Hi I wonder if there is anyone researching the Murdies from Shoreswood or someone that can help me out as I think I`ve got myself totally confused with this family.
The Murdie family is my Mother in Laws family. I hit a brick wall with last year and now when Im looking at it I`ve found it might have gone full circle
My husbands Great Grandfather John Murdie was born to Ann Murdie a single mother in 1854 in Shoreswood, Northumberland
On the 1861 census aged 7 John Murdie was living with his uncle John Murdie and his wife Barbara in Shoreswood, Northumberland together with his cousins John, Andrew, Elizabeth and Ann.
On the 1871 census John Murdie aged 16 was now staying with his other uncle Peter Murdie and his wife Elizabeth in Widdrington together with 2 of his cousins Jane and Andrew.
On both the 1861 and 1871 census Johns mother Ann is working as a servant so she must have had John taken care of by both of her brothers while she worked.
I couldnt find him on the 1881. In 1883 John marries an Elizabeth Patterson. In 1891 John and Elizabeth are living in Bothal Demesne, Northumberland with 5 of their children Henry, George, Eliza, John and Ann.
In 1901 John and Elizabeth are now living in Ashington Northumberland with another 3 sons William, Robert and Peter. They then have another 2 children Sydney and Charles. John dies 1911.
That part was pretty straight forward but its the maternal side that I have the problem with
William Murdie my husbands grandfather marries his grandmother Margaret Ann Coombs in 1914.
Margaret Ann Coombs parents were Charles Coombs and Elizabeth Dodds. They married in 1891
Elizabeth Dodds Parents were Joseph Dodds and an Elizabeth. The only marriage that I could find was to an Elizabeth Pattison in 1866 in Morpeth however there was also a Jane Hardy, Thomas Milburn, and William T Robinson on the wedding index so now Im not sure.
I then had a problem with where Elizabeth was born as on some census it was transcribed as Stobscross which is in Hexham Northumberland so I was on ages looking for an Elizabeth Pattison from Stobscross Hexham.
So now looking at it after all this time I`ve found that Stob cross is the name of a farm in Shoreswood Norham. I still didnt find anyone on the census by the name of Pattison. Elizabeth would have been born about 1843. However what is really wierd is when I put in an Elizabeth born 1843 in Stob cross its bringing up a census on both family search and ancestry for an Elizabeth Murdy born 1843 parents names Peter Murdie and Elizabeth and she appears on the 1851 and 1861 census with Peter and Elizabeth but the Peter Murdie is the same uncle to my husbands great grandfather John.
I was thinking of maybe ordering a birth certificate for either Elizabeth Dodds or one of her siblings to find the mothers maiden name but would like to avoid it if I can as these brick walls are costing a fortune
I wondered if someone could help with this little mystery
Regards
Susan
