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Thank you!! In a surprising twist of fate, there is a match for Helen from the Scottish death records. I would really appreciate the assistance of genealogists here in trying to transcribe parts of the death record - especially the maiden name of Helen's mother (which baffles me), and confirmation of Andrew's occupation. I probably never looked at this entry before because:
But it is a match:
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Exhaustion.
(Great? from?) Old age. Dropsy 10 days. Walter Blackwood, proprietor. Wm Smith, registrar. I agree with your other interpretations. OC |
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I saw that one in the index when I was searching but I ruled it out because of the age and the MMN!
The time of death is 7 h 30 m PM. And for mother's maiden name the abbreviation is MS (i.e. maiden surname). I would say the cause of death is given as Exhaustion from Old Age, dropsy 10 days, as cert by Jas Greeve, LRCP Ed. |
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Agree with OC and Kite.
Maiden surname isn't clear enough for me to guess that first word with any certainty. It looks like Hol [three minims] s so Holms??
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I think it's Holms Miller.
I was wondering if Agnes had maybe been married twice. The only possibility I've found so far for a first marriage is a bit tenuous, and I don't have any credits for ScotlandsPeople to check: an Elisabeth Holm married Robert ___ in Port Glasgow in 1775. Maybe too early? I can't remember if the names Agnes and Elisabeth are interchangeable in Scotland. I had a quick look for a possible baptism for Helen to Agnes prior to her marriage to Andrew, but didn't find anything. Last edited by Mary from Italy; 04-12-20 at 20:57. |
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No, it's Isabel and Elizabeth that are interchangeable in Scotland, but Elizabeth could still be Agnes's mother.I
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Agnes is Nancy and Jessie is Janet.
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I like your theory that Agnes may have remarried, I also wonder if Holm(s) may be her mother's name. Holms/Holm/Holmes appears to have been a fairly common last name in Renfrewshire. There is a Miller-Holm marriage at the right timeline and a reasonable location for Agnes (Holm, Miller) Forbes' parents: Millar, William, par. of Lochwinnoch, and Agnes HolmsAnd an Agnes Miller also married William Holm in 1814 in Houston and had four childern (George, William, Janet, Agnes), which could be remarriage. Agnes' age varies in the different censuses varies, but I think she's about ten years too young to be the right Agnes. |
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back to your original question any cms under 7 are not considered reliable and I've been told to ignore them by a professional genetic genealogist. There is a chance that it might be a true relationship but you can't know for sure at that number.
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I have some smallish matches (around 6 cM) where there's a very good paper trail, so I'm assuming those are valid.
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