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  • Is he a bigamist?

    Hello

    One of my Broadfoot's named Elizabeth McQueen Broadfoot married a man by the name of Thomas Burnie Robertson in 1862 in Liverpool, i know this because it was announced in the Liverpool mercury paper.

    Now on the IGI it has some births between Elizabeth and Thomas in Newton-Stewart in Scotland (which it also mentioned he was from there in the paper)
    Thomas was a wine and spirit merchant.

    I then checked the scottish census for Thomas and found him on the 1861 living with two woman named Elizabeth and Hannah Robertson who were down as his sisters.
    On the 1871 census he was with his wife who was named JANE.

    Now unless Elizabeth died within the first 8 years of marriage then it looks like Thomas has two wives.
    Can somebody please see if there was a death for an Elizabeth McQueen Robertson MMN Broadfoot between 1865-71 as the last known birth of a child for the pair was 1865?

    Thankyou

    Danny
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  • #2
    He's not a bigamist, Just seen her death on SP she must have died in childbirth.

    Sorry about that:o

    Danny
    http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=528974734

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    • #3
      Which one is he in 1871?

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      • #4
        If he's the one with a middle initial B then might this be the son who is aged a few months in 1871?

        THOMAS ROBERTSON
        Event(s):
        Birth: 27 JAN 1871 Penninghame, Wigtown, Scotland

        Parents:
        Father: THOMAS ROBERTSON
        Mother: JANE BEDDIE

        Extracted birth or christening record for the locality listed in the record.

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        • #5
          THOS. B. ROBERTSON
          Marriages:
          Spouse: JANE BEDDIE
          Marriage: 08 JAN 1868 Penninghame, Wigtown, Scotland
          Messages:
          Extracted marriage record for locality listed in the record.

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          • #6
            Children of Thomas B Robertson and Jane Beddie:

            1. JOHN ROBERTSON - International Genealogical Index
            Gender: Male Birth: 18 SEP 1868 Penninghame, Wigtown

            2. AGNES CATHERINE ROBERTSON - International Genealogical Index
            Gender: Female Birth: 04 JUL 1872 Penninghame, Wigtown

            3. WILLIAM ROBERTSON - International Genealogical Index
            Gender: Male Birth: 17 APR 1874 Penninghame, Wigtown

            4. THOMAS ROBERTSON - International Genealogical Index
            Gender: Male Birth: 27 JAN 1871 Penninghame, Wigtown

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            • #7
              Yep thats the right one Merry, Elizabeth died of a fever in 1865 after the baby was born and Thomas remarried Jane Beddie three years later.

              I should have checked SP straight away but it completley slipped my mind:o

              Thankyou for the help.

              Danny
              http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=528974734

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