Margaret Whiteside

[robertalan]

I am searching for the ancestry of Margaret Whiteside who was born about 1812. She married JOhn Cochrane in 1831 and they settled in Helensburgh in Dunbartonshire. Their daughter Margaret, born in 1834 is my great grandmother. Margaret Cochrane married Robert Stewart and they eventually settled near Greymouth in NZ.

[MonicaL]

Hi Robertalan
 
Have you found the family in the Scottish censuses to help you narrow down everyone's birth places?

If Margaret and husband John died in Scotland after 1855, their death registrations should include their parents' names (if known to the informant) to help you work back to the next generation.

Monica

[MonicaL]

Margaret mother died in the 1840s? Is this the family in 1851? The children born in Glasgow:

John Cochrane 44 Mason & Builder-not Employing Any Men At Present, b. Row Dumbartonshire
Mary A Cochrane 19
Jessie Cochrane 18
Margaret Cochrane 16
Jane W Cochrane 14
John P Cochrane 11
Ann P Cochrane 5

Address: 28 Cook St, Glasgow/Gorbals

Monica

[MonicaL]

Robert, I am sure you have these details but just adding here to add a little more background. Is this the family in 1841 with Margaret mother showing as born in Lanarkshire?

www.freecen.org.uk/search_records/5a14e668f4040b9d6eed2c8e/jessie-cochrane-1841-lanarkshire-barony-1834-?locale=en

Monica

[MonicaL]

...Their daughter Margaret, born in 1834 is my great grandmother. Margaret Cochrane married Robert Stewart and they eventually settled near Greymouth in NZ.

Did Margaret come back to Scotland? Just wondering about this entry in 1901:

Mary A Cochran 69 Living on own means b. Glasgow
Margaret Stewart 66 Sister Living on own means b. Glasgow

Address: 70 West Clyde St, Helensborough, Row Dunbartonshire

Monica

Added: The middle initial of daughter Mary's name was Arrol. Might connect with important family surname. The other middle name surname which is showing looks to be Peter.

[MonicaL]

Margaret Whiteside died on 23 March 1850. Death notice in the Glasgow Herald on 25 March 1850 https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=GGgVawPscysC&dat=18500325&printsec=frontpage&hl=en

Monica

[robertalan]

Margaret Stewart (Cochrane) did return to Scotland around 1900 without her husband's consent. Robert Stewart also returned to Scotland about the same time but travelled separately as far as I am aware. They both returned to NZ. Where did you find the 1901 entry Monica?

[MonicaL]

I found it on the 1901 census transcript on Ancestry. Original image will be on www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk

Monica

[Neale1961]

Birth / baptism record on Scotlands People
JOHN COCHRAN
Parents: PETER COCHRAN  /   JANET ARROL FR742 (FR742)
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05/12/1805
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Dumbarton