Margaret Gill

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Margaret Gill (?-1864) was born in Yorkshire, England, and was the first wife of American black actor Ira Frederick Aldridge. She married Aldridge in 1825. The couple's inter-racial marriage caused great anger from the pro-slavery lobby. She died in 1864. They had no children. After her death Aldridge fathered a son with his second wife, Amanda Von Brandt.

References

http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/pages/entertainment/aldridge.htm
http://www.netc.net.au/locallit/ira/

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