Multiple marriages?

[kiterunner]

Now I come to think of it, I'm pretty sure that Andrew's death registration should give the names of all his wives (assuming the informant knew them).

[Uncle John]

Originally Posted by kiterunner

Now I come to think of it, I'm pretty sure that Andrew's death registration should give the names of all his wives (assuming the informant knew them).

That's interesting. I'll go and check.

I've found the missing marriage to Margaret Samuel on 18 Feb 1842 in Bathgate. The actual register entry has been amended from Park to Pack and that's how it's transcribed by SP and in IGI Batch M116625.

[Uncle John]

The death informant (squiggle Park, son) only knew about Agnes Simpson and Margaret Struthers. Hardly surprising since Margaret Samuel died more than 25 years before the youngest two sons were born, and her (?only) son William had been a coal miner in West Lothian since about 1880.

No wonder the person with the tree got tangled.

Incidentally, Millburn Chemical Works in Camlachie was one of several major polluters in the east end of Glasgow. Its main product was wood alcohol. So it's hardly surprising that Andrew died of bronchitis and pulmonary congestion.

I've now found 50+ new rellies for OH's cousin and taken her maternal side back 3 generations on all lines, all for about £16 and a few days' work. Thank you very much for the inspiration to get to the bottom of it.