Mary Macdonald born Morpeth 1885

[ansteynomad]

Mary Macdonald's birth was registered in the June quarter of 1885 in Morpeth with mother's maiden name Dymond (10b 393). Ancestry is giving me no hints whatsoever about her and I cannot find her in the members' trees either. Nor can I find a marriage for her parents in England Wales or Scotland.

I don't think she is actually the Mary Macdonald we are looking for, but without any more information I can't rule her out at this point.

Can anyone with more local knowledge fill in the gaps please? Thank you

Edited to correct date in heading

[AlanBoyd]

Is the birth 1855 (title of post) or 1885 (text of post)?

[AlanBoyd]

OK, found it –1885

[JenB]

Mary Macdonald's birth was registered in the June quarter of 1885 in Morpeth

Bear in mind that this was a very large Registration District - the birth need not necessarily have been in Morpeth itself https://www.ukbmd.org.uk/reg/districts/morpeth.html

[ansteynomad]

That's why I was hoping for some local knowledge as I cannot find her on a census, can't find a marriage or a death.

I'm a reasonably experienced researcher, so I think it is probably her not me, but i do need to rule her out.

[Comberton]

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:H3KL-3W2?lang=en
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:H3K2-83Z?lang=en

FamilySearch has these as separate entries. There are Morpeth births for the children as MacDonald/McDonald with various mmn's. Diamond, Dimont, Dymont, Dymond

[Comberton]

Transcription of baptism in 1878 Morpeth
Henricus McDonald, parents Joannis & Maria Dymond McDonald

[JenB]

Marriage, Morpeth RD 4th q 1872, 10b, 567
John Macdonald + on the same page Mary Diamond

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP4Z-J865?lang=en

[ansteynomad]

Brilliant. Thanks. That's why it didn't come up when I tried the Dymond spelling in FreeBMD