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Research in Other Countries => United States of America => Topic started by: suzilad on Saturday 04 May 24 11:17 BST (UK)
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I have William born in Ayrshire in 1832 his first wife Elizabeth Watson died around 1862 and in 1870
William married Margaret Walker in Dunoon Arygllshire he was aged 37 and she was 22
I believe they emigrated to America not long afterwards trying to find where and when he died.
suzilad
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Have you found them on any USA census
https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1417683
https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1325221
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Hi,
No I haven't found them on any census in America or Scotland but I do have Margaret's
marriage in 1898 in Laurence Mass. she married Ernest Freer.
As there is no death for any other of the family in Scotland this led me to believe they had gone
together to America.
suzilad
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Could these be William & Margaret's children born in Scotland?
William, b. 20 Aug 1871 Strathblane, Stirlingshire, Scotland https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FQT4-TPP
Margaret Ross Newman b. 7 Jan. 1873, Kilsyth, Stirlingshire, Scotland https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FQ4H-XY3
If so, there is a family tree for the younger William that has him dying in Vermont in 1958. https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/GJ2B-2D2 I don't know if that's accurate, but Vermont is near Massachusetts.
This family tree has the Margaret who married Frederick Ernest Freer as the daughter Margaret and the marriage in 1898 in Vermont. https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LV69-PC4
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Thank you yes these are the two children from William's second marriage to Margaret Walker in 1870.
suzilad
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The 1958 death certificate for the younger William lists him (and his father) as William Newman Barnes. His mother is listed as Margaret Walker, and the birthdate is 20 Aug. 1871, so those fit. Not sure why they became Barnes?
The younger William's petition for naturalization also says William Newman Barnes with the same birthdate and place as the birth record from above. It says he came from Dunham, Canada to the US via railway on 15 Mar. 1901.
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The younger William's obituary is here - https://www.newspapers.com/article/st-albans-daily-messenger-obituary-for/146585354/ It says he also had a brother Jack Dwight of Los Angeles, California.
There was also a mention in 1945 of the death his brother Alfred Dwight Barnes in Portland, Maine and it mentioned the brother Jack in California. https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-burlington-free-press/146585441/
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A Feb. 1918 newspaper from Connecticut mentioned Mrs. Frederick Freer of Cromwell going to Lawrence, Massachusetts for her father's funeral. https://www.newspapers.com/article/hartford-courant/146586671/ I couldn't find a death there for William Newman or William Barnes.
Margaret Freer's obit is here, and it mentions brother William N. Barnes - https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-burlington-free-press/146586614/
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I have no idea where the Barnes comes from William's mother's name was Barton Margaret's was Forsyth .His first wife was Watson and her mother Aird.
I only have the two children for William and Margaret maybe they emigrated to Canada and then had more .
Thank you for this information'
suzilad
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IGNORE MY REPLY BELOW - SEE REPLY FROM SHELLYESQ
Do you have the right Margaret Walker?
Opening post says she married William Newman in 1870 aged 22 - birthyear approx 1848
Margaret is then said to have married Ernest Freer in 1898 when she would have been approx 50yrs old
The 1935 death notice refers - see this 1920 US census entry
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCN7-J9Z
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The Margaret who married Frederick Ernest Freet in 1898 was the daughter of the original Margaret & William.
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Thanks Shelly - I should have continued reading🙄🙄
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When they married in 1870 William was aged 37 and Margaret 22 .I thought perhaps he had died and Margaret had remarried a Barnes but I could find nothing on Scotland's People no death for either or any births for Jack or Albert Barnes
Thank you both for your input much appreciated .
suzilad