David Nicol and Elizabeth Sang were married in Forfar, Angus on 17 July 1813. David was a weaver. They had five children that I know of
William, born 10 November 1813 in Forfar
Mary, born 28 May 1815 in Forfar
Elizabeth, born 30 August 1817 in Glasgow
George, baptised 12 November 1820 at St Peters, Bolton le Moors
John, baptised 13 October 1822 at St Peter's, Bolton le Moors.
I know what became of George, because he became a tailor, went to London where he was in business. He married in 1847 and had three children. He was named as executor in the will of his mother's brother William Sang, who died wealthy and unmarried in 1874. The will also names his three children, and of course the censuses all say that he was born in Bolton, so I am confident that I have the correct baptism. See
https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=854446.0 However Uncle William, although he left legacies to all his other nieces and nephews and some of their children, did not mention any of George's siblings. So I would be interested in any information about what happened to them.
David Nicol, aged 36, was buried at Holy Trinity, Bolton, on 21 March 1829. Was this Elizabeth's husband?
Elizabeth Nichol and William Thorpe, both of Walton, were married in St James', Toxteth Park, on 15 August 1836. In the 1841 census in Liverpool are William Thorpe, 50, stone mason, born Ireland; Elizabeth Thorpe, 50 not born in Lancashire; George Nichol, 20, shoe maker, born Lancashire; John Nichol, 15, cigar maker, born Lancashire. Is this Elizabeth with a second husband, or (given that 'my' Elizabeth Sang was born in Scotland and her son George was a tailor, not a shoe maker), have I got it all wrong?
And what became of William, Mary, and Elizabeth, and of John after 1841 (if Elizabeth Thorpe is indeed 'my' Elizabeth Sang)? Is John the John Nicoll, porter, 27, born Lancashire, in the 1851 census in London?
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