Greenwich, Greater London, England
BurialWortley, Metropolitan Borough of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England
FatherAlbert Collett (1860-1916)
MotherMary Ellen Lawton (1865-ca1910)
Marriage1 Sep 1909, Armley, St Bartholomew, Yorkshire, England
ChildrenElsie Roma (1910-1991)
 John Percival (Jack) (1916-1955)
Last Modified 23 Feb 2019Created 6 Aug 2025 using Reunion for Macintosh