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Herefordshire Lookup Requests / Re: 1891 & 1901 - Miranda Saxty & Father
« on: Thursday 26 July 07 15:55 BST (UK) »
Hello Gerry/Rebecca ?
I have to do this from memory as my family tree notes from research i did 20 years ago have been lost (hopefully they will turn up) ....
Richard Saxty and Amelia (Millie) Puxton were my great-great grandparents. Richard was definitely one of John Saxty's sons, born in Bathwick c1810 - his mum was Leah Whittaker who was John's 2 or 3rd wife ! It is distinctly possible that John was responsible for most of the Saxty's living today - his wives all had children and I'm pretty sure he didn't set much store in his marriage vows !
Richard & Millie moved to Edinburgh in 1849 and lived at No 2 The Mound (just below & to the left of Edinburgh Castle as you look at it from Princes Street). That building is now a hall of residence for Edinburgh Uni. They had four sons - Walter, Richard, Frank & Henry but Millie died from cancer in her early 50's. Richard was a butcher with premises in the city's infamous Rose Street. As you know, he remarried - to Sophia Burgundy, a native of Guadalope, who was a servant girl living in Edinburgh (Frederick Street I think). Richard's sons did not take to stepmum & the family split up with a great deal of acrimony.
Richard & Sophia moved to a tenement flat in Edina Street. Walter also became a butcher, and Frank ran off to England where he became an engineer. My great grandfather Richard died at a very young age as did his son George (my grandfather), and as did his son Richard (my dad). And I'm another Richard ...
I don't know what happened to Sophia - after Richard's death, she moved to England and I believe she died in a home in the early 20th. I never managed to pin down any records on her.
Many years ago there was a photograph of Richard & Sophia which was definitely seen by one of my aunts and also a distant cousin. They were positive it was destroyed - (what a great shame) - because of the upset that marriage had caused in the Saxty family in the last quarter of the 19th century.
Two of Richard's sons (Walter & Richard) married sisters called Taylor and they lived at 369 High Street (the Royal Mile) just opposite St Giles Cathedral. Sarah Taylor was my great grand-mother and I do have a picture of her with her two children (my dad & his sister). More will come back to me I'm sure - but Henry and Richard are two names which run through John's line rather often ... Hope this is of some use to you both ....
I have to do this from memory as my family tree notes from research i did 20 years ago have been lost (hopefully they will turn up) ....
Richard Saxty and Amelia (Millie) Puxton were my great-great grandparents. Richard was definitely one of John Saxty's sons, born in Bathwick c1810 - his mum was Leah Whittaker who was John's 2 or 3rd wife ! It is distinctly possible that John was responsible for most of the Saxty's living today - his wives all had children and I'm pretty sure he didn't set much store in his marriage vows !
Richard & Millie moved to Edinburgh in 1849 and lived at No 2 The Mound (just below & to the left of Edinburgh Castle as you look at it from Princes Street). That building is now a hall of residence for Edinburgh Uni. They had four sons - Walter, Richard, Frank & Henry but Millie died from cancer in her early 50's. Richard was a butcher with premises in the city's infamous Rose Street. As you know, he remarried - to Sophia Burgundy, a native of Guadalope, who was a servant girl living in Edinburgh (Frederick Street I think). Richard's sons did not take to stepmum & the family split up with a great deal of acrimony.
Richard & Sophia moved to a tenement flat in Edina Street. Walter also became a butcher, and Frank ran off to England where he became an engineer. My great grandfather Richard died at a very young age as did his son George (my grandfather), and as did his son Richard (my dad). And I'm another Richard ...
I don't know what happened to Sophia - after Richard's death, she moved to England and I believe she died in a home in the early 20th. I never managed to pin down any records on her.
Many years ago there was a photograph of Richard & Sophia which was definitely seen by one of my aunts and also a distant cousin. They were positive it was destroyed - (what a great shame) - because of the upset that marriage had caused in the Saxty family in the last quarter of the 19th century.
Two of Richard's sons (Walter & Richard) married sisters called Taylor and they lived at 369 High Street (the Royal Mile) just opposite St Giles Cathedral. Sarah Taylor was my great grand-mother and I do have a picture of her with her two children (my dad & his sister). More will come back to me I'm sure - but Henry and Richard are two names which run through John's line rather often ... Hope this is of some use to you both ....