Looking for Margaret Purdy Lamont

[ozstock]

My great uncle, William Lamont, 1891-1916, was born in Lisburn and died in WW1. He married Sarah Purdy, b 1892, in Lisburn on 27 June 1914. Their daughter Margaret Purdy Lamont was born in 1915 also in Lisburn. After William died, Sarah remarried on 30 December 1920 to John McKeavney and they had a son John in 1921. It appears William's family had no further contact with Sarah or her daughter after William died and I can find no record of what happened to them. Would anyone out there have any information that might help me? I am in Australia so I am limited as to the records I can search.
Thanks in advance.
Angela

[glensman]

One possibility for the Lamont family in the 1911 census:

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Antrim/Lisburn/Gregg/200210/

[glensman]

And this might be them in 1901:

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Antrim/Lisburn/Canal_Street/999775/

[glensman]

Familysearch has the marriage of a Letitia Lamont:

https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FYFV-RM4

and you can see on:

 https://geni.nidirect.gov.uk/

that a Letitia Lamont married Joseph Smith on 10 July 1920 registered in Lisburn.  £2 to see the full record.

[ozstock]

Thankyou Glensman. Yes, those census documents are for William's parents. I have details of his family but can find no trace of his wife and daughter after he died and she remarried.

[ozstock]

Letitia was William's sister and my great aunt.

[scotmum]

Bear in mind Margaret would have been a toddler when her father died, so possibly grew up with the surname of her step-father.

Do you have access at all to FindMyPast Electoral Rolls? By coincidence or otherwise, there is one return in recent years (up to 2013) for a McKeavney in Lisburn with Purdy as middle name. It is for a chap who was aged 65+ at the time. I won't post name here, as he may be living, but if you can access the record, it has an address and may be worth a 'log-shot' contact to ask if they are aware of any link to the family you are researching.

Edit:
Just googled the address and noticed the property was sold and is currently advertised for rent, suggesting the chap is no longer there.

[glensman]

https://geni.nidirect.gov.uk/  has the marriage of a Margaret Lamont to Robert Shirlow on 25 December 1935 registered in Lisburn.

That seems to fit well but to see the full record you need to buy some credits and spend £2 worth of them.  Might of course be someone else entirely.  Or perhaps this is one of the records you already have.

[ozstock]

Thank you scotmum. I have a FindMyPast membership but I cannot seem to get into the electoral rolls. Perhaps I have the wrong membership. Is there any way you can a pass that information on to me privately. I am not sure what the rules are regarding that. Thank for your help anyway. I will keep trying.
*through google I just found his name. This has to be more than just a coincidence.

Glensman, that marriage is my grandparents'. Margaret was also William's sister. Thanks for trying.

Angela