June 2005 RootsChat Challenge

[Paul E]

I've posted a pdf file showing Allan and Charlotte's known ancestors on the Summaries thread at http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=62822.15
Rambler

Sarah - that's brilliant!  I'm absolutely staggered at the weight of information and material here.  Talk about the power of collective effort.

I've just returned from a weekend away and am looking forward to looking at the latest submissons!

cheers

Paul

[Burrow Digger]

I love the PDF page   

Interesting how 77 pages of genealogy can be cut down to 1 page  

BD

[Joanna Tolhurst]

I'd missed the census data giving our Augusta Marshall's birthplace and birthdate as Stepney c1813.  Makes it unlikely that she would be a sister of the Joseph Edward Marshall that had a daughter Augusta Jane chr. in 1829, the year our Augusta married.  Joseph's siblings were chr. between 1805 and 1826 all at Elm.
Jo

[Manchester Rambler]

Some odds and ends about Charlotte Muir's siblings - mainly from user-submitted IGI records:

Mary Barron Muir m. James Reginald Roberts in Liverpool on 29 Sep 1896.  A daughter with the curious name Neula Muir Roberts was born in Liverpool on 20 Jun 1901, and died 5 days later.

Thomas King Muir m. Nellie Cochrane on 24 Sep 1891.  He died on 29 Feb 1932 in Texas City, Galveston, Texas.  Charlotte also died in Texas - was she visiting her family?

James Ernest Wilkinson Muir m. Rita Matilda Cobby in Quilmes, Buenos Aires, Argentina on 11 Dec 1893.  (Rita was born in Argentina.)  Children: Irene Rita Muir, b. Liverpool, 13 Nov 1894 and James Lester Muir, b. Glasgow, 27 Aug 1897.  James Lester was a 2nd Lieutenant in the Royal Fusiliers, and died on 11 Aug 1916.

Reginald Luckock Muir we have already mentioned: he married Jane Ellen Blackett Jennings in Newcastle-upon-Tyne on 29 Jul 1892.  

Gertrude Emmeline Muir died unmarried on 25 Oct 1960.

Rambler

[MaryA]

An amazing family tree you have put together there Sarah, almost makes it easy to sort them out.

Mary

[Manchester Rambler]

With only a few days of June left, I'm trying to think how best to round off the Challenge.

I think some folk are still following up various ideas, but for those who don't know where to go next, how about concentrating on...

1.  Allan himself

How about another look at those US censuses (posted on Summaries thread http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,62822.0.html as well as this one) to decide whether any of them is our Allan?  On all 3 censuses he has a (?)second wife - can we find a possible marriage record?

Can anyone find Allan in a trades/street directory?

2.  Allan's brother Claude

Claude disappears after 1891 - we haven't found a death record, but he doesn't seem to be on the 1901 census.  I've run out of inspiration here, so any bright ideas would be welcome!

3.  William Maule Molison

There's a good chance his middle name may be his mother or grandmother's maiden name.  Can anyone find a likely-looking Molison-Maule marriage pre-1780, probably in Kincardine?

Any other suggestions welcome....

Good hunting!

Rambler

[MaryA]

Does this help in any way?  Extracted record on the IGI
John Maule married Anne Molison 5th January 1856 Farnell, Angus, Scotland

Batch M112864

Also extracted
John Maule married Ann Molison 11th January 1856 Brechin, Angus, Scotland

Batch M112751

I know those dates aren't what we are looking for, but the names match!

I like these too:
User submitteds
Alexander Strachan married Christian Maule about 1348 Panmure, Angus, Scotland
Agnes Maule married Strachan about 1543 Panmure, Angus, Scotland
Janet Maule married James Strachan about 1544 Panmure, Angus, Scotland
Elizabeth Maule married James Strachan about 1589 Panmure, Angus, Scotland
Barbara Maule married James Strachan about 1600 Panmure, Angus, Scotland (father Patrick Maule mother Margaret Erskine)
 


Sorry, cannot find a Maule/Molison marriage of the right date  nor a birth entry for William with parents named.

[Joanna Tolhurst]

So far we know that William Maule Molison's son ASM was born c 1803, in 1803 William joined the Forfar and kincardine Volunteers (info from Michael), he then joined the 71st Highland Light Infantry (did we have a date of 1808) where he became a Lieutenant. In 1813 he married Margaret Davidson.  I've written down from the info we had from Michael that William's father was James but we have nothing else on that.
None of William and Margaret's children were called William: Robert was called after Margaret's father, James after Margaret's brother or William's father?, Christian after Margaret's mother, Saltoun after ??, Margaret after her mother and Catherine maybe after Margaret's older sister.  Was there a William brother of Alexander born earlier?
Jo

[liverpool annie]

I have hunted all month for Claude - this is the closest I can get and it seems so blah and futile -  all I can think of is -  Plymouth is a seaport - who Lily is -  I can't fathom - !! I don't even know if CC is male or female....!

1901  Plymouth Devon

Elizabeth Jordan 184 South Tawton, Devon, England Head Plymouth Devon
Thomas M Jordan 1872 Plymouth, Devon, England Son Plymouth  Devon
Agnes Madder  1838 South Tawton, Devon, England Sister Plymouth  Devon
C C Robertson  1866 London, Middlesex, England Boarder Plymouth  Devon
Lily C Robertson 1878 Plymouth, Devon, England Boarder Plymouth  Devon


Annie