higginson/williamson family

[ankerdine]

Some Irish surnames are interchangable- such as Robertson/Robinson, Stephens/Stevenson/Stinson/Steen- so perhaps Williamson and McWilliams are the same name also.

Scottish birth certificates do list date and place of parents' marriage- but it's not uncommon for parents to add a year onto marriage date to make it look as they got married before 1st child was born or conceived.

I see you have had loads of help on this site, Christine, as usual. The folk on here are absolutely great and will leave no stone unturned.

I was particularly interested in the comment made above as I have two "missing" brothers, John and David Williamson, disappeared since 1851 when they were in Kircudbrightshire. I can now possibly search under another name.

Judy

[sparkles]

hi,
hi judy, yes they have all been fab on here, helped me loads. one of the most helpful forums i,ve been on.

had to leave puter for a while had information overload

done some digging and found the following possibilities:

 edward higginson mar eliza fallon 18.11.1828 lisburn antrim.

edward higginson bap 11.7.1809 glenavy lisburn- father edward higginson

edward higginson mar eliza thompson 24.11.1787 glenavy lisburn

now going to go through all the info i,ve got and put in tree.

christine

[sparkles]

back again,

found alexander and margaret on the 1891 isle of man census, but that says she was born in ireland.

tried looking for her birth on isle of man but couldn,t find it.
couldn,t find a marriage for them there either.

christine

[aghadowey]

Do you mean Margaret McWilliams (Alexander's daughter) or Margaret McWilliams (Alexander's wife)? Census records (and birth record) posted earlier confirm daugter Margaret was born Isle of Man but wife Margaret listed as born Dublin in 1901 census.

[sparkles]

DOH  ME.

got confused

[jimandkaren]

Hi Sparkles

I have seen your posts on the Belfast forum and i believe that the family you are tracing is the same family as myself. My greatgreat grandfather was John Higginson who married Rachel Bradley it appears that John was the brother of William, john's father was Arthur who was tragically killed in 1897.

thanks

jim and karen

[Scootmeister]

Hi,

I'm researching the Williamson/ McWilliams family as part of my family tree and was wondering if any progress has been made in finding birth or marriage records for Alexander and Margaret, as I can't find them.

Thanks,
Scott

[Scootmeister]

Hi,

I'm researching the Williamson/ McWilliams family as part of my family tree and was wondering if any progress has been made in finding birth or marriage records for Alexander and Margaret, as I can't find them.

Thanks,
Scott

Hi, I've done some more work on this and I think I have Alexander's birth as
17 Jul 1857 in Ardentinny, Argyll, Scotland. Does anyone else agree?

Thanks,
Scott