Help from Australia!!! (Very Specific William Wardrop)

[majm]

oops, I probably ought to add that 20 August to 10 Sept 1872 ... too short for a letter to have arrived via post as the mail came by steam ships. 



JM

[Anthony Wardrop]

I think the one of the marks is half sister so that might explain double up

[Anthony Wardrop]

Sorry "Mary" half sister

[Forfarian]

If William was married twice his death certificate ought to tell you the names of both of his wives.

[Christine53]

scotlandspeople also has the Inventory of what must be William Wardrop's estate :

Wardrop William  22/11/1872 residing in Dunoon , son of David Wardrop , Merchant in Glasgow
Edinburgh Sheriff Court Inventories.

Available for £2.50 I believe ?

Now known to be incorrect 

[MonicaL]

Unusual to see a reference to William's father's name in a document of this type and given his age at death.

Monica

[Anthony Wardrop]

I found him on Scotspeople.uk bought a few credits can't understand the writing tried to post it here attachment 232kb but it says i have gone over limit.1872 it looks like june 22nd  has the right address 22 Melville street Glasgow and correct occupation as Chemist and parents Walter and Margaret.

[Forfarian]

Unusual to see a reference to William's father's name in a document of this type and given his age at death.

Indeed. Also odd that someone residing in Dunoon and whose father was in Glasgow should have their inventory recorded in Edinburgh Sheriff Court.

Also the father's name is at variance with the death certificate which says he was Walter, not David.

I wonder if this is another William Wardrop, a young unmarried man, who died outside Scotland?

[Forfarian]

Anthony has sent me the death certificate. William was indeed married twice, but the informant did not know the name of the other wife, only Mary Hamilton. Father Walter Wardrop, mother Margaret Aitken. Informant Mary Malcolm, niece-in-law, signed with an 'x'.

Now going into the realms of speculation.

If Mary was Walter's niece-in-law, then Mary's husband must have been Walter's nephew. So his mother must have been a Wardrop.

There is a family born to James Malcolm and Ann Wardrop: Janet, 1811; Ann 1815; Alexander, 1820; Christian, 1824; Jean, 1826; Margaret, 1828.