Margaret MORRISON (née MCCOLM, aka Maggie) [1896-1981]

Submitted by colmans on Tue, 05/03/2022 - 00:54
Names
Given
Margaret
Family
Morrison
Maiden
McColm
Alias / nickname
Maggie
Sex
Female
Status
Deceased
Born
Date
Birthplace (town, state)
Kircudbright
Birthplace (country)
Scotland
Died
Date
(Day & Month are approximate.)
Cause of death
Natural Causes

Born in Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland. Married Robert Morrison in 1925 and gave birth to daughter Elsy in 1926. Emigrated to HK in 1928 and lived at 4 Inverness Terrace, HK Dockyard.

Evacuated to Brisbane with daughter during WW2

Emigrated to UK in 1960s

Paternal great grandmother of author

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Spouse of
Robert MORRISON [1884-1983]
Parent of
Elsy COLMANS (née MORRISON) [1926-2017]

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Her husband's POW card gives her address as "52 Roscoe Street, Bondi, New South Wales", so it looks as though she spent time there as well as in Brisbane. We've got mentions of a couple of other evacuated families living in Bondi, see Ian MCNAY and 
Dorothy Marjorie JONES.