Birth: January-March 1856 Sleetburn, Bedlington, Northumberland, UK
Father: David Absalom 1800-1870
Mother: Susannah Lowther 1815-1892
Christening: Unknown
Marriage: January-March 1875 Tynemouth, UK
Husband: Thomas Robson Rixham 1845-a1909
Death: After 1901
Susannah Rixham 1875-a1891
John Rixham 1877-a1901
Elizabeth Rixham 1880-a1901
Christopher T Rixham c1883-a1901
Margaret Rixham c1892-a1901
Birth of Margaret Absalom in FreeBMD in January-March 1856 in Morpeth (10b 256) which included Bedlington.
In the 1861 census as Margaret Absoland (sic) aged 5, born in Bedlington, Northumberland, and living with her parents (David Absolend and Susannah Absoland, six brothers (Christopher, David, James, Matthew, Robert and William Lowther) and two sisters (Elizabeth and Susannah) at West Cramlington, Northumberland.
Her father died in 1870.
In the 1871 census as Margaret Absalom aged 15, born in Bedlington and living with her widowed mother (Susan), and three brothers (Matthew, Robert and William Zokes) at West Cramington Colliery, Northumberland.
Marriage of Margaret Absalom and Thomas Rixham in FreeBMD in January-March 1875 in Tynemouth (10b 387). Her brother Matthew's marriage to Ruth Ellison is on the same page.
In the 1881 census as Margaret Rixham aged 25, born in Bedlington, and living with her husband (Thomas), son (John) and two daughters (Elizabeth and Susannah), and a boarder (Mary Gibson aged 23, born in Bedlington, unmarried and employed as a schoolmistress) at Corner Houses, Winlaton, Durham.
I cannot find Registration of Births for Christopher T or Margaret - perhaps they were adopted.
In the 1890 Bulmer's Directory of Skelton Thomas Rixham was headmaster of Stanghow Lane School
In the 1891 census as Margaret Rixhains (sic - in the index, correct on the original) aged 36, born in Sleetburn, Northumberland, and living with her husband (Thomas), two sons (Christopher T and John) and two daughters Elizabeth and Susannah) at the Schoolhouse, Skelton, Yorkshire.
In the 1901 census as Margaret Roseham (sic - in the index, correct on the original) aged 46, born in Bedlington, and living with her husband (Thomas), son (John), two daughters (Elizabeth and Margaret) and a servant (Isabella Ward aged 15 and born in Skelton, Cleveland, Durham (sic)) at Stanghow Lane Boys School, Skelton in Cleveland, Yorkshire.
In the 1909 Kelly's Directory of Skelton Thomas Rixham was headmaster of Stanghow Lane School, built in 1876 with room for 647 children with an average attendance of 229 boys and 210 girls.
Denis Heydecker has an entry in RootsWeb WorldConnect for Margaret Absalom born in 1856 in Bedlington, Northumberland, parents David Absalom and Susanna(h) Lowther.
Sleetburn is a mile east of Bedlington. Skelton is 2 miles NE of Guisborough.
Margaret Absalom was the aunt of Susannah Emily Absalom, the wife of George Fullick, my third cousin twice removed.
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