searching for parents of William Broomfield+Agnes Melrose

[Al Maloney]

they were married on Nov 14, 1839 in Hutton,Berwick, Scotland

I'm also missing William Broomfield+Agnes Melrose birth dates and deaths.

here is a list of there children

Margaret Broomfield  Born 1841   Hutton,Berwick,Scotland
Elizabeth Broomfield  Born 1843   Hutton,Berwick,Scotland
Darling Broomfield-Walker Born Jan 1847  Hutton,Berwick,Scotland
William Broomfield Born Aug 02, 1855  Bunkle And Preston,Berwick,Scotland
David Broomfield Born Apr 29, 1857 Swinton And Simprin,Berwick,Scotland

[MonicaL]

Hi Al

Not sure whether you have looked at the censuses for some background on William and Agnes. These look like the most obvious entries:

1851:

William Broomfield 41, Drystone Dike Bailder, b. Eccles
Agnes Broomfield 34, b. Coldstream, Berwshire
Adam Broomfield 11, b. Hutton, Berwshire
James Broomfield 1, b .Hutton, Berwshire
Broomfield under 1 Month, b. Chirnside, Berwshire

Town: Chirside, Chirnshire, Berwickshire

1861:

William Broomfield 52, Drystone Dyker
Agnes Broomfield 44
Margaret Broomfield 19
James Broomfield 11
John Broomfield 8, b. Chirnside, Berwickshire
William Broomfield 5, b. Bunkle, Berwickshire

Address: Old Ladykirk, Ladykirk

If William and Agnes died in Scotland, their death certificates should include full parents' details, including mothers' names, if known to the informant. All BMDs are available to view on line at www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk, pay to view but very reasonable. The birth entry that you have for William son shows in 1855, the first year of official reg. in Scotland. It should include, for that year only, where parents were born, ages, date and place of marriage, how many children they'd had (boy/girl, alive/deceased). Would certainly be worthwhile you looking at to confirm some background on them.

Monica 

[MonicaL]

From your information on Excel's post www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,256725.0.html, I see that Darling Broomfield is your line. This looks to be her in 1851:

Robert Darling 48, mason, b. Chirnside, Berw Shire
Margaret Darling 38, b. Coldstream, Berw Shire *
Darling Broomfield 4, niece b. Hutton
Jane Darling 37, Pauper Nearly Blind, b. Chirnside, Berw Shire

* I wonder given the birth place for wife Margaret Darling she could be a sister perhaps to Agnes Melrose?

Darling in 1861:

Francis Melrose 33, ploughman b. Hutton
Margaret Melrose 30, b. Coldingham, Berwickshire
John Melrose 1, b. Hutton
Infant  4 days , b. Hutton
Darling Broomfield 14, visitor, , b. Hutton

Address: Meadow House Mains, Hutton

Monica

Added: Perhaps this entry, actual extract from the OPRs:

ROBERT DARLING and MARGARET MELROSE    
Marriage: 21 JUL 1837 Chirnside, Berwick, Scotland

[ev]

had a look at this earlier monica

you could be right -

http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=mpress&id=I1390

ev

[dex]

Hi Al

Notice that the third child in your post had the surname hyphenated with WALKER. Had a look at IGI and found the following:

William BROOMFIELD, christened 19 Dec 1812 Kelso, Roxburgh.
Father. David BROOMFIELD
Mother. Anne WALKER

This may be the origin of the WALKER surname as mentioned above. The birthplace of William mentioned in the previous reply is shown as Eccles in the census. This is very close to Kelso so gives another link.

IGI also has an Agnes MELROSE, b.01 November 1816 at Coldstream, Berwick
Father. John MELROSE
Mother, Margaret MARSHALL

Birthplace is correct as per census details and following Scottish naming patterns the first daughter of William and Agnes was Margaret which would be the same as g.mothers.

Regards

Dex
 

[Al Maloney]

Thank you so much for your help Monica. Are the scotland censuses online anywhere?

Darling Broomfield Walker is my Great Great Grandmother.


This is a photo of David+Darling Broomfield Walker with there children David,Agnes,Jane,Robina,William. The photo was take by Macnair in Abbotsford Villa Galashiels
(a short time before they left for the USA)

[MonicaL]

Dex, that IGI entry could well connect with this 1851 census entry for daughter Elizabeth that Al showed born in 1843:

John Melrose    62, farm steward, Whitsome, Berwick
Margt Melrose    68, b. Whitsome, Berwick
Robert Melrose 32, b. Coldstream
Fransis Melrose 23, b. Hutton... Likely the Francis that Darling was with in 1861
Margt Purves 11, granddaughter b. Hutton
Elisabeth Purves 10, granddaughter b. Hutton
Elisabeth Broomfield 8, granddaughter b. Hutton
Agnes Melrose 20, niece, b. Edrom

Address: Sunwick, Hutton

Monica

[MonicaL]

Great photo Al 

Scottish censuses are available on line either through Scotlands People on the link above. These are the original images. They are also available as transcripts only on subs at Ancestry.

Monica

[MonicaL]

Ev, that link to Worldconnect does seem to be the right one for the family don't you think 

There is a possible entry on the censuses for William Broomfield's father which I've been looking at. Be back with that one!