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Yes - Tyne & Wear will do fine (in those days it was Northumberland).

This looks like Margaret in 1901:

1901 Scotland Census
Name: Margaret Higgins
Age: 13
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1888
Relationship: Daur (Daughter)
Father's Name: Henry Higgins
Mother's Name: Ellen J Higgins
Gender: Female
Where born: Ireland
Registration number: 812
Registration district: Annan
Civil parish: Annan
County: Dumfriesshire
Address: Alexandra Place
Occupation: Schoolar

ED: 4
Household schedule number: 73
Line: 15
Roll: CSSCT1901_427

Household Members:
Name Age
Henry Higgins 48 < Manager Satmeel manufacturors, born Ireland.
Ellen J Higgins 50
Henry Higgins 10
Thomas W Higgins 8
Eliza W Higgins 19
Ellen J Higgins 17
Margaret Higgins 13
Ann W Higgins 5

The tree on Ancestry is the same family as yours, but it doesn't have all of her children.

EDIT: Henry's work was in the Oatmeal business from other info I've seen.

Hi MarieCeleste, Is Tyne and Wear a better location to state rather than Durham? As to my family, the details I have are very sketchy I am afraid. I know that my grandmother was from Ireland and that her family were quite political. From what I gather her husband, Robert Bell, was maybe lost in the war, but not certain. She then met up with Colin's father and at that time he was a travelling salesman. For whatever reason they didn't get married and when Colin was quite young they went back to Belfast for some years. Rita is the eldest of her children, who had a son called Harry Patterson (author Jack Higgins) who was born in 1929. Bob married a German lady and Helen died relatively young. Colin was born Whitley Bay 14 March 1930. For whatever reason it is thought that Colin's father may have had reasons not to use his own name, so it is dificult finding links when you are not certian of someones name. Some skeletons in the cupboard I think Sue

Might she have married in Scotland and could Rita be short for Henrietta?

(There's a tree in Ancestry with some similarities)

Hi Susan - have you done a Search Trees to find any possible matches? You can then contact any tree owners.

(By the way, those of us who live in Whitley Bay wouldn't say it's near Durham!) ;-)

Do you know if she married in Ireland or England?

Am trying to find any relatives of my paternal grandmother Margaret Higgins from County Armagh, Ireland who was born c. 1890. She married a Robert Bell and they had 3 children Rita, Bob and Helen. Margaret Higgins then had another child Colin born in Whitley Bay near Durham. If there is any knowledge of the family, please contact me Sue :-)