Ellwood / Candlish

[andycand]

Hi

Moderators will probably remove the information from the 1911 census as it is not allowed on Rootschat but I had seen it. I think that whoever was the informant for the death registration and the burial simply made a mistake with her age. Unfortunately the only way to be certain is to purchase the death certificate

Andy

[sistera]

I'm so glad your around to to reasure me as it's hard to believe that someone could get a 10yr difference wrong,you'd think some family members would pick up on it ,thankyou & now back to the drawing board.

[sistera]

Hey there,
 Recieved a doc 1861 scotland cen on Margaret Candlish 8yrs brn: abt 1853, burgh kt, kirkcudbright                    willam candlish:60  fath or grandad
m; sarah 48
william 13
alexander 11
janet 9
margaret 8
james 6
isabella 3
address mill burn street.
 Is burgh a suburb of kirkcud
 it seems this's my margaret margaret Mcandlish/ellwood
 

[andycand]

Hi

The family were also living in Mill Burn St, Kirkcudbright in 1851 so I suspect that burgh kt is a poor transcription of Burn St but you would need to see the original to be sure.

It could be your Margaret but you should check her fathers name and occupation on her marriage certificate to see if it matches.

This is possibly Margaret in the 1871 England Census at 80 Price St Birkenhead

RG10; Piece: 3745; Folio: 101; Page: 43

James Lambert 35 unmarried General Practitioner M.D. Glasgow born Cheshire
Mary H Gilleally 56 married House Keeper born Scotland
Margaret Candlish 17 unmarried Domestic Servant born Scotland
Charles Mickle 15 scholar born Liverpool, Lancashire

Birkenhead is just across the River Mersey from Liverpool.

Andy

[sistera]

thanks Andy i dont have 1871 cens on her but will def chk it out, Cheers

[sistera]

I looked up Kirkcudbright it was first recorded with Royal Burgh status as far back as 1455 and has an ancient crest.

[sistera]

gooday there, Tell me is there any other way of finding Margarets father without purchasing a birth cert from scotland as I really dont think this 60 yr william is her father i've tried family search

[andycand]

Hi

Civil Registration did not commence until 1855 so there won't be a birth certificate. I'm not sure why you don't think William is the father but the youngest children on the 1861 census, James born 1855 and Isabella 1858 were born after Civil Registration and are on Familysearch with parents named as William Candlish & Sarah Houston.

Familysearch for Scotland prior to 1855 are mainly baptisms and marriages for the Church of Scotland, the lack of entries for children of William would suggest they were not Church of Scotland. Most other churches are not online.

The 1841 census has William Candlish at what looks like the same address as 1851 & 1861. Also in the household are 3 Candlish children, John 11, Henrietta 6, and Catherine 3, and a servant Sarah Houston. I'm guessing that William was previously married and his wife died, he then subsequently married his servant Sarah Houston.

You really need to get the Robert Ellwood/Margaret McCandlish marriage certificate as this should give you her fathers name and occupation before you go much further.

Andy

[sistera]

Thanks so much Andy,I'll look for that 1841  census also found a marriage index:
jan-feb-mar 1874
Robert Ellwood- Margaret McCandlish
Liverpool -Lancashire