Hi all,
I only started out a few days ago and using ancestry.co.uk and Scottish People websites, have already found my maternal 3x Great Grandfather - William Mundell. I didn't even know my Grandfathers name when i started out!
The issue is that I've hit the wall already. William is last found in Falkirk in the 1851 Census aged 60, no wife listed but with 4 children all born in Londonderry, Ireland (or Inbrano, Ireland?). My 2xGGF is his son John Mundell who married and lived in Glasgow in 1857 and is then in Glasgow for the rest of his life and every other generation.
He's also listed as having a servant in the house in the 1851 Census so I would assume they were fairly well off but then I can't find a will of any sort (, Job title of Tailor.
The surname, as I know it, is Mundell but in the 1951 Census is listed as Mundele - could they have changed it when they got to Scotland or is it more likely a mis-spelling in the census?
I can't find a death or marriage certificate for him (I've seen on someone else's tree his wife listed as Anne Wallace with no other details) so think this is the end of the road?
My 2xGGM, Margaret, is also lead me on a brick wall. On her marriage certificate her father is listed as Robert James Findlay and her mother Margret Charmichel, this is as far as I can get in this line with no birth, death or marriage certificates for either of them.
Anyone have any more idea of where to look moving further back? I had no real goal when I started but just wanted to see how far back I could go - think I've done pretty well so far but would like to see how much more of this tree I could fill. Are there passenger records for people who came to Scotland from IReland in the early 1800s??
Any help or advice would be much appreciated!
I only started out a few days ago and using ancestry.co.uk and Scottish People websites, have already found my maternal 3x Great Grandfather - William Mundell. I didn't even know my Grandfathers name when i started out!
The issue is that I've hit the wall already. William is last found in Falkirk in the 1851 Census aged 60, no wife listed but with 4 children all born in Londonderry, Ireland (or Inbrano, Ireland?). My 2xGGF is his son John Mundell who married and lived in Glasgow in 1857 and is then in Glasgow for the rest of his life and every other generation.
He's also listed as having a servant in the house in the 1851 Census so I would assume they were fairly well off but then I can't find a will of any sort (, Job title of Tailor.
The surname, as I know it, is Mundell but in the 1951 Census is listed as Mundele - could they have changed it when they got to Scotland or is it more likely a mis-spelling in the census?
I can't find a death or marriage certificate for him (I've seen on someone else's tree his wife listed as Anne Wallace with no other details) so think this is the end of the road?
My 2xGGM, Margaret, is also lead me on a brick wall. On her marriage certificate her father is listed as Robert James Findlay and her mother Margret Charmichel, this is as far as I can get in this line with no birth, death or marriage certificates for either of them.
Anyone have any more idea of where to look moving further back? I had no real goal when I started but just wanted to see how far back I could go - think I've done pretty well so far but would like to see how much more of this tree I could fill. Are there passenger records for people who came to Scotland from IReland in the early 1800s??
Any help or advice would be much appreciated!
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