Lookup request - Peter TAYLOR and Margaret TAYLOR

[amac1210]

Hello All,

Searching for origins for my ancestors Peter Taylor and Margaret Taylor. Margaret's maiden surname also appears as Taylor on documents for their children, death certificates and marriage certificates etc. They both appear to have lived in Argyllshire, that is in Campbeltown. Both born c.1805 or thereabouts. Their son Donald / Daniel Taylor married Euphemia Campbell in 1866, and he died in 1902. I don't have records for the lives of their other children, though they do appear on the 1841 census. I'm really just looking for definitive evidence of their own parents and origins. Perhaps some death records or marriage records. Nothing that I've found so far. Thanks.

[Forfarian]

On Daniel's marriage certificate, did he say if his parents were deceased? If not, you should be able to find their death certificates which should tell you the names of their parents.

[amac1210]

Yes, both dead unfortunately. No find as yet for their deaths, and I've looked extensively. I think focussing on birth and marriage in Campbeltown area may help?

[ColC]

I note the children born Campbeltown to PETER TAYLOR & MARGARET TAYLOR

DONALD 1823, MARGARET 1830, EDWARD 1834, JOHN 1836.

There were two others born elsewhere.

PETER 1825 Luss, ALEXANDER 1827 Rothesay

If this is the family in 1841 on Freereg, probably the strangest I have ever seen.

Abode Shore Street, Campbeltown.  – TAYLOR all born Argyll.

No name, 999, Navy, UNK (husband absent written in name column)
Margaret 35
Alexander 13
Margaret 10
Edward 7
Catherine KNOWLAN 15 Female Servant

The 1851 Campbeltown on SP but you would need to view for detail.

PETER 59, MARGET 48, ALEXANDER 21, MARGET 18.

So given the above the only marriage I can find in Scotland on SP may be a possibility.

PETER TAYLOR   Married    MARGARET TAYLOR   14/01/1820   Leith North

Possible baptism for Peter near Campbeltown

TAYLOR   PETER   DUNCAN TAYLOR/PEGGY MCDONALD    02/09/1793   Killean and Kilchenzie

The only record in Scotland for Margaret seems unlikely?

TAYLOR   MARGARET   JOHN TAYLOR/MARGARET EDWARD   16/09/1804   Arbroath


Colin

[trish1120]

Margaret TAYLOR
Birth 5 May 1802
Christening: 5 May 1802
St Quivox and Newton, Ayrshire, Scotland
Parents;
Alexander TAYLOR
Margaret STEWART

Although its 42 miles from Campbeltown according to Genuki

[Forfarian]

Margaret TAYLOR
Birth 5 May 1802
Christening: 5 May 1802
St Quivox and Newton, Ayrshire, Scotland
Parents;
Alexander TAYLOR
Margaret STEWART

Although its 42 miles from Campbeltown according to Genuki

Aye, as the crow flies or as the ship sails. 171 miles by land. In those days the most likely mode of travel was by sea.

[ColC]

When I looked at SP earlier today the following did not appea?

TAYLOR   MARGARET   JOHN TAYLOR/JANET MACILCHEIR 18/11/1804   Campbeltown
TAYLOR   MARGARET   ARCHIBALD TAYLOR/FLORENCE MACCALLUM 10/04/1807   Campbeltown
TAYLOR   MARGARET   JOHN TAYLOR/MORE MACMILLAN 28/12/1803   Campbeltown

Colin

[ev]

1861 Census from Familysearch ?
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VB4Z-LCC


ev

[Forfarian]

1861 Census from Familysearch ?

FindMyPast has Margaret Taylor, 60, daughter Margaret, 29 and son Edward, 27, all born Campbeltown, Argyll.