Margaret Fisher or Fisher Family of Westmeath

[Lexa Schulz]

Would Lexia Schulz be a child of Nancy Elizabeth Roberts and Bernard Dawson Shulz? one of three children?

Hi i am Lexa Schulz, i am indeed the daughter of Nancy and Bernard. Would love to hear what information you have

A wonderful account of Margaret Fisher surfaced yesterday... it was an account of her written by her grandson, Mervyn, a wonderful researcher, many years ago. It passed down through the fmaily and I was given a copy yesterday.
It indicates:
Margaret Fisher was born in 1831 at Athlone
She remembers as a small child, living with her mother and sister Mary in a cottage on the Estate of Lord Castlemaine.  (Moydrum Castle was the family manor, in its grounds) She remembered her mother as being attractive, dainty, fond of pretty clothes and with a charming manner.
He rmother died of TB in her early 20s and Margaret and Mary were taken into a convent by nuns. They were educated. Margaret was trained as a housekeeper and Mary trained as a governess.
Housekeeper training was more important than it sounds... it involved gaining skills in managing a large house, hiring firing and training staff, purchasing, arranging for meals. In their mid teens they were shipped to Sydney. Margaret became a housekeeper to a wealthy family. She was happy there. She met and married John Roberts in 1855. They spent some time in the Vict goldfields and later settled at Marrer near Wagga..  Her husband John died unexpectedly in 1894 and Margaret continued to work the property with her sons
Sometime before her death she suffered a stroke which deprived her of speech and left her unable to walk properly. She lived with her son Frank, and each day she was seated in a large chair near the fire, where she could see what was happening. Her granddaughters would dress her . At age 82 she had another stroke, which was fatal.
Interesting!
from Mareva

[Jack2227]

Irelands Society of Friends (Quakers) Migration Records;
Fisher Alexander;
Year; 1897
Westmeath-Moate;(Moate is the meeting house)
Ethel Lucy; 1896
Lucretia Almut; 1896
Mary Josephine; 1873
Mary White; 1849
Myra Lucy; 1896
Susanna; 1844
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