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Buteshire / Illegitimate births in Rothesay 1870 & 1872
« on: Monday 27 August 18 14:06 BST (UK) »
I am trying to find information on the following illegitimate children, born in Rothesay to my ancestor:
Margaret Pritchard, born on 28 May 1870.
And twins Jessie and Jeanie Pritchard born on 20 August 1872.
Their mother was Janet Pritchard, who was from Coatbridge (born 1836). No father can be found in the Kirk session minutes.
Margaret Pritchard was in the Rothesay Industrial School in 1881. She died in Rothesay in 1894.
Jessie Pritchard (by then known as Janet) was in a poorhouse in Glasgow 1891, for two months, but was fetched by her mother and taken back to Rothesay.
The twins later married. Jeanie married William Faulds, and Jessie/Janet married Thomas Hamilton
Family anecdotal information is that the father was an aristocrat, so perhaps that is why it is close to impossible to find any information. Or perhaps the old family story is not true.
Can anyone please advise me where else I can look for the name of the father of the three girls? I would really like to complete that circle for them on their behalf.
Margaret Pritchard, born on 28 May 1870.
And twins Jessie and Jeanie Pritchard born on 20 August 1872.
Their mother was Janet Pritchard, who was from Coatbridge (born 1836). No father can be found in the Kirk session minutes.
Margaret Pritchard was in the Rothesay Industrial School in 1881. She died in Rothesay in 1894.
Jessie Pritchard (by then known as Janet) was in a poorhouse in Glasgow 1891, for two months, but was fetched by her mother and taken back to Rothesay.
The twins later married. Jeanie married William Faulds, and Jessie/Janet married Thomas Hamilton
Family anecdotal information is that the father was an aristocrat, so perhaps that is why it is close to impossible to find any information. Or perhaps the old family story is not true.
Can anyone please advise me where else I can look for the name of the father of the three girls? I would really like to complete that circle for them on their behalf.