I'm afraid that I am totally muddled by your initial post.
William married Janet Wotherspoon / Muirhead on 9th July 1848 in Edinburgh.
That marriage was in 1863, not in 1848. It was James Muirhead whom she married on 9 July 1848, in Carluke.
He was actually Janet's nephew through marriage and this has been proved beyond doubt with certificates.
Can you expand on that? Who were his parents, who were her parents, and what was the connection?
The marriage certificate shows Janet as a spinster when in fact she was a widow!!
Not unheard of.
The spelling of his name differs on the census records. Sometimes it is Summerville / Somervill etc
Nothing remarkable about that. Spelling was a very inexact science until about the end of the 19th century.
The last trace I have of him is on the 1881 Census living with his Mother, Mary Muirhead in Carmyle, Old Monkland, Airdrie.
Airdrie is in
New Monkland, not
Old Monkland. I think Carmyle probably belongs to Old Monkland.
1881 Census for Janet is at 8 Anderson Street,New Monkland, living with her daughter Mary Muirhead (to her first husband James Muirhead) and William & Janet's son Ebeneezer Summerville and also Mary Wotherspoon(Janets sister)
So you are saying that William and his wife were living apart in 1881?
Is this a correct timeline? A couple of questions in
bold.
1820/1 James Muirhead born in Carluke
1826 Mary Wotherspoon, (
daughter of James W and Janet Sword?), born in New Monkland
1829 Janet Wotherspoon, (
daughter of James W and Janet Sword?), born in New Monkland
1837 William Somerville, son of Eben(ezer) S and Mary Muirhead, baptised in Old Monkland
1848 James Muirhead and Janet Wotherspoon married in Carluke
1849 Mary Muirhead, daughter of James M and Janet Wotherspoon, baptised in Wishaw
1851 Margaret Muirhead, daughter of James M and Janet Wotherspoon, baptised in New Monkland
1853 Thomas Muirhead, son of James M and Janet Wotherspoon, baptised in New Monkland
1854 James, son of James M and Janet Wotherspoon, baptised in New Monkland (NB this is from the 'Community Contributed' IGI therefore not to be trusted) 1856 John and Christina Muirhead, twin son and daughter of James M and Janet Wotherspoon, baptised in New Monkland
1859 Janet Muirhead, daughter of James M and Janet Wotherspoon, baptised in New Monkland
1860 James Muirhead dies in Old Monkland
1863 William Somerville and Janet Wotherspoon or Muirhead married in Edinburgh
1863 Ann Somerville, daughter of William S and Janet Wotherspoon, born in Old Monkland
1866 Ebenezer Somerville, son of William S and Janet Wotherspoon, born in Old Monkland
?--? Death of Mary Muirhead or Somerville -
who registered her death??--? Death of Janet Wotherspoon or Muirhead or Somerville -
was she described as a widow in her death certificate?