Margaret Gill was born in Yorkshire

Yorkshire

Yorkshire is a historic county of northern England and the largest in the United Kingdom. Because of its great size in comparison to other English counties, functions have been increasingly undertaken over time by its subdivisions, which have also been subject to periodic reform...

, England

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

, 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

Amanda Von Brandt

Amanda von Brandt claimed to be Swedish countess and was the second wife of actor Ira Frederick Aldridge, whom she married on 20 April 1865. The couple had four children. Their eldest child was born during Aldridge's marriage to his first wife, Margaret Gill, and their youngest was born four...

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