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Title: SOMERVILLE
Post by: hilarykellis on Saturday 27 January 18 22:43 GMT (UK)
I'm trying to find out more about my SOMERVILLE family from Lanarkshire.

My ancestor Duncan SOMERVILLE was baptised 30 Dec 1821 in New Lanark, Lanarkshire to William Sommerville/Somerville and Emilia/Emily Stewart.

Duncan married Catherine MORRISON on 24 Aug 1839 in South Knapdale, Argyllshire, and was there in 1841 as a labourer. He moved with Catherine to Ontario, Canada by 1843.

It looks like Duncan had siblings about whom I know nothing:
William Sommervile 1811–
Isabella Somerville 1813–
John Somerville 1815–
James Sommervile 1817–
Thomas Somerville 1819–

I found his parents' 1810 marriage in Lanark (his mother is called Emily Stuart) but I can't find a death record for Emily/Emilia or for William, nor can I find them in the census records. I also am having trouble narrowing down the identities of Duncan's siblings - seems like there were a ton of Somervilles in the area.

Any help is really appreciated!

EDIT: I should note there's a potential baptism in some online trees for William in 1790 to Robert SOMERVILLE and Mary MATHISON, but I am skeptical because no children were named Robert or Mary.
Title: Re: SOMERVILLE
Post by: themonkeymonkey on Sunday 28 January 18 16:29 GMT (UK)
Isabella married John Hastie and died on 11 May 1891 at Fiddlers Bridge, Carluke.  William Hastie her son was witness.  Looks like they had 9 children together.
Title: Re: SOMERVILLE
Post by: hilarykellis on Sunday 28 January 18 17:04 GMT (UK)
Quote from: themonkeymonkey on Sunday 28 January 18 16:29 GMT (UK)
Isabella married John Hastie and died on 11 May 1891 at Fiddlers Bridge, Carluke.  William Hastie her son was witness.  Looks like they had 9 children together.

Thank you, where did you find this!
Title: Re: SOMERVILLE
Post by: themonkeymonkey on Sunday 28 January 18 17:07 GMT (UK)
scotlandspeople  :)
Title: Re: SOMERVILLE
Post by: robmic68 on Sunday 28 January 18 17:42 GMT (UK)
I wonder if Walter Lang owned the factory where great-great grandmother Mary Jane Lavery worked? 160 acres was quite a spread in Dumbarton in the 1880s, no? Plus the fact that Lang was already 56yo by then and she was 25yo.
Title: Re: SOMERVILLE
Post by: themonkeymonkey on Sunday 28 January 18 18:34 GMT (UK)
William Sommerville senior was a cotton mill worker.
Title: Re: SOMERVILLE
Post by: hilarykellis on Sunday 28 January 18 19:29 GMT (UK)
Quote from: themonkeymonkey on Sunday 28 January 18 18:34 GMT (UK)
William Sommerville senior was a cotton mill worker.

Thanks again! Did you find this on one of the kids’ baptism certs? I can’t find him in the census or his burial
Title: Re: SOMERVILLE
Post by: themonkeymonkey on Sunday 28 January 18 20:18 GMT (UK)
Its on Isabella death notice, i can't seem to find the rest of the family but still trawling.
Isabella children were (not sure if dates are right yet):
Robert Stewart Hastie 1843–1902
Jane Hastie 1844–
William Hastie 1846–
Amelia Hastie 1848–1881
Isabella Hastie 1852–
William Hastie 1852–1931
Isabella Somerville Hastie 1854–1931
Mary Hastie 1854–1925
Alexander Hastie 1856–1933