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[Birnro]

Hi Monica,

Thanks for your suggestions.

The 1885 death registration suggested by you for Elizabeth is the correct one! Elizabeth died on 9 September 1885 at 2 Alston Lane, Glasgow. However, her death registration wrongly gives her mother’s maiden name as “Leuchars” instead of Lucas (the correct maiden surname of her mother). Her husband Alexander was the informant but must have been going by memory when it came to filling the death registration paperwork.

i have looked at the two Calton deaths in 1886 and 1889 respectively but neither of these are for my Alexander Thomsons! My Alexander Thomson was 56 at the time of the 1881 Census (he lived then at 2 Alston Lane, Calton).

The search goes on....

Birnro

[MonicaL]

That is great. One down!

What was Alexander's mother's maiden name?

Monica

[Birnro]

Hi Monica,

According to the 1858 marriage registration document, Alexander Thomson's mother's maiden name was Martha Craig. Alexander appears as "Alex" and his age is given as 34 year of age.

Assuming that the age shown for Alexander on the above marriage registration was correct, then he was born circa 1825. At the time of his second wife Elizabeth's death Alexander would have been 60 year old.

I have searched more than once but have been unable to find his death on the ScotlandsPeople website death. I have also tried looking at the death index entries in those cases where no mother's maiden name is shown but have not any luck so far.

Birnro

[MonicaL]

Did any of Alexander's children live around Haddington/ East Lothian?

Just wondering about this possible death for him:

ALEXANDER THOMSON
Age 61
Mother's maiden name CRAIB (misspelling?)
1890
709 / 54
Haddington

Monica

[rosie17]

Did any of Alexander's children live around Haddington/ East Lothian?

Just wondering about this possible death for him:

ALEXANDER THOMSON
Age 61
Mother's maiden name CRAIB (misspelling?)
1890
709 / 54
Haddington

Monica

I thought that might be a possibility also as he doesn't seem to be on other census records

Rosie