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DOXFORD, Margaret Emily
1865 - 1950 (84 years) Has 4 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.
1842 - 1895 (53 years)-
Name DOXFORD, Margaret Emily Birth 17 Nov 1865 Sunderland, County Durham, England 
Gender Female Death 1950 Watford, Hertfordshire, England Person ID I2628 Edgoose Last Modified 30 Jan 2026
Father DOXFORD, Alfred Ernest, b. 10 Sep 1842, Sunderland, County Durham, England d. 14 Oct 1895, Sunderland, County Durham, England (Age 53 years) Mother MORRIS, Deborah, b. 31 May 1841, Bamburgh, Northumberland, England d. 24 Feb 1933, Sunderland Registration District, County Durham (Age 91 years) Marriage 30 May 1865 Monk Wearmouth, Sunderland, County Durham Family ID F1300 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family ROBERTSON, Andrew, b. 1862, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Northumberland, England d. 1927, Halifax, Yorkshire, England (Age 65 years) Marriage 1892 Sunderland Registration District, County Durham Family ID F1301 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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MARGARET EMILY DOXFORD 1865-1950
The birth of Margaret Emily DOXFORD was registered in 1865.
(GRO December Q. 1865 Sunderland 10a 469)
The 1871 census of Huntley Place, Monkwearmouth, County Durham:
Thomas MORRIS, head, aged 69, retired schoolmaster, born at Hexham, Northumberland;
Henry R. MORRIS, son, aged 38, commercial traveller, born at Easington, County Durham;
Thomas MORRIS, son, aged 37, clerk (draper), born at Easington;
John R. MORRIS, son, aged 35, butcher, born at Bambro (sic), Northumberland;
Dorothy B. MORRIS, daughter, aged 33, unmarried, born at Bambro;
*Margaret E. DOXFORD, granddaughter, aged 5, born at Pallion, Durham.
(RG10/5020/76/89)
The DOXFORD family were living at 11 Park Place West, Bishopwearmouth, Co. Durham, in 1881:
Alfred DOXFORD, head, aged 38, shipbuilder, born at Sunderland, County Durham;
Deborah DOXFORD, wife, born at Bamborough, Northumberland;
*Margaret E. DOXFORD, daughter, aged 15, scholar, born at Sunderland;
Kate Gertrude DOXFORD, daughter, aged 13, scholar, born at Sunderland;
Edith E. DOXFORD, daughter, aged 12, scholar, born at Sunderland;
William M. DOXFORD, son, aged 10, scholar, born at Sunderland;
Beatrice A. DOXFORD, daughter, aged 8, scholar, born at Sunderland;
Charles H. DOXFORD, son, aged 4, scholar, born at Sunderland;
Ann BARRAS, servant, aged 20, cook, born at Sunderland;
Sarah A. BURRELL, servant, aged 18, housemaid, born at Jamalpore, India.
(RG11/4993/159/49)
The marriage of Margaret Emily DOXFORD to Andrew ROBERTSON was registered in 1892.
(GRO December Q 1892 Sunderland 10a 895)
From the 1911 census of 12 Park Road, Halifax, West Riding, Yorkshire:
Andrew ROBERTSON, head, aged 48, medical practitioner, own account, born Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland;
*Margaret Emily ROBERTSON, wife, aged 45, married 18 years 1 child (living), born at Sunderland, County Durham;
Johnston Hamilton ACHESON, visitor, aged 46, married, Fleet surgeon Royal Navy retired, born at Upton near? Birkenhead, Cheshire;
Albert Hamilton ACHESON, visitor, aged 14, school, born at Simonstown, Cape Colony;
Marjorie BRAMALD, servant, aged 40, widow, cook domestic, born at Richmond, Yorkshire;
Ellen TONKIN, servant, single, housemaid, domestic, aged 18, born at Dalton in Furness, Lancashire.
(RG14PN26467 RG78PN1528A RD496 SD5 ED16 SN14)
The death of an Andrew ROBERTSON aged 64 was registered in 1927.
(GRO March Q 1927 Halifax 9a 774)
From the 1939 Register of 71 Seaton Gardens, Ruislip-Northwood U.D., Middlesex:
Kate G. LOFTHOUSE, born 3 December 1867, unpaid domestic duties, widowed;
Valerie D. LOFTHOUSE, born 13 September 1900, cook housekeeper, single;
*Margaret E. ROBERTSON, born 17 November 1865, unpaid domestic duties, widowed.
(RG101/0871I/018/17 BOBQ)
NOTES & QUERIES:
The death of a Margaret E. ROBERTSON aged 84 was registered in 1950. No proof that this is the correct entry.
(GRO June 1950 Watford [Hertfordshire] 4b 204)
(revised 01.10.2018)