Margaret Macgregor

Margaret Ann Kinniburgh Macgregor (née Burns; 11 November 1838 – 20 January 1901) was an urban Christian missionary whose work was in service to the people of Govan, Glasgow.

Life Margaret was born in Edinburgh on 11 November 1838, and died on 20 January 1901 in Glasgow. She was the daughter of Jeanie Marshall and James Burns and later married Thomas Macgregor. Margaret attended Moray House School in Edinburgh and was a congregant of Lothian Road United Presbyterian Church in Edinburgh, but experienced an evangelical conversion during the evangelical revival in Scotland (1859–1861), after which she joined St Mary's Free Church in Govan. Known as Govan's 'Bible wumman', in Govan, Glasgow until it was demolished in 1994 to make way for a car park. The congregation was merged with Govan Old Church.