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Scotland to Donegal: finding Margaret Steen?
« on: Tuesday 18 July 17 19:28 BST (UK) »
Brothers William, John, & Andrew Robinson left Dunfanaghy, County Donegal, Ireland for Canada in the 1880s. On all of their death certificates, their mother was listed as Margaret Steen. John Robinson's death certificate has his mother born in Scotland. The other men have her born in Ireland. Margaret Steen Robinson died in Dunfanaghy in 1893 at 70 years old, so she would have been born ca. 1823. I know it's a long shot, but is there any chance of finding Margaret Steen's people in Scotland?

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Re: Scotland to Donegal: finding Margaret Steen?
« Reply #1 on: Tuesday 18 July 17 19:55 BST (UK) »
Just had a quick look on ScotlandsPeople website. There's an Old Parish Register entry 8 November 1829 for a Margaret Steen at Kirknewton & East Calder. Parents John Steen and Jenet Black.
KAY, CUTHILL, PATON, MCCALLUM, JAMIESON, CUTHBERTSON, WALLACE, HUNTER, ALLAN, POLLOCK (AYRSHIRE)
HILL, BARR (GLASGOW / AYRSHIRE)
JOHNSTON, RITCHIE, ELDER, GOLIGHER / GALLAGHER (LANARKSHIRE / LONDONDERRY)

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Re: Scotland to Donegal: finding Margaret Steen?
« Reply #2 on: Tuesday 18 July 17 20:27 BST (UK) »
Thanks Martha.

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Re: Scotland to Donegal: finding Margaret Steen?
« Reply #3 on: Tuesday 18 July 17 21:31 BST (UK) »
No trouble at all. Do you know the first name of Margaret's husband? Do you know if they married in Scotland or Ireland?
KAY, CUTHILL, PATON, MCCALLUM, JAMIESON, CUTHBERTSON, WALLACE, HUNTER, ALLAN, POLLOCK (AYRSHIRE)
HILL, BARR (GLASGOW / AYRSHIRE)
JOHNSTON, RITCHIE, ELDER, GOLIGHER / GALLAGHER (LANARKSHIRE / LONDONDERRY)


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Re: Scotland to Donegal: finding Margaret Steen?
« Reply #4 on: Tuesday 18 July 17 22:13 BST (UK) »
Husband was John Robinson. I checked at Scotland's People & didn't find anything. There's no Irish records online that go back far enough to check.

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Re: Scotland to Donegal: finding Margaret Steen?
« Reply #5 on: Tuesday 18 July 17 22:49 BST (UK) »
I've found what appears to be an OPR marriage record for the parents of the Margaret Steen born / baptised in 1829. It's on ScotlandsPeople:

John Stein and Janet Black 14/06/1829 Kirknewton & East Calder
John Stein and Janet Black 18/06/1829 Currie
KAY, CUTHILL, PATON, MCCALLUM, JAMIESON, CUTHBERTSON, WALLACE, HUNTER, ALLAN, POLLOCK (AYRSHIRE)
HILL, BARR (GLASGOW / AYRSHIRE)
JOHNSTON, RITCHIE, ELDER, GOLIGHER / GALLAGHER (LANARKSHIRE / LONDONDERRY)

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Re: Scotland to Donegal: finding Margaret Steen?
« Reply #6 on: Wednesday 19 July 17 00:20 BST (UK) »
Thanks again. Why would there be different dates & locations for the marriage?

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Re: Scotland to Donegal: finding Margaret Steen?
« Reply #7 on: Wednesday 19 July 17 00:36 BST (UK) »
I've come across this several times while researching my own family tree where the bride and groom lived in different parishes and the marriage was recorded in both.
KAY, CUTHILL, PATON, MCCALLUM, JAMIESON, CUTHBERTSON, WALLACE, HUNTER, ALLAN, POLLOCK (AYRSHIRE)
HILL, BARR (GLASGOW / AYRSHIRE)
JOHNSTON, RITCHIE, ELDER, GOLIGHER / GALLAGHER (LANARKSHIRE / LONDONDERRY)

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Re: Scotland to Donegal: finding Margaret Steen?
« Reply #8 on: Wednesday 19 July 17 01:23 BST (UK) »
I've had another wee look at the OPR births with the 'Stein' spelling instead of 'Steen' and it comes up with 9 Margaret Steins across Scotland from 1815 to 1830. Ages reported on death records aren't always very accurate so narrowing these results down may be difficult, especially when we only have 'Scotland' to go on rather than a county or town. It's a pity Margaret and John's marriage isn't turning up on ScotlandsPeople.
KAY, CUTHILL, PATON, MCCALLUM, JAMIESON, CUTHBERTSON, WALLACE, HUNTER, ALLAN, POLLOCK (AYRSHIRE)
HILL, BARR (GLASGOW / AYRSHIRE)
JOHNSTON, RITCHIE, ELDER, GOLIGHER / GALLAGHER (LANARKSHIRE / LONDONDERRY)