Incorrect parents names AGAIN

[momat]

Susan ,
Just to add to this , Margaret Rae McBride's 1921 death cert informant was her Son William .
I now have The D C for William Mcbride Husband of Margaret.
Going by what you have given me It also appears as if cousins have married.

Now If I could connect a Rae to a Letham I would be

Cheers

[Susan]

Hi Maureen

What info do you have that will help hunt for a connection of a Rae to a Letham?

Susan.

[momat]

Susan,
This is another branch of my search.
The Rae to Letham one has been haunting me for a
year now but I think I have worked it out.
Unconnected to the other Rae's ,just coincidence with the name I think. The Family links up way down the track.

I was searching on the 1841 Census for William & Christian Letham in Camlachie she was born Feb 1777 (going by 1841 Census aged 60 ) Husband William not to be found anywhere!
She is with John 30 David 20 but also at the address is James Rae aged 9 . ???
Going back on my tree Christian is directly descended through Margaret Fotheringham marring a Henry Rae.
I think I have found out who James Rae belongs to.
Hope I haven't prattled on here.
I was hoping I had made the Family come full circle

Cheers,

[DavidWW]

Yes that was a thought but why is she entered on the Census as Jean Grant when I have located a Marriage that seems to be correct for her and Thomas in 1824 in the Gorbals.

Why are 4 children born in the Gorbals , 2 children born in Newbattle and back to Glasgow to Birth 4 more.
Was there any Coal Mines in Newbattle area?Or Polmadie for that ?
I have tried to find a death for Jean Grant but there are too many and none come up with Rae attached.
Think I will have to try the 1851 and 61 Census and see what comes up.
Off to bed now will try tomorrow.
Cheers.

Recevied wisdom used to be that miners, like many others folk at that level in society, were unlikely to move much if at all from their parish of birth.

It turns out to be the case, however, that miners were surprisingly mobile across the main coalfields from Ayrshire, through Renfrewshire, N Lanarkshire, the Lothians, and across to Fife.

My father-in-law believed, correctly as it happens, that his grandfather, a miner, came from Fife. He was indeed born in Fife, but all the elder and younger siblings were born in N Lanarkshire

A look at a map of Central Scotland will show you that it's a surprisingly short distance from Newbattle to Polmadie.

Bear in mind that the Glasgow of the mid-1850s was much smaller than today's city, suburbs and associated urban "sprawl". I believe that there were mine workings within walking distance of the Gorbals.

David

[momat]

Thank you David for that bit of knowledge.

A look at a map of Central Scotland will show you that it's a surprisingly short distance from Newbattle to Polmadie.

Here I am a born and raised Gorbalite and didn't know that.

Cheers,