Margaret "Maggie" Montgomery 1
- Born: 12 Dec 1904, Mititai, Northern Wairoa, Northland, NZ
- Marriage (1): Charles Victor Hilliam on 8 Jun 1932
- Died: 23 Nov 1951, Dargaville, New Zealand aged 46 2
- BuriedFem: Mount Wesley, Northland, New Zealand
General Notes:
Margaret (Maggie) went to school at Arapohue then worked at home until her brothers took over the boarding-house when she then helped them. She loved hockey and for seven years was a Northland Rep on the New Zealand team, travelling throughout the country. She won many prizes at A & P Shows in handwork and cooking. Like her sister Alice, she was a steward at the same shows. She was one of the original members of the WDFF, a foun-dation member of the Anglican Mothers Union and was also on the original committee of the Northern Wairoa Plunket Society. In 1932 she married Charles Victor WILLIAM who was born at Aoroa, and they farmed at Mt. Wesley. Margaret died in 1951 while walking through her garden and is buried at Mt. Wesley Cemetery. Victor married again and lived until he was 81 and in 1980 he too was buried at the Mt. Wesley Cemetery.
Maggie married Charles Victor Hilliam on 8 Jun 1932. (Charles Victor Hilliam was born on 27 Dec 1898 in Dargaville, New Zealand and died on 19 Aug 1980 in Hauraki, Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.)
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