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Offline Neale1961

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Re: Illegitimate Children (Edinburgh 1860s)
« Reply #18 on: Sunday 02 January 22 14:06 GMT (UK) »
Mother’s name on death cert is probably an error. Information is only as good as the knowledge or memory of the informant.
See reply #12 and #14 for the correct Gillespie parents and Mary’s baptism.
Milligan - Jardine – Glencross – Dinwoodie - Brown: (Dumfriesshire & Kirkcudbrightshire)
Clark – Faulds – Cuthbertson – Bryson – Wilson: (Ayrshire & Renfrewshire)
Neale – Cater – Kinder - Harrison: (Warwickshire & Queensland)
Roberts - Spry: (Cornwall, Middlesex & Queensland)
Munster: (Schleswig-Holstein & Queensland) and Plate: (Braunschweig, Neubruck & Queensland & New York)

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Re: Illegitimate Children (Edinburgh 1860s)
« Reply #19 on: Sunday 02 January 22 14:34 GMT (UK) »
And James death just a few days later... :(

Neale's excellent point about the parents on the death cert being only as good as the informant's knowledge is particularly well demonstrated on his certificate  :-\

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Re: Illegitimate Children (Edinburgh 1860s)
« Reply #20 on: Sunday 02 January 22 15:16 GMT (UK) »
That’s a shame that William knew nothing about his Stevenson grandparents.
These are some possibilities to explore from the census

1841 James STEVENSON ?
https://www.freecen.org.uk/search_records/5a151f4ef4040b9d6e2bbcbc/james-stevenson-1841-midlothian-st-cuthbert-s-1816-?locale=en

1851 James STEVENSON ?
https://www.freecen.org.uk/search_records/5903daffe9379091b102c63d/james-stevenson-1851-midlothian-canongate-1814-?locale=en
Milligan - Jardine – Glencross – Dinwoodie - Brown: (Dumfriesshire & Kirkcudbrightshire)
Clark – Faulds – Cuthbertson – Bryson – Wilson: (Ayrshire & Renfrewshire)
Neale – Cater – Kinder - Harrison: (Warwickshire & Queensland)
Roberts - Spry: (Cornwall, Middlesex & Queensland)
Munster: (Schleswig-Holstein & Queensland) and Plate: (Braunschweig, Neubruck & Queensland & New York)

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Re: Illegitimate Children (Edinburgh 1860s)
« Reply #21 on: Sunday 02 January 22 15:25 GMT (UK) »
Church burial for Catherine (McBride) Gillespie
GILLESPIE   CATHERINE       MCBRAID / RICHARD GILLESPIE   
62   F   09/11/1848   
685/3    350 122   Canongate

And Possible church burial record for Richard
GILLESPIE   RICHARD   -----   
64   M   01/05/1847   
685/3    360 623   Canongate
Milligan - Jardine – Glencross – Dinwoodie - Brown: (Dumfriesshire & Kirkcudbrightshire)
Clark – Faulds – Cuthbertson – Bryson – Wilson: (Ayrshire & Renfrewshire)
Neale – Cater – Kinder - Harrison: (Warwickshire & Queensland)
Roberts - Spry: (Cornwall, Middlesex & Queensland)
Munster: (Schleswig-Holstein & Queensland) and Plate: (Braunschweig, Neubruck & Queensland & New York)
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