Author Topic: Greig/Mack family in Peebles,1850-1910  (Read 6274 times)

Offline zumaro

  • RootsChat Member
  • ***
  • Posts: 177
    • View Profile
Greig/Mack family in Peebles,1850-1910
« on: Monday 18 April 16 15:28 BST (UK) »
I am quite confused about my family and their name shifting tendencies.  My great great grandmother Jane Melrose was born in 1852 on Waterhead Farm. Apparently on 24 October 1873 she married William Mack in Edinburgh.

Already in the 1881 census I can see some confusion setting in. The family is listed as
William G Mack 36
Jane G Mack 28
Barbara G Mack 6
Marion G Mack 5
Janet Greig 45

where Janet Grieg is listed as an Aunt. My great grandmother Marion is already born.

The 1891 census lists them as
William Greig 46
Jane Greig   38
Barbara Greig 16
Marion Greig 15
William Greig 8

By 1901 William Mack/Greig is gone and the household is listed as
Jane G Mack 48
Barbara G Mack   26
Marion Greig Mack 25
Janet Melrose 40
where Janet Melrose is listed as sister.

After the family went to New Zealand in 1914, Jane G Mack (nee Melrose) was buried as Jane Grieg, and Marion was married and known as Marion Mack Smith.

My question really is twofold - what might be happening here with the constant name changing, and who is William Mack/Greig? I can see a possible household in the 1851 census in Edinburgh
William Mack 39
Margaret Mack 36
Isabella Mack 14
James Mack 10
William Mack 7
but I can't find a birth record for this William Mack.

Another intriguing source is this birth reference
Name: William Greig
Gender: Male
Birth Date:   12 Feb 1845
Birth Place: Beath,Fife,Scotland
Father: William Greig
Mother: Jane Henderson

because my grandfather's brother's middle names were Melrose Henderson and we have no other source of the name Henderson in the family. I can't find this family in any census.

What do people make of this?
Smith: East Lothian, Scotland
Mack: Berwick, Scotland
Fell: Yorkshire, England
Smeeton: Leicester, England
Haigh: Marsden, Yorkshire, England
Sullivan: Kerry, Ireland

Offline ev

  • Global Moderator
  • RootsChat Marquessate
  • ********
  • Posts: 8,083
  • Drumkilbo
    • View Profile
Re: Greig/Mack family in Peebles,1850-1910
« Reply #1 on: Monday 18 April 16 16:32 BST (UK) »
Hi

Were William Mack's parents named on the 1873 marriage certificate ?



ev
Census information Crown copyright , All Census information from transcriptions - check original records , Familysearch/IGI is a finding tool only - check original records

Offline ev

  • Global Moderator
  • RootsChat Marquessate
  • ********
  • Posts: 8,083
  • Drumkilbo
    • View Profile
Re: Greig/Mack family in Peebles,1850-1910
« Reply #2 on: Monday 18 April 16 16:41 BST (UK) »
There is a death for a William Greig Mack 1898 Peebles , Peebles , born c1842 on Scotlandspeople.
Jane G Mack is listed as a widow on the 1901 Census transcription I've seen.



ev
Census information Crown copyright , All Census information from transcriptions - check original records , Familysearch/IGI is a finding tool only - check original records

Offline ev

  • Global Moderator
  • RootsChat Marquessate
  • ********
  • Posts: 8,083
  • Drumkilbo
    • View Profile
Re: Greig/Mack family in Peebles,1850-1910
« Reply #3 on: Monday 18 April 16 20:09 BST (UK) »
This may be Janet Greig's(aunt on the 1881 Census) baptism -
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XY22-BD8

I think Janet's mother , Euphemia Henderson , was William Greig/Mack's grandmother.

1871 Census  -
Killburn , Eddlestone , Peebleshire.
Euphemia Greig 82 widow shepherd born Salton East Lothian
Janet Greig 38 daughter shepherd born Pencaitland East Lothian
William Greig 27 grand son railway surface(?) born Edinburgh Midlothian

William G Mack's occupation in 1881 is railway platelayer



ev
Census information Crown copyright , All Census information from transcriptions - check original records , Familysearch/IGI is a finding tool only - check original records


Offline ev

  • Global Moderator
  • RootsChat Marquessate
  • ********
  • Posts: 8,083
  • Drumkilbo
    • View Profile
Re: Greig/Mack family in Peebles,1850-1910
« Reply #4 on: Monday 18 April 16 20:35 BST (UK) »
From the 1873 marriage cert. William Mack 30 railway surfaceman and Jane Melrose 24(both of Eddlestone)

William's parents are given as William Mack and Marion Cochrane  ???



ev


Added -
The 1898 death cert has William's parents as William Mack coachman and Marion Greig ,
wife Jane Melrose , informant Marion Greig Mack daughter.
Census information Crown copyright , All Census information from transcriptions - check original records , Familysearch/IGI is a finding tool only - check original records

Offline zumaro

  • RootsChat Member
  • ***
  • Posts: 177
    • View Profile
Re: Greig/Mack family in Peebles,1850-1910
« Reply #5 on: Monday 18 April 16 22:49 BST (UK) »
Thank you! While I have been asleep (I am over in shaky Japan) you have got much further than I have ever been able to.  I only had the transcription of the marriage certificate - can I ask where you go to see the original and get the details? Are there Jane's parents on it as well? I am pretty certain they are Adam and Barbara Melrose - Barbara (maiden name also Melrose) connects easily into other well established trees, but Adam is a bit of a mystery man.

I am mainly looking around on ancestry.com, myheritage.com and familysearch.com and I had not managed to find William Mack's death certificate at all. Your source is also giving better information on the 1901 census than I can see.

The 1871 census looks very promising as well. Wouldn't it imply that William Mack's grandparents on his mother's side are Hugh Greig and Euphemia Henderson, who had daughters Marion and Janet?

Have you seen this degree of family name shifting before? It looks like this family should be Mack, but by New Zealand Jane Melrose and Marion Mack have settled on Greig as the family name. Jane was known as Granny Greig, and I have always heard Marion called Marion Mack Smith. When I suggested to existing family members who knew her, that her family name was actually not Greig, it was met with puzzlement - similarly her father was presumed to be William Greig.  I wonder why the indeterminacy?

Again thank you for your wonderful work here - you are cutting through the mystery much better than I have managed!
Smith: East Lothian, Scotland
Mack: Berwick, Scotland
Fell: Yorkshire, England
Smeeton: Leicester, England
Haigh: Marsden, Yorkshire, England
Sullivan: Kerry, Ireland

Offline ev

  • Global Moderator
  • RootsChat Marquessate
  • ********
  • Posts: 8,083
  • Drumkilbo
    • View Profile
Re: Greig/Mack family in Peebles,1850-1910
« Reply #6 on: Monday 18 April 16 23:10 BST (UK) »
The 1873 marriage and 1898 death certificates are here - http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/
They also have the original Census returns.(Pay per view).

Jane Melrose's parents are given as Adam Melrose & Barbara(maiden surname Melrose).

Too tired tonight but if you wait until tomorrow I'll see if I can send you futher information on the marriage , death , and other possible Census transcriptions.



ev
Census information Crown copyright , All Census information from transcriptions - check original records , Familysearch/IGI is a finding tool only - check original records

Offline zumaro

  • RootsChat Member
  • ***
  • Posts: 177
    • View Profile
Re: Greig/Mack family in Peebles,1850-1910
« Reply #7 on: Monday 18 April 16 23:34 BST (UK) »
I am just so grateful for your work here. I have the opposite problem here - too early in the morning to think rationally!

And I see the conundrum - if William Mack's mother is Marion Cochrane, why the Greig name? Is it possible she was married earlier to a Cochrane? Would they record her earlier married name rather than her maiden name as William's mother. Whatever is going on here, Janet Greig plays a large part in the family.

Thanks again!
Smith: East Lothian, Scotland
Mack: Berwick, Scotland
Fell: Yorkshire, England
Smeeton: Leicester, England
Haigh: Marsden, Yorkshire, England
Sullivan: Kerry, Ireland

Offline ev

  • Global Moderator
  • RootsChat Marquessate
  • ********
  • Posts: 8,083
  • Drumkilbo
    • View Profile
Re: Greig/Mack family in Peebles,1850-1910
« Reply #8 on: Tuesday 19 April 16 09:30 BST (UK) »
1861 Census Killburn Eddleston Peebleshire
Uphemia Grieg 71 ploughman's widow born Sutton East Lothian
Janet Greig 30 daughter unmarried born Pencaitland East Lothian
William Greig 21 grand son unmarried born Edinburgh Midlothian

1851 Census Kilburn Eddleston Peebleshire
Hugh Greig 60 ag. lab. born Eddleston Pebbleshire
Euphamia Greig 62 wife born Sutton Midlothian
Janet Greig 22 Daughter ag. lab. born Pencaitland East Lothian
William MCPOOL 13 grand son born Edinburgh Midlothian

Not sure if William McPool is your William  :-\


ev
Census information Crown copyright , All Census information from transcriptions - check original records , Familysearch/IGI is a finding tool only - check original records