Widow Margaret Hetherington

[CASTLEH]

Hi i have a Margaret Hetherington {nee Graham} born about 1799 she married a Thomas Hetherington who died in 1824 they had a son called Matthew born 1820 she went on and married a Walter Laidlaw and lived in Etterby .What i want to know is where i could find both Margaret and Thomas birth cert also Thomas death cert is there a online site i could use
     Thanks

[CaroleW]

There were no birth or death certs for that period - only entries in the parish register

[sillgen]

Hi
Unfortunately these dates are before civil registration started in 1837 so the only records you will find will be parish register entries.  You might find marriages and baptisms on www.familysearch.org but you are unlikely to find burials there and will need to look at the original church registers.  The original registers will be held at the local record office but you may be able to access films of them at your nearest LDS family history centre.  They will be listed on the website I quoted above.
Regards
Andrea

[CaroleW]

 
1841 entry for Stanwix indexed as Laidlow - all b Cumberland

Walter Laidlaw 45 cotton weaver
Margaret   40
Thomas  15
George 10
Walter 8
John 6
Ann   4
Matthew Hetherington 20
HO107 Piece 170/3  Folio 5 Page 20

[CaroleW]

Is the surname Laidlaw or Laidlow?

From the IGI

MARGARET ANN LAIDLOW   Christening:  03 SEP 1837   Stanwix, Cumberland,    Father:  WALTER LAIDLOW    Mother:  MARGARET 

[CaroleW]

This is just a possibility - also from the IGI

THOMAS HETHERINGTON   Christening:  30 SEP 1796   Stanwix, Cumberland, 
Father:  JOHN HETHERINGTON   Mother:  MARTHA BOND 

[CaroleW]

The 1851 census again shows the surname as Laidlow - not Laidlaw and Margaret is shown as b Wetheral Cumberland 1799

IGI again - shown as christened 7.7.1799 Wetheral on the index but not on the transcription

MARGARET GRAHAM    Father:  THOMAS GRAHAM    Mother:  ELIZABETH CREIGHTON