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Midlothian / Re: Murray/Stenhouse
« on: Tuesday 27 May 14 12:11 BST (UK)  »
Hello again,
Sorry, the birth entry for Margaret Stenhouse nee Murray had to be reduced in size so I have cropped to just her entry for September 1823.
Regards, Natalie

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Midlothian / Re: Murray/Stenhouse
« on: Monday 26 May 14 14:34 BST (UK)  »
Hello
I have attached photo's of James Stenhouse and Margaret Murray.  Also a copy of Margaret Stenhouse (nee Murray) birth certificate showing her birth as 1823 to William Murray and Janet Douall.
Their marriage document of 1858 shows James as 22 years old and Margaret as 28 years.  This is obviously not correct as Margaret would actually have been 34/35 years old.  Obviously she was quite a bit older than James.  This seems to be reflected in her death certificate which I have just received which shows her dying in Marrackville, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia in 1921 aged 95.  James died in 1927 aged 87 so this confirms the age difference. 
Their marriage document shows William as being deceased.  Does anyone know when he died?  Or where he was born or married.  I have been unable to find William and Janet's marriage at all.
Margaret and James are my 3 x Great Great Grandparents.

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Midlothian / Re: Murray/Stenhouse
« on: Thursday 02 February 12 06:51 GMT (UK)  »
Hello Mell,
Thanks for getting back to me so quickly. Are you researching the Stenhouse line or the Murray line?  regards, Natalie

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Midlothian / Re: Murray/Stenhouse
« on: Wednesday 01 February 12 12:01 GMT (UK)  »
Hello,
My Name is Natalie and I live in New Zealand. I've been doing an internet search on James & Margaret(nee Murray) Stenhouse and I came across your posting.
Margaret and James came to New Zealand on the "Strathfieldsaye"  which sailed 25 Jan 1858 from Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland. They arrived on  29 Apr 1858 "Strathfieldsaye", Port Chalmers, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.  I will try to attached some documents for you.  They were one of my sets of my great great grandparents on my mothers side.  They had 4 children, three boys Robert, William and James Junior and a girl (Jessie who died aged 3 months.  In the 1882 Return of NZ Freeholders of Land he is listed as have land worth 160 pounds in St Kilda, which is a suburb of Dunedin.  He was listed with an occupation of Inspector. This is a very nice suburb of Dunedin and very close to the sea. He also stood for the St Kilda Borough Council and was elected in 1888. He was the mayor of St Kilda for some time. For some reason in late 1800's the family packed up and went to Australia.  James junior stayed behind and he was a well known hotel proprietor on the West Coast and Otago.  I have some other information and photo's of james and Margaret which I can hunt down if you are interested.  Regards,

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