Margaret HASTIE (1830

Margaret HASTIE (1830 - 1882)

Children	Self + Spouses	Parents	Grandparents	Greatgrandparents
Thomas HAMILTON (1852 - 1942) Catherine (Philip) HAMILTON (1854 - 1938) Margaret HAMILTON (1856 - 1903) Marion HAMILTON (1858 - 1944) John HAMILTON (1860 - 1935) Alison HAMILTON (1862 - 1956) Isabella HAMILTON (1864 - 1907) James HAMILTON (1866 - 1940) Jane HAMILTON (1868 - 1898) Elizabeth HAMILTON (1870 - 1894) Robert HAMILTON (1872 - 1956)	Margaret HASTIE (1830 - 1882) + Matthew HAMILTON (1827 - 1892)

b. 1830 at New Mill, Fife, Scotland

m. 28 Nov 1851 Matthew HAMILTON (1827 - 1892) at Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland

d. 06 Feb 1882 at Illabo, New South Wales, Australia aged 52

Near Relatives of Margaret HASTIE (1830 - 1882)
Relationship	Person	Born	Birth Place	Died	Death Place	Age
Self	Margaret HASTIE	1830	New Mill, Fife, Scotland	06 Feb 1882	Illabo, New South Wales, Australia	52

Husband	Matthew HAMILTON	22 Sep 1827	Lanark, Lanarkshire, Scotland	13 Apr 1892	Illabo, New South Wales, Australia	64

Son	Thomas HAMILTON	Jul 1852	Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland	29 Aug 1942	Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia	90
Daughter	Catherine (Philip) HAMILTON	18 May 1854	Fife, Scotland	12 Sep 1938	West Wyalong, New South Wales, Australia	84
Daughter	Margaret HAMILTON	1856	Redfern, New South Wales, Australia	14 Jul 1903	Eurongilly, New South Wales, Australia	47
Daughter	Marion HAMILTON	1858	Adelong, New South Wales, Australia	1944	Toronto, New South Wales, Australia	86
Son	John HAMILTON	28 Apr 1860	Adelong, New South Wales, Australia	18 Jun 1935	Strathfield, New South Wales, Australia	75
Daughter	Alison HAMILTON	15 Apr 1862	Adelong, New South Wales, Australia	19 Feb 1956	Hurlstone Park, New South Wales, Australia	93
Daughter	Isabella HAMILTON	11 May 1864	Adelong, New South Wales, Australia	24 Aug 1907	Illabo, New South Wales, Australia	43
Son	James HAMILTON	22 Jun 1866	Adelong, New South Wales, Australia	01 Dec 1940	Temora, New South Wales, Australia	74
Daughter	Jane HAMILTON	1868	Adelong, New South Wales, Australia	Dec 1898	Junee, New South Wales, Australia	30
Daughter	Elizabeth HAMILTON	1870	Adelong, New South Wales, Australia	26 Sep 1894	Illabo, New South Wales, Australia	24
Son	Robert HAMILTON	14 Aug 1872	Adelong, New South Wales, Australia	07 Feb 1956	Illabo, New South Wales, Australia	83

Daughter in Law	Katherine Harper KEOGH	1862	Neutral Bay, New South Wales, Australia	20 May 1937	Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia	75
Son in Law	Joseph SPEIRS	1854	Yass, New South Wales, Australia	17 Feb 1919	West Wyalong, New South Wales, Australia	65
Son in Law	Thomas BRABIN	20 Jan 1854	Lancashire, England	07 Jul 1914	Eurongilly, New South Wales, Australia	60
Son in Law	Walter JONES
Daughter in Law	Anna BARLOW BENNETT	29 Sep 1850	Babow, Prussia	12 Oct 1940	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	90
Son in Law	John JAMIESON	27 Jun 1858	Brindister, Aithsting, Shetland, Scotland	25 May 1901	Wyalong, New South Wales, Australia	42
Son in Law	William BELL
Son in Law	William HOUSTON	1859		1924		65
Daughter in Law	Mary JARVIS
Daughter in Law	Florence ROBERTS	17 Sep 1871	Berrima, New South Wales, Australia	18 Mar 1930	Illabo, New South Wales, Australia	58
Daughter in Law	Mary MCKINNON	1888	Junee, New South Wales, Australia	03 Jun 1971	Illabo, New South Wales, Australia	83

Grandson	Joseph SPEIRS	1877	Gilmour, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson	Robert SPEIRS	1878	Adelong, New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter	Margaret SPEIRS	1880	Gilmour, New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter	Mary SPEIRS	1881	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson	Walter James SPEIRS	1885	Adelong, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson	George William SPEIRS	1888	Adelong, New South Wales, Australia	1961		73
Grandson	Andrew Campbell SPEIRS	1890	Adelong, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson	Ernest John BRABIN	27 Sep 1879	Eurongilly, New South Wales, Australia	27 Dec 1920	Nangus, New South Wales, Australia	41
Granddaughter	Ada Beatrice BRABIN	1881	Gundagai, New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter	Lizzie Victoria Mayfield (May) BRABIN	1883	Gundagai, New South Wales, Australia	1954	Queensland, Australia	71
Granddaughter	Minnie Ellen BRABIN	1883	Gundagai, New South Wales, Australia	1951	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia	68
Granddaughter	Alice Margaret BRABIN	1888	Junee, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson	Chesborough Herbert BRABIN	1890	Junee, New South Wales, Australia	1902		12
Grandson	Thomas James BRABIN	06 Nov 1893	Eurongilly, New South Wales, Australia	1937	Eurongilly, New South Wales, Australia	44
Grandson	George Douglas BRABIN	25 Sep 1895	Eurongilly, New South Wales, Australia	1973	Eurongilly, New South Wales, Australia	78
Grandson	Jack Hamilton BRABIN	13 Apr 1898	Eurongilly, New South Wales, Australia	1953	Eurongilly, New South Wales, Australia	55
Granddaughter	Isabel May HAMILTON	1887	Albury, New South Wales, Australia	28 Jun 1930	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	43
Grandson	John Robert HAMILTON	1889	Albury, New South Wales, Australia	1968	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	79
Grandson	Thomas Alfred Bertram HAMILTON	1891	Albury, New South Wales, Australia	03 May 1917	France	26
Grandson	Matthew Claude HAMILTON	1901	Junee, New South Wales, Australia		Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson	Robert HOUSTON	1885
Granddaughter	Elizabeth Jane HOUSTON	abt 1887		03 Oct 1942	Woollahra, New South Wales, Australia	55
Grandson	Matthew HOUSTON	1890
Grandson	William HOUSTON	1893		15 Feb 1896	Junee, New South Wales, Australia	3
Granddaughter	Isabella HOUSTON	1896
Grandson	Alfred HOUSTON	1898		28 Mar 1900	Junee, New South Wales, Australia	2
Granddaughter	Jessie HOUSTON	1900
Grandson	James Matthew HAMILTON	13 Jun 1898	Cootamundra, New South Wales, Australia	23 Dec 1959	Cootamundra, New South Wales, Australia	61
Grandson	Frederick Ernest HAMILTON	27 Feb 1900	Cootamundra, New South Wales, Australia	15 Apr 1916	Illabo, New South Wales, Australia	16
Granddaughter	Laurie May HAMILTON	11 Jul 1901	Cootamundra, New South Wales, Australia	31 Jul 1929	Illabo, New South Wales, Australia	28
Granddaughter	Margaret Elizabeth HAMILTON	01 Jan 1904	Cootamundra, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson	Robert Gordon 'Bob' HAMILTON	abt 1907	Cootamundra, New South Wales, Australia	21 Jan 1992	Illabo, New South Wales, Australia	85
Grandson	Wallace Scott HAMILTON	18 Jan 1908	Cootamundra, New South Wales, Australia	10 May 1997	Illabo, New South Wales, Australia	89
Granddaughter	Edythe Florence HAMILTON	16 Jan 1910	Cootamundra, New South Wales, Australia	01 Jan 2005	Illabo, New South Wales, Australia	94
Granddaughter	Enid Joy HAMILTON	1913	Junee, New South Wales, Australia

Events in Margaret HASTIE (1830 - 1882)'s life
Date	Age	Event	Place	Notes	Src
1830		Margaret HASTIE was born	New Mill, Fife, Scotland		71
28 Nov 1851	21	Married Matthew HAMILTON (aged 24)	Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland		71
Jul 1852	22	Birth of son Thomas HAMILTON	Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland		71
18 May 1854	24	Birth of daughter Catherine (Philip) HAMILTON	Fife, Scotland		71
1856	26	Birth of daughter Margaret HAMILTON	Redfern, New South Wales, Australia		71
1858	28	Birth of daughter Marion HAMILTON	Adelong, New South Wales, Australia		71
28 Apr 1860	30	Birth of son John HAMILTON	Adelong, New South Wales, Australia		71
15 Apr 1862	32	Birth of daughter Alison HAMILTON	Adelong, New South Wales, Australia		71
11 May 1864	34	Birth of daughter Isabella HAMILTON	Adelong, New South Wales, Australia		71
22 Jun 1866	36	Birth of son James HAMILTON	Adelong, New South Wales, Australia		71
1868	38	Birth of daughter Jane HAMILTON	Adelong, New South Wales, Australia		71
1870	40	Birth of daughter Elizabeth HAMILTON	Adelong, New South Wales, Australia		71
14 Aug 1872	42	Birth of son Robert HAMILTON	Adelong, New South Wales, Australia		71
06 Feb 1882	52	Margaret HASTIE died	Illabo, New South Wales, Australia		71

Personal Notes:

Margaret Hastie Hamilton was the daughter of David Hastie (1781-1851) and Catherine Phillip (1796-1847). She married Matthew Hamilton in Glasgow on the 28th November, 1851. Their first son, Thomas, was born in Lanark, Scotland in 1852. Catherine, their first daughter, was also born in Lanark in 1854. The young family arrived in Australia in 1855. Their family grew until their 12th child, Robert, was born in 1872.

Life in the colony was not easy for Margaret. Living conditions, for a young mother with a number of small children would have been far more challenging than life in the mother country. Her husband, Matthew would have been fully occupied with providing food and housing for his family, leaving Margaret alone for long periods of time. One could only imagine how isolates and lonely Margaret must have felt during her early years in Australia.

The wife of Mr. Matthew Hamilton, of Illabo, was found drowned in a dam half a mile from her house. She apparently drowned herself. (Monday 13th Feb 1882. Cootamundra Herald)

Margaret Hamilton is not actually buried in the Illabo cemetery. As she was a victim of suicide, at that time, it was not permitted for her to be buried on consecrated ground. Margaret was returned to the family property "Rose-Vale" and buried in an unmarked grave near the site where she took her life.

It is heartbreaking to think that Margaret felt that she had no choice but to end her life in that way leaving young children without their mother.

We, her descendants, remember her with love and compassion.

May the road rise up to meet you.
May the wind be always at your back.
May the sun shine warm upon your face;
the rains fall soft upon your fields
and until we meet again,
may God hold you in the palm of His hand.

Source References:

71. Type: Book, Abbr: Wagga Pioneers, Title: Pioneers of Wagga Wagga and District, Auth: Wagga Wagga & District Family History Society Inc, Publ: Wagga Wagga & District Family History Society Inc, Date: 2004, Locn: http://www.waggafamilyhistory.org.au/

- Reference = 146 (Birth)

- Reference = 146 (Death)

- Reference = 146 (Marriage)

- Reference = 31 (Name, Notes)

76. Type: Web Page, Abbr: Find a Grave, Title: Find A Grave, Locn: https://www.findagrave.com/

- Reference = https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/176125206/margaret-hamilton (Name, Notes)

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