My paternal Great Grandmother was Margaret GILBERTSON who married William MILLAR in Greymouth,New Zealand in 1886.

Her sister Laura M GILBERTSON was a witness at the wedding.
It quotes she is "daughter of Mrs Laura GILBERTSON; Greymouth".
From this I can be sure that Margaret GILBERTSON was a resident in Geymouth, although the marriage certificate incorrectly gives Westport as her residence.
Her husband's residence was switched with hers.
He resided in Westport, New Zealand but was a mariner so perhaps that was a temperary residence??


I have no knowledge of how or when Margaret migrated with her family from Scotland to New Zealand.
Nor am I aware of the exact date the newly married couple immigrated to Australia but I can be certain it was between their marriage date and the birth of their third son, my Grandfather, Howard Wallace Millar in 1892.


I would appreciate any information on her life in New Zealand and Scotland prior to her marriage(and afterwards) and would love to hear from family or connections to my family in either country.
I am willing to share information that I have with any relative.

Coralinperth