Talk:William MacGregor

Phrase query
'subject races'? 129.125.103.83 00:31, 12 May 2007 (UTC)


 * Unattributed text has now been superseded.–Q8682 (talk) 16:01, 1 January 2022 (UTC)

COCKS vs COX
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.

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

Need authoritative source(s) for first wife
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. 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)

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

The obituaries for Sir William MacGREGOR indicate he was survived by a son and three daughters. 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)