On 21/12/04 8:16 pm, "Alistair Cameron" <acameron@hinet.net.au> wrote: >> New to this list ... Researching the family of Maggie Agnes Wightman >> BORTHWICK > > WELCOME! > > >> Whose family came from Borthwick and moved to Edinburgh and she married >> Henry Somerville HIRD of Letham Angus on 29 Febraury 1876 > > This looks like her in 1881: > ----------------------------- > Dwelling: Hemming Street Somerville Cote Thanks .. We know a lot about her from her marriage and also who her mother was > Hay WIGHTMAN died in Dunnichen age 83 in 1904 and though she is described as > single the informant is Margt A HIRD daughter¹ and her parents are stated as > Andrew WIGHTMAN forester and Hay WIGHTMAN ms DEWAR We also know loads about her life with HSH and their children. I wrote to one contact ... > Margaret¹s maiden name is HIRD and her great grandfather James HIRD was born > near Forfar in1840. He was one of over 30 cousins and we are tracking down as > many as we can. > Henry Somerville HIRD is one of these and he lived in Letham after he married > Maggie Agnes Wightman BORTHWICK. In Letham he ran the family shop from his > fathers death in 1877 till 1890 then moved away ...but his eldest sister Mary > Ann HIRD took over and the shop is featured in the Letham website under her > name. Our puzzle is who was Maggie Agnes father ... And it is intriguing that in 1891 aunt Margaret WIGHTMAN was house keeper at the Mansion House¹ in Dunnichen and in the next property Home Farm¹ lived William BORTHWICK Local Factor or Overseer¹ Robin -- Robin and Margaret McEwen-King Lanark Scotland
Robin wrote: > ............................. > Our puzzle is who was Maggie Agnes father ... > And it is intriguing that in 1891 aunt Margaret WIGHTMAN was house keeper > at the Mansion House¹ in Dunnichen and in the next property Home Farm¹ > lived William BORTHWICK Local Factor or Overseer¹ --------------------------- For Maggie's father, the usual sources would be her Marriage and Death entries. A less helpful source could be her Burial entry, Memorial Inscription, Obituary...... bottom of the barrel!! Suggest you track her sibling/s marriages, deaths. She had at least one! Cheers, ALISTAIR M. CAMERON http://quozl.netrek.org/cameron-research/ PO Box 215 BUNDANOON NSW 2578 AUSTRALIA