Can anyone find their marriage please?

[Joan of Archives]

Originally Posted by Olde Crone

Hmmm. There's only one mention of the Crotcher surname on Scotland's people and it's a marriage in 1865 of James to a Susan Gibb.

The odd thing about it though - it's in the same registration district (685) as the unlikely marriage between George and Margaret Cooper! (Sorry about that).

OC

Oh God the plot thickens lol OC there is a likely nc baptism for Margaret Crotcher b Oct 1848 in Edinburgh, that James was her brother! Someone has Margaret Crotcher in their tree on Ancestry so I've dropped them a message in the hope they know what is going on

[Olde Crone]

Oh, could Ernest and Lavinia be grandchildren?

OC

[Olde Crone]

James Crotcher married a Margaret McEwen. Did Margaret McEwen (widowed) thenmarry a Campbell in 1861, causing her daughter Margaret to use the surname Campbell? Too tired to pursue this tonight, will pick it up tomorrow.

OC

[kiterunner]

Isn't Margaret Campbell likely to be Margaret Crotcher, sister of James, given the birth year?

[Joan of Archives]

Originally Posted by Olde Crone

Oh, could Ernest and Lavinia be grandchildren?

OC

Surname First name(s) District Vol Page
Marriages Sep 1894 (>99%)
Bell John Walter Salford 8d 149 Scan available - click to view
Cooper George William Salford 8d 149 Scan available - click to view
Crotcher Margaret Salford 8d 149 Scan available - click to view
Cunningham Elizabeth Salford 8d 149 Scan available - click to view


I don't think so, this marriage looks like it could be my two

[Joan of Archives]

Originally Posted by kiterunner

Isn't Margaret Campbell likely to be Margaret Crotcher, sister of James, given the birth year?

I agree Kate, the dob of this Margaret (Crotcher) fits perfectly with the one on the 1911 census who I am 99 % sure is the same one! There is no other Lavinia birth reg that fits that date & no other marriage for a Crotcher except the Margaret/George William one in 1894!

I have the digital image of Lavinia's birth cert, George William named as the father, occupation is slightly different, he's a railway foreman rather than a foreman excavator for Emma, born 1886.

[kiterunner]

Oh, I see - Margaret Crotcher's parents were James Crotcher sr and Margaret McEwen. I understand your post now, OC.

[kiterunner]

Margaret McEuan / McEwan / Crotcher died 1859 St Giles (Edinburgh), age 48, MMN Walker.

[Joan of Archives]

Originally Posted by kiterunner

Margaret McEuan / McEwan / Crotcher died 1859 St Giles (Edinburgh), age 48, MMN Walker.

That rules Margaret senior out nicely then

So, the two youngest kids had a different mmn Margaret Crotcher, one is living with Margaret Cooper in 1911. Margaret Cooper 1911's age ties in exactly with the birth of a Margaret Crotcher b oct 1848 Edinburgh. parents James Crotcher & Margaret McEwan. If this Margaret Cooper b 1848 is the same, I cannot find out why she called herself Campbell on the other birth regs?

[Olde Crone]

My internet keeps dropping out.

Where is "Margaret Crotcher" in 1891?

OC