Agnes Craig

[Calvin Wyatt]

Hi everybody, I've a bit of a conundrum. Ive been researching my 3rd great grandmother Agnes Craig.

She married Alexander Marshall in 1866 in Bridgeton and her parents are listed as James Craig and Janet Crawford. i can't find a birth record for Agnes.

 I found her death record which lists her as the wife of Alexander Marshall. She died aged 77 in 1924. Only issue is that her mothers nsme is listed as Agnes instead of Janet, i had thought maybe the name was wrong because everything else adds up.

I also found what seems like the right record for Agnes. she was 6 In 1851 and was the granddaughter of the head, Agnes Crawford so that seems to be right. the only other people on the census  were Margaret Crawford and Jane Crawford aged 16 and 23. so that doesnt work unless the name was wrong or Jane was used as a shortned version of Janet.

So i've got three different names, no birth certificate and I'm utterly stumped. if anybody has any idea of how to go about searching it up, I'd be so appreciative.

[CaroleW]

Welcome to Rootschat

Agnes was born around 1845 in Glasgow per the 1871

Jane is an alternative version of Janet.  Does Agnes Crawford have a daughter Janet on the 1841 census?

[Calvin Wyatt]

Theres no Janet but there is a Jane. i thoght that might have been an alternate name for Janet. What confuses me now is that on Agnes Craig's death certificate, it lists her mother as Agnes which is not the case.

[GR2]

The mother's name on the marriage certificate is more likely to be correct than the one on the death certificate. Agnes was there at the time to give the information. Parents' names can be wrong on death certificates because the informant is often a child, grandchild or other person who had never known the parent's parents. Try asking random people to give the Christian names and surnames of their grandparents and great grandparents - many wouldn't have a clue.

[Calvin Wyatt]

Yes thats what i had thought as her son signed the record and he wouldnt have known Janet. I believe ive found Janets death? theres an entry for a Janet Craig with just simply Crawford listed in the section regarding parents. she died of General Paralysis that she had suffered from for two years. the craig and the Crawford seem to add up and the lack of information could be due to the doctor that signed it not knowing? it says she is married but Ive found no such marriage record when searching Scotland's People Agnes' marriage certificate does indicate that her mother died before 1866 so that seems to fit. I'm just stumped with if there even was a marriage then to Agnes' father as on the 1851 census, Jane has kept her maiden name on the census and I havent found a marriage though, if this was the correct death certficate this would indicate she was married to Agnes's Father

[Calvin Wyatt]

Yes thats what i had thought as her son signed the record and he wouldnt have known Janet. I believe ive found Janets death? theres an entry for a Janet Craig with just simply Crawford listed in the section regarding parents. she died of General Paralysis that she had suffered from for two years. the craig and the Crawford seem to add up and the lack of information could be due to the doctor that signed it not knowing? it says she is married but Ive found no such marriage record when searching Scotland's People Agnes' marriage certificate does indicate that her mother died before 1866 so that seems to fit. I'm just stumped with if there even was a marriage then to Agnes' father as on the 1851 census, Jane has kept her maiden name on the census and I havent found a marriage though, if this was the correct death certficate this would indicate she was married to Agnes's Father

I forgot to add that Janet's death was registered at the City Poorhouse in Glasgow

[GordonFindlay]

Jane,  Janet, Jean  Jeanie were the same name effectively in Scotland.  Even as recently as 1970 my aunt Jane signed legal papers as Jean.

[GR2]

In the 1851 census for the parish of Gamrie in the north east of Scotland, the married women are recorded under their maiden names. You sometimes find that in 1851.

[Calvin Wyatt]

Jane,  Janet, Jean  Jeanie were the same name effectively in Scotland.  Even as recently as 1970 my aunt Jane signed legal papers as Jean.

Yes, very true. My grandmother's brithname is Jane and shes been called Jean all her life