June 2005 RootsChat Challenge

[liverpool annie]

Good -  I was a little worried - imagining Jane Austen heroines marrying penniless Vicars etc.

Annie

[Boongie Pam]

To move along the Cornell line a little though it is tangential to the challenge.

1871 Tonbridge

Dryhill Park

Charles G Clapham   Head  32 Stock Exchange London Old Kent Rd, Surrey
Frances E Clapham   Wife 25  Weathersfield, Essex
Thomas V Cornell  Brother-in-law  20  Student at college Theology   Weathersfield, Essex
Ann Growns  Servant  21  Housemaid  Biddenden, Kent
Mary A Muckel  Servant  63  Cook Lambeth, Surrey

And 1861 Weathersfield

Summers Hall
            
Joseph Cornell  Head  48  Farmer of 800 acres emp 40 men & 20 boys   Weathersfield, Essex
Matilda Cornell  Wife 41  Stoke, Suffolk
            
Louisa M Cornell  Daughter  19  Weathersfield, Essex
Rose Cornell  Daughter  17  Weathersfield, Essex
Charlotte Cornell   Daughter   14  Weathersfield, Essex
King V Cornell   Son   11  Weathersfield, Essex
Thomas V Cornell   Son   10  Weathersfield, Essex
Joseph I L Cornell   Son   7  Weathersfield, Essex
Ellen Cornell   Son   2  Weathersfield, Essex
            
Sarah Davis   Servant   25    Shalford, Essex
Eliza Shipton   Servant   17    Pleshy, Essex


Pam
 

[Joanna Tolhurst]

Possible marriages in Scotland for George Robertson and Mary (considering Mary's age in 1861 started at 1818):

George Robertson  Mary Malcolm Leith South 17 Sept 1818
   "            "             Mary Margaret Hunter or Robertson Dumfries 27 Sept 1819
   "                "         Mary Douglas  Paisley Middle 9 March 1819
   "              "           Mary Douglas Greenock Old or West 9 March 1819
    "              "          mary Crichton  Redgarton  12 Dec 1819

Paisley looked promising and wasn't the Douglas name somewhere.

Mary Douglas chr. 28 Sept 1797 Paisley Middle parents Colin Douglas and Elizabeth Buchanan.

One of the visitors in 1861 was Janet Buchanan L Evering? born Glasgow.

Jo

[Joanna Tolhurst]

Colin Douglas marrried Elizabeth Buchanan 15 aug 1789 parish Abbey Paisley.
Can't find ref to any other children other than Mary.

Jo

[CatOne]

Hey we might find that Robertsons jam connection that was mentioned earlier!! The company was started by a James Robertson, b.1831, Paisley.....we've ended up back in Paisley on that line, u never know.....

[liverpool annie]

Can I ask a question? is this the second wife of Alexander Stachan Molison or is this his daughter ?

Name Mary J. MOLISON
Relationship Visitor
Condition U
Gender F
Age 40
Occupation Dividends
Birthplace Scotland
Address Eildon, Cheltenham, Gloucester

Annie

[liverpool annie]

Hold the phone... she's unmarried must be the daughter so she was an older bride???

Annie

[JAP]

Annie,

The first wife of Alexander Strachan MOLISON was Augusta Jane MARSHALL and the second wife was Sarah Ann SHORES.

What date is the census you are quoting?  Alexander had a daughter Mary Jean but she died as an infant.  He had a later daughter called Mary (1844) but she was Mary Marshall MOLISON (and is the one who married James ROBERTSON).

JAP

[MaryA]

Haven't we found this before? It definitely confirms that George was John's father.
On the IGI
John Robertson married Augusta Jane Molison 16 Mar 1858 Broadwater by Worthing, Sussex, England
Husband age at marriage: 23
Wife Age at marriage: 24
His father George
Her father Alexander Strachan Molison