Margaret Millar/Miller- Midlothian please help

[FAMTREENZ]

Hi

Hoping i can get some more help with this one, i would be so grateful!!! Looking for Margaret Millar, whose mother was Helen Millar she was born around 1827/1831 in the shire of Edinburgh. She was described as a servant, it is known that she had some education as her immigration form states that she could read in 1854 Margaret and her mother Helen emigrated to Tasmania on the Duchess of Northumberland.

In the papers they are described as
Miller, Helen 58, widow, Church of Scotland, Edinburgh, servant
Miller, Margaret 23,Church of Scotland, Edinburgh, servant

They travelled out as bounty immigrants and were sponsered by Mr George Cooper

The other name she used was Margaret Dick Miller. all other documents bearing her name spell it as Millar.

Any help to get us on the right family tree for our scottish roots would be really appreciated.

Michelle

[KirstyG]

Hi Michelle

With the information you have given I think the most likely candidate would be a Margaret Millar born Corstorphine, Midlothian in September 1831 to William Millar and Helen Cooper (married Corstophine 1829). There are 6 children born to this couple showing on the IGI.

http://www.familysearch.org/eng/search/frameset_search.asp

The 1841 census on Freecen has them living at West Craigs, Corstorphine.

http://freecen.rootsweb.com/cgi/search.pl

I would suggest searching Scotland's People and viewing the original entries if possible as they sometimes give more information such as parents names or parish of birth.

I hope this helps

Kirsty

[FAMTREENZ]

Hi Kristy,
 
Thank you,we thought so too, looking up on Scotlands people until someone provided this information;

1881 millburn offices ratho edinburgh
william millar 75 labourer born corstorphine edinburgh
helen millar 81 wife born cupar fife

So now we are a bit stumped, as Helen Millar is a widow and in Tasmania by 1854? any help guys would be gratefully appreciated. : )

Many thanks

Michelle

[Unė kthimi i papenduar]

There were living at 2 College Wynd, Old Greyfriars, Edinburgh in the year 1841,  one Helen Millar aged 45 and a Margret Millar aged 9, both born Midlothian.   Although there were Millar servants in the 1851 census they were not together, the Corstorphine one of course appears, but one Helen was born in Ireland and after years of family searching I know that there were just too many "Mill?rs".

[FAMTREENZ]

Sorry for the late reply... Thank you