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Margaret Eager was born on the 12th August, 1863 in Limerick, one of ten children to Francis McGillycuddy Eagar and Frances Margaret (née Holden). She moved to Belfast as a teenager where she trained as a nurse and later worked as a matron of an orphanage.
In 1898 she was appointed nanny to the four daughter of Tsar Nicholas II, Emperor of Russia. The four Grand Duchesses Olga; Tatiana; Maria; and Anastasia—known collectively as OTMA were placed under her care from 1898 to 1904 and are supposed to have developed a slight Limerick accent when English as a result. After her return to Great Britain she wrote a memoir entitled Six Years at the Russian Court about her time with the family and remained in touch with the princesses till their murder in 1918. She later ran an unsuccessful boarding house for many years before her death in 1936.
Margaret Eager is just one of over 320 characters featured at EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum.
| Additional Information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Date of Birth | 12th Aug 1863 | |
| Date of Death | 1st Jan 1936 | |
| Father (First Name/s and Surname) | Francis McGillycuddy Eagar | |
| Mother (First Name/s and Maiden) | Frances Margaret (née Holden) | |
| Occupation | Nurse, Nanny, Author | |
