1841 Margaret Gourlay

[nort]

Hi
Could someone please do a lookup for Margaret Gourlay in 1841 she might be at Abbotshall or Dysart and would be about 12-15 yrs old.
cheers
nort

[nort]

Would someone be able to look for Margaret in the 1851 census at the same places when she would be about 22-25 yrs old
cheers
nort

[welch41]

Hi Nort,
There is no Margaret Gourley in the Dysart census 1851 of that age.I don't have the census for Abbotshall.
I am researching the Gourley name.My ancestors ended up in Dysart but came from Ceres.
Regards
Welch41

[nort]

Hi Welch 41
Many thanks for the lookup. Now I know Margaret is not in Dysart I think she will be in Abbotshall or Kirkcaldy where she lived after getting married.
thanks again
nort

[Apollo]

I know of a Margaret Donaldson, born around 1822 who married William Gourlay on 28 Feb 1847

[nort]

hi
Since I posted that query I have found Margaret Gourlay in the 1851 census at Kirkcaldy before she married later that year but there is no connection with a William that I can tell.
nort

[tommacgregor]

Hello Welch41,

I was browsing through the postings and noted your comment about researching the Gourlay's. If you are a researcher on RootsChat, then you will have seen my very many postings about various Fife families.

My Grandmother's third husband was Thomas Gourlay, a veteran of the Boer War. My Grandmother married him after her second husband was cut to pieces in No 2 Pit Bowhill, Auchterderran in Fife in September 1908 and reported in the Dunfermline Times.

My Grandmother, Margaret Gourlay, Maiden Name, Margaret Buchanan Forsyth, is buried with Old Tom at Bowhill Cemetery, Auchterderran, Fife.

Kind Regards,


Tom.

[NorrieG]

Hi Nort
1841 Census Abbotshall  shows a Margaret Gourlay 15

ABBOTSHALL   9 4   HIGH STREET LINKTOWN   GOURLAY   JAMES   47 FESTEN HLW   YES
ABBOTSHALL   9 4   HIGH STREET LINKTOWN   GOURLAY   HJANET   47      YES
ABBOTSHALL   9 4   HIGH STREET LINKTOWN   GOURLAY MARGARET   15 LINEN J  W        YES
ABBOTSHALL   9 4   HIGH STREET LINKTOWN   GOURLAY ELISABETH   13 LINEN J HLW   YES
ABBOTSHALL   9 4   HIGH STREET LINKTOWN   GOURLAY JANET      10      YES
ABBOTSHALL   9 5   HIGH STREET LINKTOWN   GOURLAY MAGDALENE   3      YES
ABBOTSHALL   9 5   HIGH STREET LINKTOWN   GOURLAY   JAMES   6      YES

Norrie Gordon

[NorrieG]

Hi Tom you said

My Grandmother, Margaret Gourlay, Maiden Name, Margaret Buchanan Forsyth, is buried with Old Tom at Bowhill Cemetery, Auchterderran, Fife.

I take it you have a photograph of the headstone in Bowhill
If not I can supply you with one

Norrie G