Margaret Brown married William Younger of Auchen Castle, Moffat, of the brewing family. She had at least one son, also William, whose name appears on her death certificate. Margaret Younger (Brown) was a widow at the time of her death which took place in St John Street, Edinburgh on the 26th July 1900 at the age of 58. She would therefore have been born sometime from 27th July 1841 to 26th July 1842 inclusive. In the 1861 census she is shown as age 19 born in London. However census returns are notoriously inaccurate and her parents might well have been in Australia in the early 1840's - although I could not find any reference to her in the New South Wales births records so London is the more likely hypothesis. She does not appear at her parents' address in the 1871 census, suggesting that she was married by 1871.
Margaret Brown's husband, William Younger of Auchencastle, Moffat, County of Dumfries, sometimes resided at Haggerston Castle, Northumberland, afterwards at Craven Lodge, Melton Moubray, latterly at Auchencastle where he died on the 4th August 1886 at the age of 55. His mother was Isabella Johnston and his father William Younger. He was born on the 8th March 1831 in Edinburgh. Auchen Castle is now a hotel.
I could not find any reference to Margaret Brown's marriage to William Younger in the Scottish registers so she may have been married in England. There are too many William Youngers born in Scotland to be certain which one, if any, could be their son. Nor do I know whether or not she had other children.
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