O'Hara, Margaret

1851 - 1926  (75 years)

• Name	O'Hara, Margaret
  Birth	1851	Gortshalgan,Tyrone,Ireland.
  Gender	Female
  Death	26 Jun 1926	133 Dee St.,Belfast,Co Down,NI
  Burial	28 Jun 1926	L1 310,City Cemetery,Belfast,Co Antrim, NI
  Person ID	I266	Wilkinson
  Last Modified	31 May 2023

  
  

  Father	O'Hara, Charles,   b. 1820, Gortshalgan,Killyman,Dungannon Middle,Tyrone, Ireland d. 15 Jul 1903, Workhouse,Dungannon,Tyrone (Age 83 years)
  Mother	Lucas, Sarah,   b. 1817, Tyrone,Ireland. d. 1866, Gortshalgen,Coalisland,Dungannon,Tyrone, Ulster. (Age 49 years)
  Family ID	F636	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Wilkinson, Thomas,   b. 1836, Coolkill,Dungannon,Co Tyrone,NI. d. 24 Oct 1926, 14 Clonlee Drive,Belfast,Co Down,NI (Age 90 years)
  Marriage	15 Jan 1875	2nd Presbyterian Church,Parish of Drumglass,Dungannon,Co Tyrone   [1]
  Notes	According to my father Thomas (1914), Thomas and Margaret MAY have had up to 16 children, Records only known for 8. (from Family Bible). Have record of Marriage on file; from Irish World Family History Services. Married in 2nd Dungannon Presbyterian Church, Parish of Drumglass. Witnesses: Thomas Dawns & Andrew Lucas. Note that Thomas' address given here as "Coolhill" and yet their children were born in "Coolkill". Not a misspelling. When did the Wilkinsons change from Presbyterian to CofI? Sometime after arrival in Belfast - certainly by 1900 as founder member of St Donnard CoI Bloomfield.
  Children	1. Wilkinson, Charles,   b. 7 Apr 1876, Coolkill,Benburb,Dungannon,Tyrone, Northern Ireland. d. 10 Dec 1886, 89 Island St.,Belfast,Northern Ireland. (Age 10 years)   2. Wilkinson, Sarah Anne,   b. 9 Jul 1877, Coolkill,Benburb,Dungannon,Tyrone, Northern Ireland d. 17 Dec 1886, 89 Island St.,Belfast,Co. Down,Northern Ireland. (Age 9 years)   3. Wilkinson, John,   b. 18 Jan 1879, Coolkill,Benburb,Clonfeacle,Tyrone, Ireland. d. 22 Nov 1952, Royal Victoria Hospital,Belfast,Co Down,NI. (Age 73 years)   4. Wilkinson, Thomas (1),   b. 23 Dec 1880, Coolkill,Benburb,Dungannon,Tyrone, Ireland d. 18 Aug 1882, 35 Scotch Row,Belfast,NI (Age 1 year)   5. Wilkinson, Robert,   b. 31 Jul 1882, 35 Scotch Row,Belfast,NI. d. 13 Jul 1883, 35 Scotch Row,Belfast,Down,Northern Ireland. (Age 0 years)   6. Wilkinson, Thomas (2),   b. 11 Feb 1884, 42 Fraser St.,Belfast,Down,Northern Ireland. d. 24 May 1900, 49 Derwent St.,Belfast,Down,Ireland. (Age 16 years)   7. Wilkinson, Margaret Jane,   b. 11 Nov 1885, 89 Island St.,Belfast,Co. Down,Northern Ireland. d. 24 Dec 1886, 89 Island St.,Belfast,Co. Down,Northern Ireland. (Age 1 year)   8. Wilkinson, James,   b. 23 May 1888, 89 Island St.,Belfast,Co. Down,Northern Ireland. d. 24 Nov 1890, 89 Island St.,Belfast,Co. Down,Northern Ireland. (Age 2 years)
  Family ID	F80	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  BIOGRAPHY: At her marriage, lived at Gortshalgan approx 2 miles north-west of Dungannon town. ----------- Margaret O?HARA and Ann FAWCETT were charged with stealing fifteen hens on the 1st July Cornamuckla Guilty ? to be imprisoned 3 months. BIOGRAPHY: County Tyrone Assizes - 31 July, 1847 - County Tyrone, Ireland BIOGRAPHY: NB: Cornamuckla Townland is on the western border of Gortshalgan TL where the O'Hara lived.Is this Margaret an aunt of 'my' Margaret O'Hara (1851-1926)? -------------- DEATH: Cause of death: Bronchitis (chronic) and Cardiac failure. Lived at 133 Dee St., Belfast (Is this a hospital as husband Thomas was at 14 Clonlee Drive, when he died in Oct of the same year? Possible as site looks rebuilt and may have been a small Hospital). Died 51 Lisburn Rd/133 Dee St, Belfast {https://ssl.belfastcity.gov.uk/burialsearch/BurialRecordDetails.aspx?RecordID=6221.2588} {Record of death/burial on file} BIRTH: Age at death given on record as 75, putting her birth ~1851 Born: Gortshalgan as Charles lived there when married in 1850, and Margaret still there when she married Thomas. 1901 census has her age 50, again confirming dob as ~1951.The 30 March, 1851 Census Record has her 1 month old. Listed as Margaret Wilkinson O'Hara as spouse of Thomas Wilkinson and mother of Sarah Anne Wilkinson (dob 9 Jul 1877) Also as Margaret O'Hara Wilkinson as mother of John Wilkinson (dob 1 Feb 1879) spouse Thomas Wilkinson. There's a Margaret Ellen Wilkinson listed in the 1881 Census England & Wales. Husband, Thomas, son John, dob c. 1852. To be followed up. A witness to her marriage to Thomas is an Andrew Lucas. Is this Andrew an uncle, sister to Sarah Lucas and a stand-in for Margaret's father Charles, who may have already died? On son Thomas' birth cert, maiden name given as 'Hara'. See file: ThomasWILKINSON-1880.pdf Note that spelling is 'Margret' on early documents and later 'Margaret'. Census 31 Mar 1901 - Lived at 49 Derwent St, Victoria Ward, Belfast, Down with husband Thomas, son John and 'visitor' Isabella Clark. Last known Residence: 51 Lisburn Rd 133 Dee St (from Belfast City Council; Belfast, Northern Ireland; Burial Indexes: https://dof.belfastcity.gov.uk/burialsearch/burialSearch.aspx

  
  

• Sources

  [S2] Wilkinson Family Bible (Reliability: 3).