Margaret Gill
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Margaret Gill (1797-1864) was born in Yorkshire, England, and was the first wife of African-American 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, although she raised his illegitimate son Ira Daniel, born in 1847. After her death Aldridge fathered four children with his second wife, Amanda Von Brandt.
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- https://web.archive.org/web/20050406065856/http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/pages/entertainment/aldridge.htm
- https://web.archive.org/web/20051210181235/http://www.netc.net.au/locallit/ira/
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