Margaret LEGGAT 1
- Born: Abt 1800, Scotland
- Marriage (1): George BROWN on 4 November 1827 in Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland
- Died: 1 September 1845, Riccarton, Ayrshire, Scotland about age 45 2
- Buried: 1845, Riccarton, Ayrshire, Scotland 2
Other names for Margaret were Margaret BROWN and Margaret LEGATE.
Burial Notes
Riccarton Churchyard (formerly in Riccarton, but now part of Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland)
Recorded Events in Her Life
- She appeared on the 1841 Census of Scotland on 6 June 1841 in Riccarton, Ayrshire, Scotland.
George Brown M 50 Scotland Gardener Margaret Brown F 40 Scotland John Brown M 13 Scotland James Brown M 8 Ayrshire, Scotland William Brown M 3 Ayrshire, Scotland Margaret Brown F 1 Ayrshire, Scotland
- Although Margaret was buried at Riccarton Churchyard in Riccarton, Ayrshire, Scotland in 1845, her son-in-law Charles Currie erected a memorial to her in Kaimshill Cemetery. Kaimshill Cemetery is also located in Riccarton (which is now part of Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire, Scotland). The attached photo features the panel in Kaimshill Cemetery that memorializes Margaret Leggat Brown.
MARGARET LEGGAT,
DIED 1ST SEPT. 1845,
AGED 45 YEARS.
- Gallery: the Charles Currie family monument in Kaimshill Cemetery in 2012 in Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire, Scotland.
Monumental Inscriptions:
center panel:
ERECTED
BY
CHARLES CURRIE
IN LOVING MEMORY OF
HIS WIFE
MARGARET BROWN,
WHO DIED 17TH MARCH 1881,
AGED 41 YEARS.
AND THEIR CHILDREN
MARGARET,
DIED 17TH MARCH 1863 AGED 20 MONTHS.
GRACE,
DIED 4TH APRIL 1870 AGED 17 MONTHS
INTERRED IN RICCARTON CHURCHYARD.
GEORGE BROWN,
DIED 23RD NOV'R 1877, AGED 14 YEARS.
JAMES,
DIED 30TH DEC'R 1878, AGED 6 MONTHS.
HELEN GEBBIE,
WHO DIED AT AYR, 8TH NOV'R 1910,
AGED 45 YEARS.
MARGARET BROWN,
DIED 8TH AUG'T 1916, AGED 49 YEARS.
CHARLES BROWN,
DIED 4TH JANY 1919, AGED 59 YEARS.
THE ABOVE
CHARLES CURRIE,
DIED 24TH NOV'R 1922, AGED 85 YEARS.
right panel:
ALSO
HIS MOTHER
HELEN GEBBIE,
DIED 16TH MARCH 1875
AGED 74 YEARS.
AND
HIS FATHER
CHARLES CURRIE, BLACKSMITH,
DIED 8TH MARCH 1881,
AGED 70 YEARS.
INTERRED IN GALSTON CEMETERY.
left panel:
ALSO
HIS MOTHER-IN-LAW
MARGARET LEGGAT,
DIED 1ST SEPT. 1845,
AGED 45 YEARS.
AND
HIS FATHER-IN-LAW
GEORGE BROWN, GARDENER
DIED 11TH FEB'Y 1861,
AGED 75 YEARS.
INTERRED IN RICCARTON CHURCHYARD
Margaret married George BROWN on 4 November 1827 in Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland. (George BROWN was born about 1790 in Carstairs, Lanarkshire, Scotland, died on 11 February 1861 in Riccarton, Ayrshire, Scotland 2 3 and was buried in 1861 in Riccarton, Ayrshire, Scotland 2.)
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