Haggart Ancestry

[Rosinish]

Is it possible that Thomas had kids with 3 different women 

My head feels like a tin of Alphabetti Spaghetti 

Annie

[Annette7]

Is it possible that Thomas had kids with 3 different women 

My head feels like a tin of Alphabetti Spaghetti 

Annie

Don't think so, Annie!  I did check with certificates as I went along.   Think the wife shown as Margt. (who made her mark) when Thomas married the 2nd. time is definitely a clerical error and should read Isabella Gellatly and she appears as Isabella on childrens births as either Gellatly or Wood (her reputed fathers name).

Thomas definitely single in 1851 but had squeezed in 2 marriages by 1861!

Annette

[PawsAplenty77]

Thank you, all!!!  I'm glad I wasn't the only one with my head spinning! 

[andycand]

Hi

"2nd bit of confusion - Thomas Haggart did indeed marry 7/12/1857 (as a widower aged 43 & a Salmon Fisher) but certificate shows her to be Margt. (?) Gellatly.   All their childrens births show her as Isabel/Isabella so can only assume this was an error on behalf of the cleric at the time.   Her parents are shown as - wait for it - Reputed father Thomas Wood, Shoemaker  and Margaret Gellatly who were clearly unmarried.   So, was Allison Wood who married David Powrie 11/1/1853 Errol a sister or half-sister of Isabella?"

The 1851 census for Errol has the following at Cowgate, Errol

Alison Gallately   24 head
Isabel Gallately   22 sister

Andy

[Annette7]

Well found, Andy!   I hadn't actually looked for these 2 before their marriages.

Annette

[loobylooayr]

Hurrah! We got there....so William is lodging in 1891 with his Aunt Allison Powrie nee Wood /Gellatly  at Wyoming, Lambton West, Canada.

Looby

[Rosinish]

Think the wife shown as Margt. (who made her mark) when Thomas married the 2nd. time is definitely a clerical error and should read Isabella Gellatly and she appears as Isabella on childrens births as either Gellatly or Wood (her reputed fathers name).

Thomas definitely single in 1851 but had squeezed in 2 marriages by 1861!

Thanks Annette but I'm sure you will see why (with all those names) that I was wondering how many women there were 

Annie

[Annette7]

Just to continue the confusion in 1841 Alison and Isabella are shown as Wood apparently with their mother shown as Margaret Gellatly 35 and head of household being a John Gellatly 55 whom I'm guessing is possibly her own father.

Annette

[Rosinish]

Annette,

More or less solid confirmation to link those surnames/relationships   

Love these enigmas 

Annie