Her birth:

Surname   First name(s)      District   Vol  Page
Births Mar 1871   (>99%)
Livermore Margaret Louisa Newmarket 3b  579

Her mother’s death was registered in 1870, she was 3 months old in the 1871 census, so she must have been born in Dec 1870.
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In 1891 she was the only offspring left with her stepmother Emily.

In 1892 she m. John Albert Townsend, as confirmed by the 1901 census, and rapidly had four children:

Surname Forename Age Relation  Occupation  Birth Place

Townsend John A 32 Head Cycle Maker Cambridge
Townsend Margaret L 30 Wife Snailwell, Cambridgeshire
Townsend Frank A 8 Son Cambridge
Townsend Emily A 6 Daughter Cambridge
Townsend Trilby M 4 Daughter Cambridge
Townsend Eva M 7M Daughter Cambridge

Ref: RG13/1529/~F71

Address: 34 Norfolk Street
Parish: Cambridge
Registration District: Cambridge
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In 1911 she had had 2 more children and on the form declared 7 children of which one had died.

Surname Forename  Age Gender Relation  Marriage Status  Years Married Occupation  Birth Place

Townsend John A 42 Male Head Married 19 Cycle Dealer Cambridge
Townsend Margaret L 40 Female Wife Married 19 Snailwell, Cambridgeshire
Townsend Frank A 18 Male Son Single - Cycle Dealer Cambridge, -
Townsend Emily A 16 Female Daughter Single - None Cambridge
Townsend Trilby M 14 Female Daughter - - School Cambridge
Townsend Eva M 10 Female Daughter - - School  Cambridge
Townsend George W 4 Male Son - - Cambridge
Townsend Montague 1 Male Son - - Cambridge,

Reference: RG14 - PN9108 RD181 SD1 ED8 SN143

Address: 34 Norfolk Street, Cambridge
Registration District: Cambridge
Sub District: St Andrew The Less
Civil Parish: Cambridge
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After the census she and John had a further 2 children, the last in 1913.

The lost child may have been one of these:

Surname   First name(s)   Age   District   Vol  Page
Deaths Dec 1898   (>99%)
Townsend Jack 0 Cambridge 3b 311
Deaths Mar 1902   (>99%)
Townsend Jessie May 0 Cambridge 3b 312

The new GRO indices with mother’s maiden names shows that the lost child was Jack:

Name: Mother's Maiden Surname:
TOWNSEND, JACK     LIVERMORE
GRO Reference: 1898  S Quarter in CAMBRIDGE  Volume 03B  Page 474
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In 1939 she and John were on their own:

Townsend Household (2 People)
34 Norfolk Street , Cambridge M.B., Cambridgeshire, England

FIRST NAME(S) LAST NAME(S) DOB SEX OCCUPATION MARITAL STATUS  SCHEDULE  SCHEDULE SUB NUMBER

Margaret L Townsend 22 Dec 1870 Female Unpaid Domestic Duti  Married  155  2
John A Townsend 23 May 1868 Male Cycle Maker Married  155  1

Ref: RG101/6308A/013/3
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The only Margaret L Townsend dying with a birth in 1871 and in the Cambridge area:

Surname First name(s) Age District Vol  Page
Deaths Dec 1957   (>99%)
TOWNSEND Margaret L 86 Cambridge 4a 263
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Her probate index:

TOWNSEND Margaret Louisa of 34 Norfolk Street Cambridge widow died 20 November 1957 at Addenbrookes Hospital Cambridge  Probate Peterborough 11 June [1959] to Christopher Almeric Townsend cycle agent.  Effects £129 4s. 9d.
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Her marriage:

Surname   First name(s)      District   Vol  Page
Marriages Jun 1892   (>99%)
Driver Harry    Cambridge 3b 970
Franklin Elizabeth    Cambridge 3b 970
Livermore Margaret Louisa Cambridge 3b 970
TOWNSEND John Albert    Cambridge 3b 970
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The 1901 census shows that she married John A Townsend and rapidly had four children:
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