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Title: Thomas Meredith born in Kirkcudbright Scotland 1841,mother Janet Milligan
Post by: jenale on Thursday 24 March 11 09:12 GMT (UK)
Hi

We are looking for relatives of Thomas Meredith born in Scotland 1941 or James Meredith born in Liverpool 1850,both brothers came to Samoa and married twice and had 26 children between them..my husband is from Samoa and we believe Thomas Meredith to be his Great,Great Grandfather..any info would be great thanks
Title: Re: Thomas Meredith born in Kirkcudbright Scotland 1841,mother Janet Milligan
Post by: MonicaL on Thursday 24 March 11 09:22 GMT (UK)
Hi Jenale

Welcome to RootsChat  :)

I am just adding for background the previous post by another RC member (that you have already seen) on the Meredith family so that searches are not needlessly repeated www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,418804.0.html

Monica  :)
Title: Re: Thomas Meredith born in Kirkcudbright Scotland 1841,mother Janet Milligan
Post by: jenale on Thursday 24 March 11 09:43 GMT (UK)
Hi Monica

Thanks for the welcome,ok thats great  :)
Title: Re: Thomas Meredith born in Kirkcudbright Scotland 1841,mother Janet Milligan
Post by: jenale on Thursday 24 March 11 10:01 GMT (UK)
Just noticed my mistake Thomas Meredith born 1841 not 1941 oops
Title: Re: Thomas Meredith born in Kirkcudbright Scotland 1841,mother Janet Milligan
Post by: MonicaL on Thursday 24 March 11 10:01 GMT (UK)
In summary of where I think we got to on the other post, we had

Thomas Snr and Jame Milligan's marriage in 1840 Liverpool
Thomas and Janet in 1841 census in Liverpool
Thomas in 1851 in Everton, Lancs. and Janet in 1851, with Janet visiting her father in Kirkcudbright
Thomas and Janet in 1871, likely entry in Liverpool

The gaps from the last post were:

Confirmation of Thomas and Janet's fathers' names from their 1840 marriage to let you work back in confidence, although likely family for Janet Milligan already working back from that 1851 census entry and possible Old Parish Register entries.

Any trace of Thomas Jnr.'s birth or christening entry in the Old Parish Registers, likely in Kircudbrightshire.

1861 census for the family including any further details on Thomas Jnr and William, apart from the likely 1851 census entry we had back in Kircudbrightshire.

Monica
Title: Re: Thomas Meredith born in Kirkcudbright Scotland 1841,mother Janet Milligan
Post by: MonicaL on Thursday 24 March 11 10:06 GMT (UK)
There are three possible baptisims showing here in Liverpool/Everton www.lan-opc.org.uk/Search/indexp.html:

Isabella 1843
Mary 1849
David 1850

Just press the 'click' link to search by Meredith, father Thomas and mother Janet.

Monica
Title: Re: Thomas Meredith born in Kirkcudbright Scotland 1841,mother Janet Milligan
Post by: MonicaL on Thursday 24 March 11 10:13 GMT (UK)
Although Thomas Jnr.'s birth didn't show on IGI, it does show on the new pilot LDS site http://search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#p=home:

Thomas Meredith b. 22 Aug 1841 in Kircudbright to Thomas and Janet (Milligan)

Monica  :)
Title: Re: Thomas Meredith born in Kirkcudbright Scotland 1841,mother Janet Milligan
Post by: MonicaL on Thursday 24 March 11 10:20 GMT (UK)
From here http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=gordonberry&id=I57888 - Thomas Jnr's first marriage in Samoa showing as 1865.

Monica