Genealife in Lockdown - NFHM Blogging Challenge - Part 3.

 Last Sunday I mentioned that I had found the Monumental Inscription for Samuel Galbraith, my 2x great-grandfather. Below is a transcript of part of that;

 

"In memory of AGNES McNISH GALBRAITH b8 Nov 1812 d 17 Nov 1867 Yst day of SAMUEL GALBRAITH Merchant, Ayr The above SAMUEL GALBRAITH d 24 Jul 1877 aged 62yr. Also his wife MARGARET NICOL d 2 May 1893 aged 79. (left side) - Also JOHN and ALFRED GALBRAITH d inf also his g- son GEORGE GALBRAITH"* (My emphasis)

George is the mystery and I have spent time this week looking for him and he is proving to be as elusive as some other ancestors. 

Now you might ask, Why look for him, he isn't a direct ancestor?  Well, he is a mystery and I love a good mystery. So here is what I've done, so far.

 

Samuel Galbraith b 1815, d 1877 married 1836,  Margaret Nicol b ? d 1893.

Their children;

1)     John b 6 March 1837 – 1837/1840.

2)     Janet b 7 October 1839.

3)     John b 28 December 1840 – d 23 January 1919.

4)     Agnes McNish b 8 November 1842 – d 17 November 1867.

5)     Samuel b 4 July 1844.

6)     William b 24 November 1845.

7)     Andrew b 13 April 1848.

8)     Arthur b 22 January 1850 – d 1850/1852.

9)     Arthur Galbraith b 11 August 1852 – d 25 June 1894 (my line).

Which one was George’s daddy or mummy???

I was able to eliminate 1, 4, 8 and 9 from my searching. 3, 6 and 7 need to be researched further, before I can say yes or no.

Janet, (2) was easy to eliminate.  Why, you ask am I looking at Janet, when she would have taken her husband’s name? True but my thought was little George might  have been given Galbraith as a middle name. No such luck.

Janet married Robert Gray in 1862, they had two sons, Robert b 1863 and Samuel Galbraith b 1865.  Well at least I know her line now.

Samuel (5) was easy to find. He married Jane Johnson King in 1870 and had six children.

Alfred Victor b 1873 d 1909.

Jeanie King b 1872 d 1936.

Daniel King b 1876 d 1909.

William Johnson King b 1878 d 1955.

Samuel Nicol b 1885 d 1943.

Spence Robertson b 1886 d 1963.

As you can see Samuel and Janet used family surnames as middle names but still no George.

My Theories;

I know I’ve said Agnes is eliminated due to her death but how did she die? Childbirth or just after? I need to see her death certificate. 

William and Andrew need to be researched fully but from quick checks, I don’t think they will be helpful.

There isn’t a photo on FindAGrave, so I might request one, to see if there are any dates, that weren’t transcribed.

That should keep me busy during the rest of the lockdown.

 

*FindMyPast. 

I've had the wonderful pleasure of doing research in the Family History Library, Salt Lake City, so have seen copies of the children's records.