seeking death of....

[stod]

My great great grandmother, Helen Stoddart nee: Laird ( b: 1820 ) died sometime after 1881. She appears in that census as residing with her son in Falkirk, Stirling.   I, along with quite a few others, have tried to assist in this matter but have had no luck.

Helen's husband, Peter Stoddart died in 1875 afterwhich Helen moved in with    her son and daughter in law in Falkirk.

We, the helpers and I have been searching on and off for about three years but to no avail. Some of her children emigrated to Canada and Australia including the son she lived with in 1881 census.

However, Helen Stoddart / Laird definitely did not emigrate with any of her children as I have searched the particular ship's passenger lists..

NB   Peter Stoddartt and Helen Laird married in Larbert in 1838

Where could the problem lie? I am open to any suggestions and help.

[MrsLizzy]

Have you checked to see whether she remarried?  If her children had left for Canada etc, she may have been lonely.  Even if remarriage seems unlikely, it can still take place.  This would mean her death would have been registered in her new married name.

[Boongie Pam]

Hiya,

In Scotland she would have been registered or at least indexed under her new name and her maiden name - we are very progressive up here

BUT if she remarried and her children had flown the nest then the person registering may not have known her maiden name.  Another thing is that Helen is very often changed to Ellen in Scotland.

On http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/ it will allow you to do Soundex searches and limit the death by age I would try both Helen and Ellen.  Also looking for marriages.  I don't have any credits at the moment sorry.

Pam