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Great Grandmother - Minnie

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Andrew

Andrew Report 27 Jun 2008 20:43

Hi Can anyone help. My Great Grandad William White was born in 1866 in Scotland and the info I have found is that he appears to have been married twice. His first wife died during child birth, His second wife had six children The first was born in Ireland acording to the 1901 census about 1891 and was wondering if first of all William was the father as it was 1890 when his first wife died. I also wonder if they got married in Ireland as I can't find a marriage certificate. The other issue is her maiden name on one birth cert of one of the kids is Magill on others it's Macgill she was born in Scotland we think about 1873. I can't find any info on her and to birth, marriage or death but I do have a picture of her at one of her sons grave stones after he died in 1917 during the war so she was alive after 1917.

Her Children were

Agnes White c1891 (Ireland)
May Silvey White 1893 (Stockport) Married Herbert Hazelhurst
Minnie White 1895 (Ashton-Under-Lyne) Married Louis Strange
Hugh Campbell White 1896 (Ashton-Under-Lyne) Died 1917 WW1
George Munroe White 1900 (Ashton-Under-Lyne) Married Sarah Brennan
Fred Lewis White 1904 (Ashton-Under-Lyne) Married Annie Carter

Anyone with any info would be great as I seem to have run into a brick wall.

Regards
Andrew

MarleneB

MarleneB Report 27 Jun 2008 21:06

Could this be the same family

1881 Scotland census

1881 Scotland Census

Name: Minnie McGill
Age: 4
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1877
Relationship: Daughter
Father's Name: Hugh
Gender: Female
Where born: Glencairn, Dumfriesshire
Registration Number: 826
Registration district: Glencairn
Civil Parish: Glencairn
County: Dumfriesshire
Address: Caitloch Cottage (3)
ED: 1
Household schedule number: 9
Line: 16
Roll: cssct1881_323
Household Members: Name Age
Alex R MacKay 23
Isabella McCall 30
Isabella H McCall 2
Katharine B McCall 5
William McCall 8
Mary McFarlane 24
Annie McGill 8
Hugh McGill 40
Hugh McGill 3
Isabella McGill 9
James McGill 12
Jessie McGill 6
Minnie McGill 39
Minnie McGill 4
William Smith 72
Ann Thompson 36
Agnes Wilson 20
Elizabeth Wilson 25

Source Citation: Parish: Glencairn; ED: 1; Line: 16; Year: 1881.

Her father's name is Hugh and one of her children is Hugh - could be worth investigating

Andrew

Andrew Report 27 Jun 2008 23:06

Thanks for that it's worth looking at, the only thing is her age doesn't match and it would make her 14 when she had her first child, I know thats not impossible. Another thing there is an Agnes living there which is the name of her eldest child I wonder if there could be a link there also.

Thanks for the info
Andrew