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Margaret Eliza Ballagh
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TitleMargaret Eliza Ballagh
Alternative NameMargaret Eliza McGillMrs. Ivie McGillSummaryDressmaker and mother DescriptionAs Miss. M. Ballagh, Margaret advertised her services as a dressmaker from the early 1890s. She had studied under 'Miss Keating, Scientific Dressmaker' in Christchurch, and set up business in Leeston. She offered the 'latest styles', 'fit guaranteed'.
Born to Margaret and Samuel Ballagh in 1870, with two brothers and four sisters, Margaret married local farmer Ivie Mary McGill (1863 - 1932), son of Eric and Mary McGill (nee Clephane) on 19 July 1893. The couple lived at Leeston, then Lakeside and finally Sedgemere, in a home called Craigloch, where Margaret died in 1940. In her obituary she was noted as being passionately fond of flowers, and exhibited at many local shows in the Ellesmere district.First NameMargaretMiddle NameElizaLast NameBallagh, nee McGillOccupationDressmakerDate of Birth1870Date of Death4 July 1940Place of DeathCraigloch, SedgemereAge at Death70Other Biographical InformationMargaret and Ivie's children included Gilbert, Agnes, Mary, and Kenneth.
Alternative NameMargaret Eliza McGillMrs. Ivie McGillSummaryDressmaker and mother DescriptionAs Miss. M. Ballagh, Margaret advertised her services as a dressmaker from the early 1890s. She had studied under 'Miss Keating, Scientific Dressmaker' in Christchurch, and set up business in Leeston. She offered the 'latest styles', 'fit guaranteed'.Born to Margaret and Samuel Ballagh in 1870, with two brothers and four sisters, Margaret married local farmer Ivie Mary McGill (1863 - 1932), son of Eric and Mary McGill (nee Clephane) on 19 July 1893. The couple lived at Leeston, then Lakeside and finally Sedgemere, in a home called Craigloch, where Margaret died in 1940. In her obituary she was noted as being passionately fond of flowers, and exhibited at many local shows in the Ellesmere district.
First NameMargaretMiddle NameElizaLast NameBallagh, nee McGillOccupationDressmakerDate of Birth1870Date of Death4 July 1940Place of DeathCraigloch, SedgemereAge at Death70Other Biographical InformationMargaret and Ivie's children included Gilbert, Agnes, Mary, and Kenneth.Connections
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Read Margaret's obituaryMargaret Eliza Ballagh. Selwyn Stories, accessed 07/04/2026, https://selwynstories.selwynlibraries.co.nz/nodes/view/6554
