
Week 35 - Back to School
Dorcas Stokes


Margaret Emily Matheson
Auntie Mags - Margaret Emily Matheson was born on 18 June 1883 in West MacQuarie, New South Wales and moved to Perth, Western Australian as a young woman with her family.2,3 I was told by my mum and grandma that she was a teacher and quite a hard task master when she needed to be, however, to the family she was Auntie Mags. She never married and the available Electoral Rolls for Western Australia show in 1910, 1916, 1925, and 1931 that she lived with her parents and worked as a teacher.4,5,6,7 I have written about Auntie Mags previously in 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks: Week 14 - Maiden Aunt.Do you have a teacher in your family? Search for them by clicking the image below to look for them today.
Bibliography
- 1. Birth Certificate of Dorcas Stokes, Born 19 November 1898, General Register Office, No.375/1898 CN354767, Original in author’s possession.
- 2. Ancestry.com. Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc., 2010. Margaret Emily Matheson, 1883 Registration Number 12440, West MacQuarie, New South Wales.
- 3. Marjorey June Brand, The Friendship Birthday Book, Original in author’s possession.
- 4. Western Australia Electoral Roll, 1910, Division: Fremantle, Subdivision: Canning, p.28, Matheson – Charles Jardine, Edith, Robert, Georgina Emily, and Margaret Emily.
- 5. Western Australia Electoral Roll, 1916, Division: Fremantle, Subdivision: Canning, p.52, Matheson – Charles Jardine, Edith, Georgina Emily, Margaret Emily, Robert, and Robert Hilton.
- 6. Western Australia Electoral Roll, 1925, Division: Swan, Subdivision: Canning, p.93, Matheson – Edith, Margaret Emily, and Robert.
- 7. Western Australia Electoral Roll, 1931, Division: Swan, Subdivision: Canning, Matheson – Edith, Margaret Emily, Robert.
Image Credits
- a. May 1, 1949 Dorcas Stokes and Eric Walker, Original in author’s possession.
- b. C.1950’s Gladys Gwendoline Matheson and Margaret Emily Matheson, Original in author’s possession.
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