Big Problem, need help please

[Heather Walsh]

Hello Everyone.  I have a James Hardie marrying Margaret Findlay, July 3rd, 1842 Cadder Scotland. info from Scotlands people.
  On Margaret's death (SP), she died 20th August, 1905, age 76, west Benhar, Harthill, Shotts.  I estimate Margaret's birth as 1829, going by age on death cert.  I have searched SP, till i ran out of credits and the only match i can find for said parents, is 1839. Death states parents to be Charles Findlay and Mary Crawford.

So, something not making sense?  If Margaret born 1829, she married in 1842 at 13 years old?, but cant find a birth in that time slot with stated parents...........If it is the one i found on SP for 1839, with stated parents, (that no credits to look at in full as yet) makes even less sense, she certainly wasnt married at 3 years old !!!!!!!!!!      I am really puzzled and stuck !!!!! any suggestions most welcome............kind regards from Heather.

[rosie99]

Do you have the marriage certificate, if so what information does it give

[Heather Walsh]

All the marriage says, its like a register not a certificate.........proc june 26th, july 3rd and their names?  i will try upload if i can

[Heather Walsh]

sorry it wont let me upload

[RJ_Paton]

Before 1855 there won't be any "certificates" only Church Records (which in some areas can be very poor).

If they had any children born after 1855 check those registrations as the parents marriage date is often recorded on them.

[rosie99]

Presumably you have them on census, what information does it give on those

[RJ_Paton]

Presumably you have them on census, what information does it give on those

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For example there is a James and Margaret Hardie living in Shotts in the 1881 Census she is 55 and he is 66 (her place of birth is given as Cumbernauld, Dunbartonshire)

[Heather Walsh]

yes this will be them on that census, i will have to go look again, but i took note from the censuses on where born etc........still cant find/still stuck on getting any further

[rosie99]

Childrens births
HARDIE, MARY mmn FINLAY
1860
652 / 2 / 317
OLD MONKLAND (MIDDLE DISTRICT)

HARDIE, ISABELLA mmn  FINLAY
 1855
652 / 2 / 333
OLD MONKLAND (MIDDLE DISTRICT)

Tie in with 1861 census at Old Monkland - On this census James Hardie is 45 and Margaret 35 (born c1826)

1851 census also puts Margaret as bn c1826