are online newspapers available for Scotland?

[cnerys]

Thank you very much for your help William, all snippets are fascinating to me and it confirms by address that they are my family. everyone is so helpful here 
Best wishes
Nerys

[tidybooks]

Hi Nerys,

Was intrigued by the Thomas Mc*inl*y, and his first wife, Catherine Purvis, they were married in Selkirk, in 1889, names registered, Thomas McGinely and Catherine Purvis.
Thomas was born about 1861 in Penpoint, Dumfriesshire, and Catherine in Whitburn, Berwickshire?(could be Whitsome rather than Whitburn)

Tom

[Rosinish]

Glad to have been a help 

It is possible that the marriage will hold the clue to the move to Scotland.........Thomas' occupation ? It's possible that Hannah just wanted to be near her sis Martha if both parent's were deceased ?

Annie

[cnerys]

Hi Annie,
I have just looked on SP for the marriage and it definitely is the correct one for me as it notes Martha's parents who weren't deceased at the time. Thomas is noted as a Riding Master either on Martha's death cert and coachman on their marriage, I can't remember which. My curiosity began when Hannah was mentioned in her father's will along with one of her brothers in N Wales but nobody else so it's been a puzzle why Martha wasn't. I'll have to check through the census to find her as to when she actually went to Scotland. thanks again.
Nerys

[Millmoor]

Ancestry seems to have transcribed Thomas as McGinley and McGenly in the censuses. You might have to search for McGinleys in the 1911 census on SP to locate them.(Suggest you search in Morningside for Merchston Mews address) Catherines place of  birth is likely to be Winsome, Berwickshire. There is a birth 21 Sep 1965 of Catherine Purvis with in Winsome and Hilton, Berwickshire with parents Alexander Purvis and Jessie Scott.

Thomas's occupation in 1891 and 1901 is given as coachman. Perhaps it was through this that he met Martha.

William

[carlineric]

Have had a look at the West Lothian Family History Society's Burial CDs (transcription of the burial registers). The family had three lairs D115, D116 and D117.

D115
Hannah Williams residence Edinburgh; date of interment 21 April 1911

D116
Catherine McGinley age 29; residence Biinny [Ecclesmachan]; Date of death 8 March 1895; date of interment 12 March 1895; cause of death puerperal anemia and septicemia [childbirth?]

William Purves McKinley age 30; residence Blackford Avenue, Edinburgh; date of death 18 October 1920; date of internment 21 October 1920

D117
Thomas McKinnely age 74; residence 24 Abercrombie Place, Edinburgh; date of death 25 March 1935; date of internment 28 March 1935

Martha Williams/McKinlay age 73; residence 6 Merchiston Mews, Edinburgh; date of death 28 September 1932; date of internment 1 October 1932

Eric

[cnerys]

We thought there were a lot of burials under the headstone!!! Thank you so much for your information Eric. The burials seem to be easier to find in Scotland than they are in Wales. I can't find where Hannah and Martha's brother John Williams is buried in Wales but I'm really pleased to have found where his sisters are. I think Catherine gave birth to twins before her death.
Best wishes
Nerys

[cnerys]

William,
I found the family on the 1911 on SP with the spelling McKinley though Martha is down as Mattie and Hannah is nanna!! The thing that has now intrigued me is that Martha stated that she and Thomas had been married 22 years and had 4 children, when she was married in 1896. Was this a common thing to do?
Nerys

[purplekat]

Hi Nerys

In answer to your last question my g grandfather wrote he had been married to his second wife for 9 years and that she had had three children when in fact my grandmother aged 7 and her brother aged 8 were the children of his first wife who died when they were toddlers.  He had a son with his second wife after they had married.  The only reason I could come up with for doing this was that they were worried it would look like the two oldest children were illegitimate if they put in the correct amount of years they were married.  I wonder how many other people did this.