Bird, Margaret, c1900 - 1999
Person
Dates
- Existence: c1900 - 1999
Biography
Margaret was the daughter of William and Rosina Shufflebottom who had 10 children; five sons and five daughters; John Potter, Walter (Wally) (1909-1998), Elizabeth Augustus (Lizzie), Rosina (died 1946), Emmeline, Margaret, William, Richard, Ellen and Fred.
Margaret married twice; first John Willie Waddington, grandson of Abraham Waddington. John Willie had an untimely death in 1932, aged 34, and Margaret continued to travel his Steam Yachts in the Eastern Counties and later re-married her foreman Arthur Bird.
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Shufflebottom Family Collection
Fonds
Reference code: NFA0014
Scope and Contents
The main part of the collection consists of material relating to the Shufflebottom family and receipts and posters advertising their latest attractions. The second half of the collection relates to the Waddington family and Margaret Shufflebottom's later marriage to Arthur Bird.The Shufflebottom collection consists of photographs, diaries, albums, account books and assorted ephemera associated with the family's history on the fair. The photographic material dates from 1890 to the...
Dates:
c1890 - 1989
Found in:
National Fairground and Circus Archive