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I am trying to track down the death certificate for the wife of one of my ancestors, but i'm having difficulty getting anything. The person in question is Margaret MacMaster/McMaster MS Stalker. Margaret married Ewen MacMaster in January 1871 aged 22 according to the marriage certificate, putting her year of birth at around 1849. In the 1851 census, Margaret is recorded under the name "Peggy" and is living with her widowed father and two older sisters in Glenelg Parish, Invernesshire. In the 1861 census, Margaret is recorded as being a visitor in a household in Airor, Knoydart.

Anyhow, Margaret married Ewen MacMaster in 1871 and thereafter is recorded in all the census' up until 1891. In the 1901 census, Ewen is recorded as being a widower and still has five of his children living with him, the youngest who was born in 1894.

Based on this, it seemed obvious the Margaret had died sometime between 1894 and 1901. However, I have been unable to find any death certificate for her on scotlandspeople and have tried numerous variations of spellings etc to try and find her, but to no avail.

The only thing I don't know is Margaret's mothers maiden name as it is almost completely illegible on the marriage certificate.

Does anyone have any suggestions/ideas on how to track down this elusive individual who seems intent on hiding from me? I don't think i've missed out on anything obvious and have tried everything I can think of, but its entirely possible that I can't see for looking.

Any suggestions etc would be very much welcomed!

Ceitidh.

Alexander MacMaster was born on October 23 in 1877, Knoydart. He was the youngest son of Ronald MacMaster and Mary Anne Cameron. Alexander married Margaret Gillies in May 1907.

Alexander lived and worked in Scotland as a Gamekeeper until 1908 when he and his wife Maggie emigrated. I believe that their original destination was Winnipeg, Canada and that they travelled from there into the United States. I have a record of their travelling from Winnipeg into Wyoming in 1908 from the Border Crossings: From Canada to U.S., 1895-1956. After this however, Maggie appears to disappear. Alexander crops up in the 1910 U.S. Census as a Widower. I have tried to no avail so far, to find out when and where Alexander’s wife Maggie died.

Alexander settled in Wyoming and worked at Padlock Ranch, in Hot Springs County. The last definite record that I have been able to find of him is his World War 1 Draft Registration Card, which places him again in Wyoming, again working on Padlock Ranch. After this though, I’m at a loss.

Can anyone suggest the best places to look for a record of Alexander and Maggie MacMaster’s deaths? Anything at all, suggestions and such like, would be most welcomed!


Ceitidh.

I'm not sure if this is the right place to be posting an enquiry, but here goes.

I'm attempting to find out more on a Great-Great Uncle of mine; Archibald MacMaster who emigrated to America some time between 1881 and 1907. He appears to have settled, at least for some time, in Morris County, New Jersey. More specifically, Springbank Farm, New Jersey.

The only evidence I have of his emigration is [a] lack of any records of him in Scotland after 1881 and when my great-great grandfather visited America in 1907, on the ships manifest he was said to be staying with his brother, Archibald.

I'm not very familiar with what records and resources are available online regarding passenger lists and American censuses, so this is making it virtually impossible for me to get any further in this case.

Does anyone have any ideas/tips on what the best way forward is? Any suggestions would be most welcome!


Ceitidh

I am trying to obtain any further information on ancesters of mine who lived certainly at one point in Mallaig. In particular, Duncan MacMaster/McMaster, his wife Mary whose maiden name was I believe, Stewart. They had five children that i'm sure of; Sarah, Catherine, Ronald, Angus and Flora. Their son Ronald MacMaster is my great-great-great grandfather.

I know that Duncan was at one point employed as a "Foxhunter" and that he was born c. 1781, though where, i'm not sure. The last I could find record of him is in the 1841 census where he and his family are recorded as living in Mallaig. I'm fairly certain that both he and his wife Mary died prior to 1851, though I can't be certain.

The resulting generations of MacMaster's spread around a little, though there seems to have remained a concentration of them in the Knoydart region; specifically Barrisdale on Loch Hourn. One other branch moved down into Fife and from there individuals went to Australia post World War One; Donald Bain MacMaster and Hector Cecil Stanley MacMaster. One interesting point, is that the occupation of Gamekeeper and a passion for Wild Sports seems to have been passed on from when Duncan MacMaster was employed as a Foxhunter in the early part of the 1800's, down to when my Grandfather was employed as a Gamekeeper from the 1950's onward and in the current generation where both my father and brother are active fisherman.

So basically, to round it off! I'm interested in MacMaster's in and around Mallaig, Glenelg, Barrisdale, Rhunival, Skiary, Inverie, Inverinate. The period being from the 1780's onwards. Just on the off chance that anyone might have or know of any info, any information at all would be most welcomed!

Ceitidh macmaster.