Margaret Peterkin

[carolcox]

Has anybody know anything about Margaret Peterkin born in Kirkwall on 13th July 1836.  I know that she married David Peden from Prestonpans but can find nothing for either of them.
Thanks
Carol

[AMBLY]

Hi Carol

Welcome to Rootschat  And Seasons Greetings !

When you say you can find nothing for either of them...what do you have of the following ( so we don't spend time looking for & typing out what you may have):
births/baptisms
parents names
census pre-marriage
marriage record (cert if it occurred 1855>)
census post-marriage
issue, names & dates
death
etc

A quick search looks like her parents:
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=fairweather&id=I4506


Cheers
AMBLY

[Gadget]

Hi and welcome to Rootschat 

There's a tree on Ancestry that suggests that she married a Joseph Shillinglaw on 28 August 1860 in St George, Edinburgh

This also shows on the IGI

Same parents as you've found, Ambly

Died 1908, Edinburgh

The  census information seems to support this information with Margaret b. Kirkwall circa 1836. In 1861, an 18 year old Elizabeth Peterkin is living with them


gnu

[Gadget]

There are possible marriages showing on the IGI for a David Peden

* to a Janet Taylor in Tranent, East Lothian on 18 April 1856
* to a Margaret Hogg in Tranent on 1  Nov 1850
* to a Janet Sharpe in in Tranent on 17 Oct 1853

Tranent is not far from Prestonpans. Could there have been some mix up with the information 


gnu

[Gadget]

I think that this  looks like the David Peden from Prestonpans - I don't see any others b. Prestonpans

1861
Morton Cottage, Tranent
722 12 73
David Peden, 40, Engine man employing 1 m, b. Prestonpans
Janet, w, 31, b. Aberlady, Haddingtonshire
Jane, d, 8
James, s, 4
Thos, s, 2
Children all born Tranent

Could you tell us where you found the information about Margaret marrying David, please? It seems to not be backed up by the other info that I've found   


gnu

[Gadget]

Ah - maybe this is where the confusion lies - a Margaret. I think that this is David Peden and maybe Margaret Hogg, (married 1850)

1851
Colliers Close, Tranent
David Peden, 32, engineer, b. Prestonpans
Margaret, w, 32, b. Dunbar
Margaret, d, 8 mths, b. Tranent
James Donaldson, nephew, 11, b. Tranent

It would seem that it's the same David as on the 1861 with Janet.
There's a burial of a Margaret Peden, Prestonpans, 15 Dec 1851.

gnu

[akc]

841: District: 4, Property No: 17 - Albert Street
1,John,Peterkin,,,M,30,Flax Dresser,Scotland
2,Jean,Peterkin,,,F,30,,Orkney
3,Margaret,Peterkin,,,F,5,,Orkney
4,Jean,Peterkin,,,F,3,,Orkney
5,Alexander,Peterkin,,,M,1,,Orkney
6,John,Ross,,,M,25,Cooper,Orkney

this is the family in kirkwall on the 1841 census in kirkwall folks

akc

[Gadget]

Forgot to give the 1861 last night - was getting a bit late:

1861 census

45 Dean Street, Edinburgh, SSt Cuthberts
685/1 96 9
Joseph Shillinglaw, 25, baker, b. edinburgh
Margaret, w, 23, b. Kirkwall
Jane, d, 4 mths, b. Edinburgh
Elizabeth Peterkin, visitor,18, b. Kirkwall

(indexed as Skillender!)

and 1851 for Elizabeth:

13 Market Street, Gamrie, Banff
155a 3 13
John Peterkin, 46, flax dresser, b. McDuff, Banff
Jane, w, 40, b. Orkney
Jane, d, 12
Alexander, s, 10
Elizabeth, d, 8
John, s, 2
Catherine, d, 3 mths, b. McDuff
Other children b. Orkney

gnu

[carolcox]

Thank you all for your replies.

You have push me in the direction of some descendants of Margaret Peterkin on her mothers side but I can find nothing on her father John Peterkin b 1805 in McDuff.  

Does anyone know of a site I could use that will give me the information I am seeking.  

Why can't people keep to the name they born with, it would make things sooo much easier.

Carol