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Lanarkshire / Re: William WALKER Old Monkland about 1805-1831?
« on: Thursday 29 January 15 13:29 GMT (UK)  »
Someone on this site provided me the marriage information of Margaret Duff and Hugh Martin (1831) and also that Margaret Duff's parents were Jean (Jane?) Thompson and James Duff M 11 Nov 1803 by Dr. William Taylor in Glasgow. I do not have any other information on them and do not have a baptism for Margaret Walker.

William Walker is the mystery for me and I suppose it is possible they never married. I found a baptism listing yesterday for a William Walker 1806 in Stonehouse, but have no documentation.

Really just going by what is on Margaret Walker Martin Kennedy's death certificate says of father and mother.  My mother says that no one in the family ever talked about William Walker and do not have any pics or info. I have pictures of Margaret and James Kennedy.

I want to make a trip over to go to the Mitchell Library but not sure when that will happen  :-[

Thank you annep for replying

-Heather

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Lanarkshire / William WALKER Old Monkland about 1805-1831?
« on: Wednesday 28 January 15 21:54 GMT (UK)  »
Hi everyone and happy searching to us all!

I started a search a while back and received some great information from a member of this site on one part of my William Walker and Margaret Walker (Duff) mystery.

Here is all I know with certainty:
William Walker married Margaret Duff who in 1831 gave birth to Margaret Walker (Martin Kennedy)

It appears William either died or for some reason left, as Margaret Duff remarried to a Hugh Martin about 1832 and this is shown on the 1841 Census.

William and Margaret are listed on a US death certificate for Margaret Martin Walker Kennedy (Daughter of William and Margaret) my ggg grandmother. Margaret immigrated to the US in 1868 with her husband and 8 children.

I believe that William may have worked in the iron works (Calderbank) and lived in Old Monkland/Airdrie/Stonehouse Lanark area but not certain.

Any help with William Walker (Born about 1805 and died about 1831) would be greatly appreciated. Census records, birth, baptism...others searching etc  :D

Thank you!!

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Lanarkshire / Re: Kennedy Walker 1851 Old Monkland
« on: Friday 04 May 12 17:46 BST (UK)  »
Sancti,

Thank you so so much I really appreciate it this is very helpful and very enlightening. Never thought about possible remarry but always wondered why we had her listed as Margaret Martin Walker Kennedy.  All makes sense now. Again thank you!

-Heather

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Lanarkshire / Re: Kennedy Walker 1851 Old Monkland
« on: Thursday 03 May 12 19:36 BST (UK)  »
Monica,

Yes it was Margaret Walker Kennedy's death record from the US.

Do you think it is unlikely to find records prior to 1800? I noticed on one post that someone noted that birth and death records were not always recorded in Scotland early on. 

-Heather

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Lanarkshire / Re: Kennedy Walker 1851 Old Monkland
« on: Thursday 03 May 12 18:37 BST (UK)  »
Thank you Monica!

The parish map is a great help!  :) My goal is to try and get to at least the 1700's haha But it is apparent that during the times names were used and reused and similar to many others in those days.  I did learn through a death record the my great great grandmothers parents were William Walker and Margaret Duff. Genealogy is both fun and frustrating at the same time  ;D ???

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Lanarkshire / Re: Kennedy Walker 1851 Old Monkland
« on: Thursday 03 May 12 17:44 BST (UK)  »
Thank you already for your help I appreciate it. I can look up the records in Ancestry.com but no image and not much additional information. The 1861 census I pull up says
Registration district:    Dalziel
Civil parish:    Dalziel

Is Dalziel the same as Motherwell? I am still confused by the county, parish city differences.

Thanks again for the assistance!

-Heather

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Lanarkshire / Kennedy Walker 1851 Old Monkland
« on: Thursday 03 May 12 17:07 BST (UK)  »
Hi My name is Heather King and I am searching for information on my great great grandparents, hoping for some pictures of the area at that time or current and possibly more information such as their parents or Margaret Martin Walker birth record.

Here is what I know:

Margaret Martin Walker Kennedy Born Nov 1831 in Glasgow Scotland
James Kennedy Born in Ireland Dec 1824
Married 19 May 1850 Parish of Old Monkland County of Lanark

Record states James was a puddler at Calderbanks Works (would love a picture of that)

They had 9 children prior to leaving for America in 1868 on the Acadia (Arcadia)
James Jr 1852-1863
Jane 1854-1932
Margaret Martin 1856-1910
Mary Boyd 1859- 1929
Agnes Walker 1861-1932
Martha Kennedy 1863-1933
Hugh Martin 1864-1865
William Walker 1866-1926
James S 1868-1926

Settled in Wheeling West Virginia US then had:
Anna Virginia 1870-1951
Laura May 1873-1875

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