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United States of America / Re: Help with Scottish immigrant brick wall - Scottish miners
« on: Friday 21 April 17 16:46 BST (UK)  »
Quote from: RJ137 on Friday 21 April 17 16:14 BST (UK)
The sister Margaret Fraser mentioned in the obit died in 1933.

https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2M8-D6WW

There is a tree for her on family Search. It gives her full DOB , but also mentions she got married in Alloa, Clackmannan, Scotland in 1887.

https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:1:M7RT-4TL

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I don't have access to Scottish records, but this is what I'm seeing. In the 1881 census Robert (no POB listed -b.1871 ), James(b.1868), Euphemia(b.1867) and Helen (b.1839) are living in Alloa, Clackmannan, Scotland.

Top of page: http://www.rootschat.com/links/01jyz/

Also living in Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland in 1881 census are Janet, Helen, Susan & William Sneddon.

Bottom of result page: http://www.rootschat.com/links/01jz0/

Thank you  - yes, it was the 1881 census that first led me to the link with the Sneddon family, and shows the combined families living under one roof.

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United States of America / Re: Help with Scottish immigrant brick wall - Scottish miners
« on: Friday 21 April 17 15:35 BST (UK)  »
Quote from: RJ137 on Friday 21 April 17 15:23 BST (UK)
1920 census: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJSN-7WF

Annie Death 1933 : https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N343-6H2

1940 census: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KWTN-5S2

Sister Janet death 1951 : https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2M4-VHBC

William J's death 1959 : https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV9N-NWSM

William J's obit. (Siblings are mentioned). Far right column : http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1959/06/11/page/50
Thank you - interesting as confirms the Pennsylvania link for the Sneddon family. Need to link in the Shorts now.

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United States of America / Re: Help with Scottish immigrant brick wall - Scottish miners
« on: Friday 21 April 17 14:48 BST (UK)  »
Thank you, Sandra

No - nothing has come up on census records (via Ancestry at least).

A.

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United States of America / Help with Scottish immigrant brick wall - Scottish miners
« on: Friday 21 April 17 11:48 BST (UK)  »
Hi...

I'm hoping someone may be able to help with where/when in USA some of my ancestors were born (and died!).

Robert Short, my great-grandfather, according to all records (marriage, death etc) was born in USA in 1871. That is all I have!

His father John Short (1839-1908) and mother Euphemia (née Blyth 1840-?1875) emigrated from Scotland in 1870 along with their children Euphemia (1866-?) and James (1867-?). Robert (my g.grandfather) and his brother John (1874-1941) were born in US. John Short had worked as a miner in Scotland, so my theory is that they emigrated to become part of the growing mining industry in the US.

By 1875, the family was back in Scotland - John Short had married a widow, Helen Harrower (widow of William Sneddon 1838-?1875), that year in Dunipace, Scotland. Interestingly, she has a son from her first marriage also born in the US - William James Sneddon, born approx 1873.

I have found a record of a William Sneddon, with a father William Sneddon and mother Ellen Sneddon, with a baptism 19 Sep 1872, Fall Brook, Tioga, Pennsylvania - First Presbyterian Church. This was a mining community, so could be a link, but I'm not sure - could be a red herring. William J Sneddon is in the scottish census records until 1901. I believe he may then have returned to the US, marrying Annie B Beren (1869-1933) in Chicago in 1933.

I have this grand theory that the Sneddon family and the Short family must have somehow met in the US (or the voyage home at least) and the families combined following the presumed deaths of Euphemia (Blyth) Short and William Sneddon.

I have not found any records to show what happened to Euphemia (Blyth) Short (I assume she died before 1875 in US - possibly in childbirth in 1874???) - or William Sneddon Snr.
I have not found any records of my g.grandfather's birth - or his brother. Were the births necessarily formally recorded in immigrant communities?

Any ideas or suggestions of how to search for this?

many thanks

Angus

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Gloucestershire / Re: Charlotte BENNETT, Bristol - help tracing ancestors
« on: Tuesday 02 June 15 14:54 BST (UK)  »
Thank you very much, Sue!

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Gloucestershire / Re: Charlotte BENNETT, Bristol - help tracing ancestors
« on: Sunday 31 May 15 21:41 BST (UK)  »
Thank you so much, Victor!

Could I ask you how you accessed the BRO record? I looked at their website, and there didn't seem to be anything more than a general search facility?

thanks

Angus

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Gloucestershire / Charlotte BENNETT, Bristol - help tracing ancestors
« on: Sunday 31 May 15 14:14 BST (UK)  »
I am looking to find out more about Charlotte Bennett. She was my Great-g-g-g grandmother and is one of my direct maternal ancestors - I am considering doing a mitochondrial DNA test which should link directly to her and to her female forebears. However, I can't seem to get further back than her baptismal record that names her parents.

Charlotte Bennett: baptised at Temple Church, Bristol 01 Aug 1813. Father: Isaac Bennet; Mother: Elizabeth. She later married George Isaacs in Bedminster on 10 Nov 1831 and they had 15 children(!).

I have traced the christening records of potential siblings by searching using Isaac and Elizabeth as parents (William, baptised 15 Jan 1804; another Charlotte baptised 24 Dec 1809 that I assume died in infancy for the name to be reused; George, baptised 13 Oct 1811) - all baptised at Temple Church.

However, I can't find any further mention of her parents in census records or elsewhere. I have read that Temple Church was severely damaged in the WWII bombings, so I assume a lot of the records have been destroyed, which may a reason.

Can anyone suggest any avenues to try? I'm particularly interested in tracing her mother's side.

many thanks

Angus

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Kincardineshire / Re: James HENDERSON of Johnshaven - first wife?
« on: Wednesday 20 May 15 20:26 BST (UK)  »
Wow!! Thank you so much for the brilliant detective work, Monica! I think you've cracked it!

many thanks

Angus

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Kincardineshire / James HENDERSON of Johnshaven - first wife?
« on: Wednesday 20 May 15 18:25 BST (UK)  »
In researching my great great great grandfather, James Henderson (b 08-05-1817 Johnshaven, d 1902 Grangemouth), I have come across the record  (on ScotlandsPeople) of his marriage to Isabella Todd Wood (b 1838 Stonehaven, d 1919 Grangemouth). They married on 22 June 1858. On the record, it is noted that he was a widower, but I can't find any record of his first wife.

I've tried the usual places (Ancestry, Findmypast etc) and my best guess is that it may be Agnes Coutts who married a James Henderson on 16 Oct 1836 in Feteresso - but this is just a guess, as I can't be sure that it's the right James Henderson.

For him to be a widower, there would have to be a record of her death somewhere, but no luck there either.

Any suggestions?

many thanks

Angus

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