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snootycat
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HELP! Butler family in Edinburgh 1881!
« on: Thursday 21 May 09 21:54 UTC (UK) »
I am really stuck on my family records for this part of the family.

I am looking at

Margaret T Butler birth either 1838 or 42!
In 1871 census she is described as the head, so no husband listed, I assume he must be dead, or run away, but I cant find a wedding record or them in any 1861 census, in either England or Scotland.
In fact I find it very difficult to find many records of this family at all, other than what I have below!

Margaret T..born in Gorbals Lanarkshire residing in 1871 in dollar Clackmannanshire ...aged 33

Children

Maggie B Butler born 1859
Thomas B Butler 1860 or 59 died 1921
James P Butler 1861
James Butler 1862...did the first one die? For several of these children the names are repeated, so maybe they are just inexact about when they were born in census records, I suspect thats the case. Perhaps she just got confused!  Undecided.

William R Butler 1864 /5 William B Butler 1864!

Harry W Butler 1866/7

Augustus A Butler. aged 3 in 1871.
That would indicate her mystery husband would have died or absconded around  1867 ish

I cant find death certificates for any of them, I cant find Margaret Ts marriage, I cant find any christening etc or birth certificates or indeed anything to say who her mysterious husband was or who their parents were......

In 1881 she is residing in Edinburgh St Cuthberts Midlothian
but in 1891 she seems to be down in Chelsea London listed as 53. After that I lose all track of her again.
It would be really helpful if I could find out about her marriage, parents or whatever for those missing ten years when she is having all those children, I am finding it much harder to find things in the Scottish records than the English ones re birth marriages and deaths etc.  So at the moment its a frustrating dead end.

Any help gratefully appreciated.

Pam
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MonicaLesl
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Re: HELP! Butler family in Edinburgh 1881!
« Reply #1 on: Thursday 21 May 09 22:27 UTC (UK) »
Hi Pam

Just putting a link to your other post to avoid duplication of effort by RCs  Smiley

www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,383081.0.html

Monica
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Gillies: pre-1850 Knoydart, Inverness-shire /post 1850s Fort William area - Argyll.
Tully, Tulley, Moran, Murphy: Lanarkshire.
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