A Theory, please comment.
The spelling of NICOL has been consistent in the documents I
have found but some trees have had the spelling NICHOL. I search using both
spellings.
Research Question.
Who are the parents of Margaret Kidston NICOL born 1820?
Information.
1) Death
Certificate: Statutory Deaths, 578/00 0179, parents given as William NICOL and
Jane HARGRAVES.
2) The
Morrison Family Tree on Ancestry by lbowman222, (a distant cousin), has the
parents as Henry NICHOL and Catherine BRINGING.
Theory.
Margaret’s parents are John NICOL and Janet GRAY.
Working it out.
1) Using
Scotland’s People, I searched for the marriage of William NICOL and Jane
HARGRAVES in a 15-year period from 1805 to 1820, there were no results. I then
searched for the birth of Margaret, with the above parents, using the same
timeframe, there were no results.
2) Using
Scotland’s People, I searched for the marriage of Henry NICHOL and Catherine
BRINGING, in a 15-year period for 1805 to 1820. That spelling of NICHOL had no
results but on using the spelling NICOL, there was one result: Henry NICOL and
Catherine BRINGING, Leith South 16/11/1810, (FR 647 110/228)
3) Using
Scotland’s People, I searched for births to the above couple, in a 15-year
period from 1810 to 1825, there were two results: William, Leith South,
17/11/1811, (692/2 80/277) and Daniel Henry, Leith South, 23/01/1814, (692/2
80/294).
These were the only two children
I could find to Henry and Catherine.
4) Using
Scotland’s People, I then searched for any Margaret Nicol OR Nichol born
between 1810 and 1825. I had five results:
5) I
then shifted my searching from locating her birth, to using other documents,
such as her marriage record, census records and her death certificate, in my
possession to work out an approximate year and place of birth.
6) Her
marriage has only her spouse, Samuel GALBRAITH, residing in Barony and her,
Margaret NICOL, residing in Glasgow on it. No ages or parents. (OPR Marriages
622/000170 0391 Barony, 24/10/1836)
7) Her
1893 death certificate has her age as 79, and no place of birth. Making the year
of birth as 1816.
8) All
the census records, on Scotland’s People, from 1851 through to 1891 have
Margaret’s place of birth as being Gargunnock, Stirlingshire, with her age
range being from 36 in 1851 to 76 in 1891. Making a year of birth being 1816. And
lead me to the fifth birth record, see above.
9) Margaret
ROBINSON and John NICHOL had two children; Margaret born 1816, (see above) and
Robert, 24/08/1818, FR2491, 664/1, 220/87, in Glasgow. I can find no marriage
record for Margaret and John in a 15-year period from 1805 to 1820, with either
spelling of NICOL/NICHOL. Are these her parents???
My case for John NICOL and Janet GRAY.
(Which feels a bit shaky.)
1) Margaret
used the spelling NICOL, when her maiden surname was required.
2) Looking
at the children of Samuel GALBRAITH and Margaret NICOL and using the
traditional naming pattern, (see above), I can see the pattern. Samuel’s
parents were John GALBRAITH and Agnes McNISH.
Children.
John, b 1837, d 1837/1840.
Janet, b 1839.
John, b 1840, d 1919.
Agnes McNish, b 1842, d 1867.
Samuel, b 1844, d1926.
William, b 1845, d 1933.
Andrew, b 1848, d 1893.
Arthur, b 1850, d 1850/1852.
Arthur, b 1852, d 1894.
3) John
NICOL and Janet GRAY had four children born in the period 1810 to 1825.
Children.
David, b 1814. 585 10/346 FR307
Margaret, b 1820. 20/6 FR502
John, b 1822. 585 20/14 FR506
William, b 1824. 585 20/22 FR510
All registered in Dailly.
Explaining my theory.
My theory is (was) that Margaret rounded her age up, for the census, but
I can’t explain the consistency of the birthplace on ALL the census records.
The only other one that could be considered is the birth in Cupar, but it
is near Dundee, on the east coast of Scotland, and it was a twin baptism. I don’t
think that this is the correct Margaret, because of the birthplace.
Before I found the birth of Margaret, to Margaret and John in 1816, in
Stirling, I was certain that John and Janet were the correct parents and
looking at the naming pattern, they still could be.
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