MITCHELL/JOHNSTON(E)...probably Lanarkshire

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Hello 

On a death register for a Sarah Henderson (nee Mitchell), wife of David Henderson,  in Bellshill, Lanarkshire 1897, her parents are shown as:

Robert Mitchell, Coalminer (Deceased)

and

Rachael Mitchell (nee Johnstone) (Deceased)

Would like to trace any info on either, but in particular Robert, but do not know where they came from or lived.

If anyone has/does ever come across these names with a daughter Sarah, it would be great if you could post here.

PS  Sarah died a few days after giving birth to her daughter Margaret, Margaret in turn died 40 years later a few weeks after giving birth to her youngest son. I am interested to find out if Rachael also died after childbirth.

Thanks for looking, ever in hope  !

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In IGI, the following children have Robert Mitchell and Rachel Johnston as their parents.

   
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   1. MARY MITCHEL - International Genealogical Index
Gender: Female Birth: 03 JUN 1859 New Monkland, Lanark, Scotland
   2. MARGARET MITCHELL - International Genealogical Index
Gender: Female Birth: 24 MAY 1865 New Monkland, Lanark, Scotland
   3. WILLIAM MITCHELL - International Genealogical Index
Gender: Male Birth: 15 APR 1857 New Monkland, Lanark, Scotland
   4. WILLIAM MITCHELL - International Genealogical Index
Gender: Male Birth: 30 MAY 1861 New Monkland, Lanark, Scotland
   5. SARAH MITCHELL - International Genealogical Index
Gender: Female Birth: 04 FEB 1863 New Monkland, Lanark, Scotland
   6. SARAH MITCHELL - International Genealogical Index
Gender: Female Birth: 31 MAY 1855 Old Monkland, Lanark, Scotland

Also in IGI the is a marriage for a Robert Mitchell and Rachel Johnstons

14th jan 1846, Registrar Office, Ballymonet, Co. Antrim, Ireland

1861 census index for Bothwell, Lanarkshire

Robert Mitchell age 35 born Ireland
Rachel age 32 born Ireland
Robert age 14 born Ireland
Mary age 1 born Airdrie

1881 census shows Rachel as a widow

   Dwelling:   No 1 Row
   Census Place:   Bothwell, Lanark, Scotland
   Source:   FHL Film 0203617     GRO Ref    Volume 625-2    EnumDist 15    Page 7
   Marr   Age   Sex   Birthplace
Rachel MITCHELL   W   49    F   Ireland
   Rel:   Head
William MITCHELL   U   19    M   New Monkland, Lanark, Scotland
   Rel:   Son
   Occ:   Coal Miner
Margaret MITCHELL   U   15    F   New Monkland, Lanark, Scotland
   Rel:   Daur
Hugh REILLY   U   26    M   Ireland
   Rel:   Boarder
   Occ:   Labourer At Iron Works

1881 census, think this could be Sarah

   Dwelling:   Victoria Place
   Census Place:   New Monkland, Lanark, Scotland
   Source:   FHL Film 0203697     GRO Ref    Volume 651-2    EnumDist 11    Page 24
   Marr   Age   Sex   Birthplace
Robert ADAM   M   54    M   Airdrie, Lanark, Scotland
   Rel:   Head
   Occ:   Retired Draper
Agnes ADAM   M   54    F   Airdrie, Lanark, Scotland
   Rel:   Wife
James ADAM   U   25    M   Airdrie, Lanark, Scotland
   Rel:   Son
   Occ:   Draper
William ADAM   U   23    M   Airdrie, Lanark, Scotland
   Rel:   Son
   Occ:   Draper
Thomas ADAM   U   20    M   Airdrie, Lanark, Scotland
   Rel:   Son
   Occ:   Bank Clerk
Maggie ADAM   U   17    F   Airdrie, Lanark, Scotland
   Rel:   Daur
Charles ADAM   U   15    M   Airdrie, Lanark, Scotland
   Rel:   Son
   Occ:   Scholar
Agnes ADAM   U   10    F   Rothesay, Bute, Scotland
   Rel:   Daur
   Occ:   Scholar
Sarah MITCHELL   U   18    F   Airdrie, Lanark, Scotland
   Rel:   Servant
   Occ:   General Domestic

If this is your Mitchell family, then Robert Mitchell must have died between the years of 1865/6 (as daughter Margaret was born about then) and 1881 (before census)
Searching for Robert's death cert. will give you his parent's names, provided they were known by the informant.

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  .....a great, big THANK YOU!
Well done, this looks to be the very family.  I had wondered if Robert may have been born in Ireland and this would seem to confirm it. I think the 'Ballymonet' may actually be 'Ballymoney' and as I happen to know from one of my other lines,  the council in that area have a fantastic online genealogy site so I will try to further my research there.

Only late yesterday, I had contact from someone else (in Switzerland, I think) researching this same line and was given a birth date for Sarah of 4/2/1863...exactly as you have found. I know from my own findings that Sarah's marriage in 1886 shows her as a Domestic Servant, so this also ties in with your 1881 findings and it is probably the same Sarah.

You really have been very kind in finding all this additional info for me, I thought I had checked this one myself on the IGI but without success......either I had missed them, or, as I am doing a few 'lines' at the moment, I hadn't actually looked at all.

A fresh pair of eyes on a matter can often work wonders....as I have offered before, I will again, please do contact me if you need 'fresh eyes' for any of your brick walls.