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Peeblesshire / Re: Kirk session records & illegitimate births
« on: Tuesday 12 November 13 00:19 GMT (UK)  »
My ancestor Marion Williamson, born Nov 1860, daughter of Robert Williamson/Mary Hope, died of a brain tumor in London 1885.She was not married, and was described as a 'gentlewoman' on the death certificate. The death was registered by her brother W. H. Williamson of Beauthorn, Peebles.  She is on the 1881 census in Peebles as a 20 yr old school teacher. Was she sent off to London in 1881 because she was pregnant? I have a birth of an Ethel Williamson in Notting Hill whose mother was Marion Williamson. No father was named on the birth cert.
I would like to connect the Marion who died of a brain tumor to the Marion, mother of Ethel.
Any help would be very much appreciated.

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Scotland / Re: Williamson
« on: Monday 22 April 13 02:04 BST (UK)  »
My grandmother was Ethel Walker, nee Williamson, adopted by the Clarke family in London sometime between 1881-1891. She was born to an unwed mother, Marion Williamson, a "gentlewoman" who, i think, was sister to William Hope Williamson.
Marion was born  11 Nov 1860 to Robert Williamson/Mary Hope in Peebleshire. On the 1881 census she was a school teacher.
Ethel was born in Notting Hill, London 15 Dec 1881.
The death of Marion was 15 March 1885 of a brain tumor at 70 Wimpole St., London, the death witnessed and registered by W.H. Williamson of Beauthorne, Peebles.

Are you part of this family?
I would like to hear from you as I need to make sure that the connection I have between Ethel and Marion is correct.

Heather Harper (Canada)

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Scotland / Re: Williamson
« on: Monday 22 April 13 02:01 BST (UK)  »
Quote from: 04nawillia on Sunday 03 October 10 22:46 BST (UK)
I just stumbled across this message board, and being a Williamson who's only the second generation to be born outside of Peebles in my family I can support some of the peebles-related links which is one of the most common origins listed for the name. It is also right that there are close ties to the Gunn and MacKay clans, but i'd never heard anything of the Williamsons before the 19th Century, and with it being a common patronymic name I doubted it went back much further!

Cheers for this,

Nathan Williamson
(great grandson of William Williamson, a great name if there ever was one!)

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