NELSON/NEILSON & MURPHY RUTHERGLEN SCOTLAND

[Daniel Ryan]

OK Louise, Denise is my wife's niece, lovely girl. What do you know about the Nelson,Attwood,Mcgregor & Semple ancestry? You still haven't said if you are in the UK. My son is in the UK with his family - more relations of yours I suppose. Regards Dan Ryan

[paul_mc]

Hi All

I feel like I am going crazy as I have spent a month on this brick wall and can not get past it.

Can someone please cast an expert eye over it if they have the time.

I've posted once before about this and didn't get any Joy but hopefully someone now will be able to help.

Here's what I have

John Nelson married Catherine Murphy at the catholic chapel in Rutherglen on the 20th of May 1865. He was 22 and she was 21. They were both living at 8 Westmuir Place, Rutherglen

His parents were listed as Thomas Neilson (spelling error?) and Mary Mc ? (I cant read the surname) - From his death cert in 1901 (Cambuslang) they are confirmed to be Thomas Nelson and Mary McCowie.

Her parents are listed on the marriage as Bernard Murphy and Catherine Murphy ms Murphy. On her death cert (11 aug 1912 Hamilton Poorhouse) her parents are listed as John Murphy and Mary Mathieson. (Both deceased) When I check her known brothers and sisters birth and death the parents are John Murphy and Mary Mathieson - So why the blatant mistake on the marriage?Or were names just not really that important back then as they are now.

I can not find a marriage or death for Thomas Nelson and/or Mary McCowie.

I cant find anything on John Murphy or Mary Mathieson - I have a note scribbled about a wedding in 1849 in Rutherglen but nothing to back this up -

Please help!!

Thanks in advance

Paul

[Forfarian]

For the avoidance of duplication of effort, the previous thread is -

Threads merged.

[paul_mc]

Hi Forfarian

Thanks for merging - There's been no work done on this so far so actually it was a new post.

Paul

[Forfarian]

Hi Forfarian

Thanks for merging - There's been no work done on this so far so actually it was a new post.

Paul

Oh, I didn't do the merging - I am not a Moderator so I don't have the facilities to do so.

[paul_mc]

Will anyone actually see my new post do you know  ?

[Forfarian]

Everyone who ever saw your original post will be notified, and everyone who looks at the Lanarkshire forum will see it.

There are two reasons for not starting new threads with the same questions.

First, RootsChatters are helpful but all volunteers, and it's a bit vexing when you've spent a while looking for a particular answer only to find that other people have already done the same things in response to an earlier thread.

Second, if you start a new thread then people who would have been notified of an addition to the original thread won't be, and they may not see it.