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Title: George Mitchell family of Dundee * Completed *
Post by: conseiller on Saturday 12 March 11 10:53 GMT (UK)
I am trying to locate some ancestors - George Mitchelll and his wife Elizabeth Wallace.
They were married at Dundee on 20 Dec 1867.
The marriage certificate states his parents were-  Alexander Mitchell and Jane Hay and her Parents were George Wallace and Agnes Wilkie.
I believe they had a large family , unfortunately I can only find a few of the names of the children  and nothing else -
the few children that I have found and believe are theirs  are - George Wallace Mitchell (b 1868), James Stratton Mitchell (b 1870),
Alexander Kay Mitchell (b 1872), Agnes Mitchell (b 1880), and Faraday Wallace Mitchell (B 1883).
Any help would be appreciated.  Regards - Luc.
Title: Re: George Mitchell family of Dundee
Post by: ev on Saturday 12 March 11 11:37 GMT (UK)
hi Luc  :)

others with those parents names on the IGI familysearch(up to 1875)

mitchell - no christian name born 1st dec. 1869 dundee angus(died young ?)

charles noyes mitchell born 31st jan. 1874 dundee angus

ev
Title: Re: George Mitchell family of Dundee
Post by: ev on Saturday 12 March 11 11:46 GMT (UK)
was george a butcher ?
if so he may also have children -
elizabeth mitchell born c1876 dundee
william mitchell born c1878 dundee

ev
Title: Re: George Mitchell family of Dundee
Post by: conseiller on Saturday 12 March 11 12:27 GMT (UK)
Hi EV,

Thanks that great - yes George Mitchell was a Butchers Assistant  according to his marriage certificate

His daughter Agnes married my Great Uncle  - but I have been banging my head against the wall  trying to find out more about George and his children - so your  help really is appreciated- thanks again - Luc.
Title: Re: George Mitchell family of Dundee
Post by: conseiller on Saturday 12 March 11 13:27 GMT (UK)
Hi EV,

Where did you find the info about George being a butcher by trade and about Elizabeth and William, I have just looked at the igi and did not find it there -?

I believe one of the Mitchell daughters married a man called Macready - who later had a daughter called Agnes Mitchell Macready according to an old post card my mother had.

Regards- Luc.
Title: Re: George Mitchell family of Dundee
Post by: ev on Saturday 12 March 11 13:45 GMT (UK)
1881 census 223 hilltown dundee
george c mitchell 36 butcher born forfar
elizabeth mitchell 32 b. forfar
george mitchell 12 b. dundee forfar
james mitchell 10  b. dundee
alexr. mitchell 8 b. dundee
charles mitchell 7 b. dundee
elizabeth mitchell 5 b. dundee
wm. mitchell 3 b. dundee
agnes mitchell 1 b. dundee

not sure if george and elizabeth are born forfar the town or if it just indicates
forfarshire  :-\
births and marriages are only up to about 1875 on the IGI

ev
Title: Re: George Mitchell family of Dundee
Post by: conseiller on Saturday 12 March 11 14:22 GMT (UK)
Thanks Ev,

That is a great help - so know hopefully some other traces of the children will appear - just wondered if  freebmd also does scotland - ill go and check the internet- thanks again Ev.
Regards- Luc.
Title: Re: George Mitchell family of Dundee
Post by: conseiller on Wednesday 16 March 11 18:10 GMT (UK)
 
Found some information on George Wallace Mitchell the eldest son and little bits about most of the other children except for-

Charles Noyes Mitchel,  born c1874 Dundee,
Elizabeth Mitchell,  born c1878 Dundee,
William Mitchell,  born c1876 Dundee,
Agnes Wilkie Mitchell, born c1879 Dundee,
and Faraday Wallace Mitchell, born c1883 Dundee,

So any help regarding this children would be a huge help
Regards -Luc
Title: Re: George Mitchell family of Dundee
Post by: weemanswife on Thursday 17 March 11 14:42 GMT (UK)
Hi

Found a birth on SP for Charles Noyes Mitchell b.223 Hilltown, Dundee Father George Mitchell and Mother Margaret Wallace born 31 Jan 1874 in the Dist. St. Andrew in the Burgh of Dundee. 

weemanswife

Title: Re: George Mitchell family of Dundee
Post by: weemanswife on Thursday 17 March 11 15:22 GMT (UK)
Hi,

Could this be your family in the 1891 Census

George Mitchell  b.  c1847 Montrose, Angus   Butcher     aged 44
Mary Mitchell   ..........................................................       aged 28
James Mitchell..........................................................        aged 20
Charles Mitchell .......................................................          "     17
Elizabeth Mitchell ....................................................        aged  15
William Mitchell .......................................................            "     12
Agnes Mitchell ........................................................            "     10
John Mitchell ..........................................................             "      9
Faraday Mitchell ............................................................     "       7
David Mitchell  ...........................................................         "       5
Edward Mitchell ..........................................................       "       2
Andrew Mitchell .........................................................        "       3 months
Agnes Keith  Boarder ................................................      aged 16

They were all living at 74 Ferry Rd., Dundee. there could be errors such as the Mother's name is given as Mary
Title: Re: George Mitchell family of Dundee
Post by: ev on Thursday 17 March 11 16:39 GMT (UK)
SP has a death of elizabeth mitchell(other surname wallace) 1887 st andrews
(dundee) born c1850
there is only one marriage of a george mitchell to a mary 1887 to 1891
george mitchell to mary petrie 1890 st clements(dundee) angus
wonder if this was a second marriage ?

ev
Title: Re: George Mitchell family of Dundee
Post by: weemanswife on Thursday 17 March 11 17:03 GMT (UK)
Hi

George Croal Mitchell married Mary Ann Petrie on the 10th Jan 1890  st Whitehall St.,( Dist. St. Clement,) Dundee .

He was 45 a Butcher and widower living at 74 Ferry Rd., Dundee  Mary Ann was 28 of 158 Strathmartine Rd., Dundee.   Their marriage was by Warrant of Sheriff Substitute of Forfarshire dated 10 Jan 1890.

Have a b irth certificate for a Daniel Cameron Mitchell born 10 Oct 1900 parents George Croal Mitchell and Mary Ann Petrie.

This seems to be the family on the 1901 Census

       George Mitchell  ....................   aged 53
       Mary                                             "    48
       William ........................................ "   23
       Faraday ......................................  " 12
       David .........................................      15
       Edward ......................................      12
       Andrew ......................................       10
       Mary  .........................................       9
       Isabella .....................................       5
       Frederick ...................................       3
       Daniel Mitchell ...........................       5 months

       All are living at 8 Ferry Rd., Dundee (Dist St. Andrew)

      Weemanswife
Title: Re: George Mitchell family of Dundee
Post by: weemanswife on Thursday 17 March 11 17:15 GMT (UK)
Hi again,

Found a death for George Mitchell son of Alex. Mitchell dec. and Jane Keay he died at 8 Ferry Rd., Dundee on the 10th Aug 1910 married 1st Elizabeth Wallace and 2nd Mary Petrie.


Weemanswife
Title: Re: George Mitchell family of Dundee
Post by: conseiller on Friday 18 March 11 10:21 GMT (UK)
Hi Weemanswife and Ev,

This is amazing - thank you so much - this is so appreciated

Cannot thank you enough - Luc.
Title: Re: George Mitchell family of Dundee
Post by: Piglet01 on Friday 18 March 11 21:02 GMT (UK)
Hello Luc

Some of your Mitchells have really unique names - so no problems finding them.

In all of Scotland there are only 2 deaths between 1855 and 2009 for a Charles Noyes Mitchell

I would imagine that one is the son of the other.

1 1943 MITCHELL CHARLES NOYES     M 69 ST ANDREW (DUNDEE) DUNDEE CITY/ANGUS 282/03 0633
2 1986 MITCHELL CHARLES NOYES Not Permissible   M 77 DUNDEE DUNDEE CITY/DUNDEE CITY 350/00 0194

and in the same time frame there is only one Faraday Wallace Mitchell dying.

1 1921   MITCHELL   FARADAY WALLACE    M 37 POSSILPARK   GLASGOW CITY/LANARK 644/07 0291

To really progress your family history - although I'm sure that others here will be able to get you information, it is advisable to register at the government website at www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk.  Free to register but a ppv site with a min. spend of £6.  For that you can download bmds and census records - copies not transcriptions.  Currently this would allow for 5 downloads.  As the 2 gentleman above have unique names it should be easy to find out if they married - and Scottish records give a wealth of information..  The search then continues..

Good luck.

Regards,   Steve   :)

Title: Re: George Mitchell family of Dundee
Post by: conseiller on Saturday 19 March 11 18:04 GMT (UK)
Hi Steve,

Thanks for the advise I will check out what is available on this site - although I was told that it does not work with windows 7, something to do with difficulty downloading and printing their documents.  I think I should find out for myself -maybe if there was a problem it has been fixed by now - I hope so!

thanks again for the tip - regards - Luc.
Title: Re: George Mitchell family of Dundee
Post by: MonicaL on Saturday 19 March 11 18:37 GMT (UK)
Hi Luc,

There is no problem that I am aware of with viewing documents on SP via Windows 7.

One thing that often helps with downloads is what setting you have on your preferences to view images from there.

It is free to register on the site (you only have to buy units to view search results or images). This is the registration page for SP www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/users/registration.aspx  Under the section Application Options/ Image Viewer, choose 'Direct Download'. This works very well for most systems  :)

Monica
Title: Re: George Mitchell family of Dundee
Post by: conseiller on Sunday 20 March 11 17:16 GMT (UK)
Hi MonicaL,

Thanks Monica that is a great help

I hope to be registered tommorrow - so fingers crossed .

Regards - Luc.
Title: Re: George Mitchell family of Dundee * Completed *
Post by: KateR46 on Saturday 26 January 13 09:22 GMT (UK)
I've come to this late but hope you're still around.  My younger daughter is descended from George Mitchell and I've put what I have gleaned from various sources on my page for him at:
www.gritquoy.com/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I1950&tree=001Master

Please let me have any further information which you may have - living people are always hidden.
Title: Re: George Mitchell family of Dundee * Completed *
Post by: Lawhill on Tuesday 04 August 20 21:30 BST (UK)
This is my first post
Hi I’ve just seen this. George Mitchell was my great grandfather on my mother’s side. Her father Edward was born to George’s second wife Mary Petrie. My grandfather Edward married my Grandmother Margaret Byers they had two children, my mum Margaret and her elder sister Mary. I still keep in touch with Mary Mitchell’s ((Edwards sister) daughter Doreen age 87  (my mum’s cousin) who lives in Pittsburg PA. Doreen remembers quite a bit from their time in Broughty Ferry Road Dundee.