Author talk:Margaret MacArthur

Attempts to identify this author
Not a lot of hints for Author:Margaret MacArthur. Parked -- billinghurst (talk) 06:45, 8 February 2009 (UTC)


 * Historian, protegée of Author:Edward Augustus Freeman, mentions in current academic literature. Charles Matthews (talk) 11:57, 16 November 2009 (UTC)

Connection with Freeman family
Margaret MacArthur was a family friend of the Freemans, a "contemporary" of Margaret Freeman, daughter of Author:Edward Augustus Freeman. Mentioned in Leslie Howsam, Academic Discipline or Literary Genre?: The Establishment of Boundaries in Historical Writing, Victorian Literature and Culture Vol. 32, No. 2 (2004), pp. 525-545, at pp. 536-7. Published by: Cambridge University Press Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/25058684.

Charles Matthews (talk) 10:08, 9 February 2018 (UTC)

Freeman corresponded with Edith Thompson, another "contemporary", about an Ellen Macarthur, in 1887. This could be Ellen A. McArthur later associated with the London School of Economics, author of Outlines of English industrial history (1898). Charles Matthews (talk) 10:17, 9 February 2018 (UTC)

She was Ellen Annette McArthur, who is in ACAD.. The father was Rector of Burlingham, C. C. McArthur who had previously been a missionary in Ceylon. Charles Matthews (talk) 10:22, 9 February 2018 (UTC)

That's Charles Chapman McArthur, and according to the ODNB, there were at least four daughters. I know of: Frances Elizabeth; Henrietta Catherine Douglas; and Ellen Annette. A tempting hypothesis is that Margaret M(a)cArthur could be another. : can you throw light on this, by census data? Charles Matthews (talk) 10:55, 9 February 2018 (UTC)

Nope, unless we have a non-recorded name

Household Members 	Age 	Relationship Annette McArthur	47 	Wife Charles Chapman McArthur 	39 	Head Frances E E McArthur	12 	Daughter Ellen A McArthur	8 	Daughter Ada L McArthur	7 	Daughter Henrietta C D McArthur	6 	Daughter
 * 1871 England

IN PLAIN SIGHT!
Sometimes you just have to think slightly differently and you find people hiding in plain sight

Name: 	Edward A Freeman Age: 	47 Estimated Birth Year: 	1824 Relation: 	Head Gender: 	Male Where born: 	Harborne Staffordshire England Civil parish: 	Out and Wells St Cuthbert Ecclesiastical parish: 	Coxley Town: 	Burcott County/Island: 	Somerset Country: 	England Registration district: 	Wells Sub-registration district: 	Wells ED, institution, or vessel: 	9 Household schedule number: 	12 Piece: 	2446 Folio: 	15 Page number: 	3 Household Members 	Age 	Relationship Eleanor Freeman	52 	Wife Edward A Freeman 	47 	Head Jane Snow	39 	Servant Margarett A R Macarthur	29 	Governess Emily Blinman	28 	Servant Margarett Travell	21 	Servant Anne Attwood	21 	Servant Charles Francis	19 	Servant Helen Freeman	18 	Daughter Katherine Freeman	17 	Daughter Florence Freeman	16 	Daughter
 * Census 1871 England

&hellip;

Name: 	Margarett A R Macarthur Age: 	29 Relation: 	Governess, certificated Univ Cau. Gender: 	Female Where born: 	Scotland

Census
Name: 	Margaret Macarthur Gender: 	Female Relationship: 	Visitor Birth Year: 	1846 Birth Place: 	Scotland Civil Parish: 	St Giles Ecclesiastical parish: 	St Giles Residence Place: 	Oxford, St Giles, Oxfordshire, England Registration District: 	Headington Sub registration district: 	St Clement ED, Institution or Vessel: 	26 Neighbors: Piece: 	1166 Folio: 	51 Household Members: Name 	Age Edward A Freeman 	67 Eleanor Freeman 	72 Florence Freeman 	36 Margaret Macarthur     45 Anne Carpenter 	31 Fanny Gibbs 	23 Mabel Holloway 	24 Lily F Ellicott 	24 Louise Hunt 	10 Joseph Harris 	15
 * 1891 Census

Nothing visible, similarly for Freeman family. Possibly in the USA at this time if with Freeman family (EAF bio)
 * 1881 England

Nothing evident, not living with EAF's widow.
 * 1901 England

Multiple choices no way to narrow down with existing criteria
 * 1861 and 1851 Scotland

Noting that Florence Freeman is missing from the same census as Margaret (1881, 1901, 1911), and she died in France 1925, so possibility of being companions as Margaret shown as visitor in 1891.

death
Nothing evident showing post 1891 for Margaret McArthur/MacArthur for birth b/w 1840-1850
 * FreeBMD

Nothing evident post 1891 that shows spinster to any known people, noting Freeman family there.
 * Probates in England/Wales

Stopping.


 * Born Scotland 1842 through 1845, earlier likelier.
 * University trained, location unknown
 * First record hit 1871 census.
 * Last record hit 1891 census.

Too many variables and too many options for a Governess, who was protogée of a renowned academic who travelled extensively. — billinghurst  sDrewth  00:44, 16 January 2021 (UTC)