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Phrase query

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'subject races'? 129.125.103.83 00:31, 12 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Unattributed text has now been superseded.–Q8682 (talk) 16:01, 1 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

COCKS vs COX

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Captain Robert COCKS was recorded predominantly as COCKS, not COX. This is evident per later in life when Annie died in 28 July 1889 in Sydney, aged 56.[1]

Article corrected to be COCKS.–Q8682 (talk) 16:01, 1 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

References

  1. ^ "Family notices". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 16, 020. New South Wales, Australia. 30 July 1889. p. 1. Retrieved 2 January 2022 – via National Library of Australia.

Need authoritative source(s) for first wife

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Did William MacGREGOR have a first wife? The National Library of Australia system Trove has a photograph of MacGREGOR's father-in-law Captain Robert COCKS.[1] There is a note on the page:

Cock's daugher [sic] Mary-Jane married Sir William MacGregor (1846-1919) in November 1883, becoming his second wife. They had two daughters who were born in Fiji.

Was there a first wife, and if so, when and whom? Ancestry.com entries suggest MacGREGOR was married to Mary THOMSON (married 04 Oct 1868, Towie; died 09 Feb 1877, Fiji). However... no printed reliable publicly-available source found.–Q8682 (talk) 16:01, 1 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

References

  1. ^ "Portrait of Captain Robert Cocks, harbour master at Suva and father of Lady Mary McGregor". National Library of Australia. Commonwealth of Australia. Retrieved 1 January 2022.

Need authoritative source(s) for four children

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One daughter (A)lpina Viti MacGREGOR was married to Admiral PAGET and died in 1918.[1] Another daughter was still unmarried by that date and referred to as Babs (short for Barbara?).[1] Babs had a place in London, a cottage in Bognor, and looking after her orphaned niece Honor PAGET.[2]

The obituaries for Sir William MacGREGOR indicate he was survived by a son and three daughters.[3] Yet for Lady MacGREGOR, nothing at all. Who was the surviving son and a possible third daughter (and if so, did she survive past 1919)?

One Ancestry.com family tree indicates: William MacGREGOR (1846-1919), Mary Jane Cocks (1839-1919):

Alpina Viti MacGREGOR. Birth 28 Sep 1884 – Suva, Fiji. Married 07 May 1906 – London, Alfred Wyndham Paget (1852–1918). Death 13 Sep 1918 – Kensington, London, England
Honor Cecilia Paget. Birth 18 Jun 1907 – St Marylebone, London. Was married twice.
Mary Jane 'Babs' MacGREGOR. Birth 1886 – Suva, Fiji. Death 12 Dec 1934 – Marylebone, London, England.

However, another records them with half-siblings, to Mary THOMSON (married 04 Oct 1868, Towie; died 09 Feb 1877, Fiji):

James Robb MacGREGOR (1869–1936), born 27 Jan 1869 – Towie,Aberdeen,Scotland
Helen MacGREGOR (1874–) – Curieuse Island, Seychelles

This would give one son and three daughters, although only two daughters alive at time of MacGREGOR's death in 1919. However... no printed reliable publicly-available source found.–Q8682 (talk) 16:01, 1 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

References

  1. ^ a b "Reminiscences". Daily Mail (Brisbane). No. 5234. Queensland, Australia. 26 July 1919. p. 9. Retrieved 2 January 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ "Eve's London looking glass". Daily Mail (Brisbane). No. 5888. Queensland, Australia. 14 May 1921. p. 11. Retrieved 2 January 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ "An Empire builder". Daily Mail (Brisbane). No. 5213. Queensland, Australia. 5 July 1919. p. 6. Retrieved 2 January 2022 – via National Library of Australia.