Hi, Just to try to explore possibilities further, IF our Robert Mitchell, who lived in Gilmerton, traveled for business as a cattle broker, and IF he died in another area of Scotland, might we find the death record somewhere other than in the Midlothian parishes?  Would they have carried his remains back to Liberton parish for burial, and therefore this is the only place we would find the records?  We have exhausted the death records at scotlandspeople for Robert Mitchell in Midlothian for the timeframe in which we believed he died; i.e., after 1819, when his youngest child was conceived, and before 1834 when his daughter married, and her marriage record says her father was deceased.  There appears to be no will, but I think that most/many wrote their wills upon their deathbed, and if he died suddenly, then that might explain the absence of a will.  I have checked the available Edinburgh Advertisor newspapers available on ancestry.com, and I have not found a notice of the selling of an estate, which often followed the death of someone.  We are now up to considering that maybe he went to America to either visit his son John, or maybe he even preceded John to America, in search of a cattle market, and then died here.  The records for the timeframe we are considering are virtually nonexistent in America. We welcome any and all ideas/suggestions.  We were hoping that with a death record, we might find a birth year and be able to determine family of origin. Mary Mitchell Guler (Tammy's cousin and co-researcher of Mitchells) Cape Coral, FL USA --- On Wed, 6/9/10, Tammy Mitchell <ancestry@ripandrevmedia.ca> wrote: From: Tammy Mitchell <ancestry@ripandrevmedia.ca> Subject: Re: [MIDLOTHIAN] Gilmerton: Robert Mitchell To: midlothian@rootsweb.com Date: Wednesday, June 9, 2010, 3:25 PM Hi, thank you for your help. Robert, who's will you speak. I have a copy of the will - if anyone wants it, I'll send it on. That Robert was the Deacon of Fleshers. He married Ann Porteous, they had children, but the only clue I can get out of the will is that his 'oldest' son was Alexander.  He and his brother Hugh, were both in that company together and there may have been a John too, but I can't tell if that is a son or brother. I can find Alexander's birth record, but no others for this couple. So sad to say, I've followed that trail, and that Robert is not mine. He is however in my tree as a relative. His parents were Hugh Mitchell and Marion Grierson. He had a brother named Hugh, who married Jean Weir, from my research, I've been able to figure to an almost 99% confirmation, that Jean Weir, was Elisabeth Weir's older sister. (Elizabeth who married my Robert Mitchell cattle dealer) The Weir girls father was deceased by 1808, he had been a spirit dealer in Gilmerton. So there is definitely connection there. and could be more.. My Robert and Elizabeth Weir, had 4 sons and 2 daughters. I've only been able to follow one of their sons, who was Hugh Mitchell born in Gilmerton in 1816, he married Margaret MacDonald, and became a flesher/butcher master. He is my ancestor. Oh, and Robert's oldest son John Mitchell, who we believe moved on to the USA and married a woman named Ann Strober (Stroder) - and has descendants there. (New York, New Jersey area) - Descendants of John's have participated in the DNA research - with no close match to a Mitchell yet in the DNA project so far. I do thank you for your interest and support with researching my Robert Mitchell. His parentage has been a huge history for about 5 years. :( I think some records from Gilmerton are missing at scppl, because I can't seem to get anything reasonable going back. Hard with a name like Robert. Any further info, if you find it, will be great to receive. Thanks Tammy Partial Index of mitchells (and children and spouses) can be found at http://www.tammymitchell.com - maybe that will assist others. I have bought a lot of records from this area, these surnames, and I'm willing to share. On 09/06/2010 11:58 AM, CandROverson wrote: > Hello again, Tammy > > Gilmerton is about 5 miles from the centre of Edinburgh.  Whilst it is now a > suburb of Edinburgh, in the 18th and 19th centuries it would have been one > of a number of small communities outside the Edinburgh boundaries.  As a > farmer near Gilmerton I imagine your Robert would have attended a church > nearer to the village.  His wife-to-be may have lived in Edinburgh which is > why they married at New Greyfriars. > > There are 2 entries for a Robert Mitchell, Flesher in Edinburgh, in the > Wills and Testaments index on Scotlands People. > One dated 28/9/1826 (SC70/1/35), Edinburgh Sheriff Court Inventories, and > one dated 12/10/1826, Edinburgh Commissary Court  (CC8/8/151). A Flesher > being a person who sold meat, it is possible that it could be your Robert. > > Rhoda > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MIDLOTHIAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >    ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MIDLOTHIAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message