Margaret Gofton DYKES

See also

Margaret DYKES's parents: Edward DYKES (1852-1925) and Sarah Rutherford GOFTON (1851-1917)

Margaret DYKES's siblings: Elizabeth DYKES (1872-1950), Henry DYKES (1874-1874), John DYKES (1875-1875), Henry DYKES (1875-1875), Sarah Ann DYKES (1878-1956), Christianna Lewis DYKES (1880-1954), Edward John DYKES (1882-1953), Henry Gofton DYKES (1885-1887), Samuel James DYKES (1887-1972), Mary Isabella DYKES (1889-1958), Joseph DYKES (1892-1949) and Robert Ryland DYKES (1894-1948)

Margaret Gofton DYKES (1876-1943)

Name:	Margaret Gofton DYKES ¹
Father:	Edward DYKES (1852-1925)
Mother:	Sarah Rutherford GOFTON (1851-1917)
Spouse:	William STEPHENSON (1871-1949)

Individual Events and Attributes

Birth Registration	Q2 1876 (age 0)	Sunderland, Co. Durham, England ²
Birth	8 May 1876	Sunderland, Co. Durham, England ^2,3
Census (1)	1881 (age 4)	England ⁴
Residence (1)	1881 (age 4)	53 Milburn St., Sunderland, Co. Durham, England ⁴
Census (2)	1891 (age 14)	England ⁵
Residence (2)	1891 (age 14)	16 Howarth St., Sunderland, Co. Durham, England ⁵
Occupation	1891 (age 14)	General Servant ⁵
Residence (3)	1896 (age 19-20)	Sunderland, Co. Durham, England
Census (3)	1901 (age 25)	England ⁶
Residence (4)	1901 (age 25)	Sunderland, Co. Durham, England ⁶
Death	1943 (age 67)	Keswick, Cumbria, England ^7,8
National or Tribal Origin		English
Relationship		Great Great Aunt

Additional Information

Residence (1)	She was living with her parents.
Residence (2)	She was living with her parents
Residence (3)	37 Franklin Street, Millfield
Residence (4)	13 Gilsland St.
Death	Margaret Ahlgren's notes give Margarets death as either 5/8/1944 or 5/8/1945 in the Lake district. Susan Young's gedcom data gives the place of death as Keswick. However, no deaths of a Margaret Stephenson were registered in the Cockermouth district in the 3rd quarter of 1944 or 1945. The nearest match is in the 1st qtr. of 1943 however the age given, 68, is one year too old for Margaret Stephenson nee Dykes. Further investigation, eg; a broader search of the civil registration index, is needed to confirm when and where Margaret died.

Marriage

Spouse	William STEPHENSON (1871-1949)
Children	William STEPHENSON (1897-1958)
	Edward STEPHENSON (1902-1941)
	John STEPHENSON (1906-1991)
Marriage	2 Dec 1896 (age 20)	Sunderland, Co. Durham, England ³

Additional Information

Marriage

William and Margaret married at Fawcett St. Wesleyan Chapel. The marriage was witnessed by E. Dykes & E. Stephenson.

Individual Note

Margaret & William were bombed out in Sunderland during WWII. Margaret was very ill & went to convalesce in a nursing home in Keswick but she died shortly afterwards.⁹

Sources

¹	Family Bible of Edward & Sarah Dykes.
	Bruce Dykes Peckett. Email: bruce@peckett.org.uk. Web: http://www.peckett.org.uk/.
²	Civil Registration Index. 1876 Apr-Jun. Assessment: Secondary evidence. Text From Source: Sunderland vol.10a p.647
	FreeBMD. Web: www.freeBMD.org.uk.
³	Family Bible of Edward & Sarah Dykes. Assessment: Primary evidence.
	Bruce Dykes Peckett. Email: bruce@peckett.org.uk. Web: http://www.peckett.org.uk/.
⁴	1881 Census of England. RG11/4988 fo.110 p.40. Assessment: Primary evidence.
	Ancestry.co.uk. Web: www.ancestry.co.uk.
⁵	1891 Census of England. RG12/4128 fo.76 p.12. Assessment: Primary evidence.
	Ancestry.co.uk. Web: www.ancestry.co.uk.
⁶	1901 Census of England. RG13/4709 103 p.32. Assessment: Primary evidence.
	Ancestry.co.uk. Web: www.ancestry.co.uk.
⁷	Margaret Ahlgren.
⁸	Civil Registration Index - Deaths 1837-1983. 1943 Apr-Jun. Assessment: Secondary evidence. Text From Source: Stephenson, Margaret G. age 67 .. Cockermouth Keswick was in the Cockermouth registration district
	Ancestry.co.uk. Web: www.ancestry.co.uk.
⁹	Susan Young.