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Ayrshire / Re: Margaret Aird b 1818 Whitletts St Quivox
« on: Thursday 05 October 17 08:52 BST (UK)  »
Hi looby

I believe the Mitchell holds interment records for Ayrshire and that is my next plan for tackling the brick wall.  I shall let you know if I get any joy. 
Thanks for your interest and happy hunting.

Cheers

Glasgowgirl

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Ayrshire / Re: Margaret Aird b 1818 Whitletts St Quivox
« on: Wednesday 04 October 17 21:23 BST (UK)  »
Hi again

I am doubtful that Robert Gardiner's wife is the right Margaret Aird.  There is another one in the Old Parish records for Kirkmichael born on 14 Mar 1818.  So she would be just 2 months younger than the St Quivox Margaret.  Much more likely that she was the one who died at Culroy in 1851.
Oh well, back to the drawing board...

Cheers

Glasgowgirl

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Ayrshire / Re: Margaret Aird b 1818 Whitletts St Quivox
« on: Wednesday 04 October 17 18:07 BST (UK)  »
Hi Looby

Thank you so much for the response.

Helen Fitzsimons married John Vance, coal miner, on 22 Sep 1865 at Annbank.  Her father was Thomas Fitzsimons, engine keeper, and her mother was Margaret Aird (deceased).
The OPR deaths 600/30 319 Kirkmichael show Margaret Aird of Culroy, wright's wife, died in childbirth at the age of 32.  So the age is right.
The 1841 census has 'my' Margaret Aird in Whitletts.  Perhaps she moved to Kirkmichael to get work?
I shall keep looking for the missing piece of the jigsaw!
cheers
Glasgowgirl

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Ayrshire / Re: Margaret Aird b 1818 Whitletts St Quivox
« on: Tuesday 03 October 17 22:01 BST (UK)  »
Hi CaroleW
Thanks so much for taking the time to reply.  I know Helen just appears as lodger in 1851 but the story really is quite complicated.  By 1861 she is living with James McGregor and his new wife Isabella Finnie in Stewarton and is shown as his niece.  Marion Neil had a natural daughter, Marion Aird, with John Aird and also a natural son, James McGregor.  I had come across the death record you have cited but could not see the connection with 'my' Margaret Aird.  But looking at it again, I shall try and find some more supporting evidence. 
Once again, many thanks for the encouragement.  If any of these people are in your family tree, let me know and I shall provide any information I can about them.

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Ayrshire / Margaret Aird b 1818 Whitletts St Quivox
« on: Monday 02 October 17 20:14 BST (UK)  »
I am trying to find any record of the death of Margaret Aird, last appearing in 1841 census in Whitletts, St Quivox, along with her mother, Marion Neil, and half-brother, James McGrigor.  She had a daughter, Helen (my great grandmother), with Thomas Fitzimons probably about 1844 but I can find no trace of her after 1841.  Perhaps she died in childbirth?  Any help would be hugely appreciated.

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