Margaret Murcar .....

melvinboy · Post by **melvinboy** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 12:48 pm

I have been trying to find the marraige of Margaret Murcar born 5/3/1832 in Aberdour Aberdeenshire.She married between 1851 and 1857.I cant find her death either which i have searched for under her maiden name as i dont know yet who she married.I have used various spellings of her surname with no success.Can anyone help me with this problem ?

momat · Post by **momat** » Tue Aug 22, 2006 1:21 am

On the IGI www.familysearch.org site
there is a Margaret Murcar marriage to William Allan 10 FEB 1751 Cruden, Aberdeen, Scotland .
Could this be her?
there is also a birth for her in 05 MAR 1832 Aberdour, Aberdeen, Scotland
Parents William Murcar and Isabel Pirie.

Cheers.

melvinboy · Post by **melvinboy** » Tue Aug 22, 2006 5:52 am

Is the marraige 1751 or 1851 as she wasnt born till 1832,her parents were William Murcar and Isabel Pirie.

momat · Post by **momat** » Tue Aug 22, 2006 6:27 am

SORRY Yes my mistake.
It is 1751 .
I should have put the lights on.

Here I was thinking I had hit the jackpot.

melvinboy · Post by **melvinboy** » Tue Aug 22, 2006 6:49 am

No problem,thanks for trying to help anyway.

AnnetteR · Post by **AnnetteR** » Tue Aug 22, 2006 1:33 pm

Hi Melvinboy

I had a good look yesterday and all I could find was the family on the 1851 census. William (Margaret's father) was aged 44 and was a farmer of 20 acres. There were 5 children listed together with his wife Isobel one of which was Margaret aged 19 years. After that - nothing - is it possible the family moved away and that's why you can't find the marriage in Scotland?

Sorry I couldn't give you better news

Cheers

Annette R

melvinboy · Post by **melvinboy** » Tue Aug 22, 2006 3:57 pm

The family did move away from the area,they moved to Canada in 1857 all except Margaret.At first we thought she had gone but after a relative having a private search done there in Canada it was found she didnt go with the family.She would have been 25 when they left Scotland so as she didnt go to Canada we thought she had stayed behind and been married.Yet another elusive ancestor.But thanks to all who tried to help.

momat · Post by **momat** » Wed Aug 23, 2006 6:10 am

On the Scots Origin there is an entry with the correct Birth Date for
Margaret CLARK Murcar that leads back to IGI with that entry.
Maybe she went under the CLARK surname !!!!!!!!!!

melvinboy · Post by **melvinboy** » Wed Aug 23, 2006 6:16 am

I will certainly give it a try under the name Clark,thanks.

melvinboy · Post by **melvinboy** » Wed Aug 23, 2006 8:47 am

I have found a Margaret Clark married Kenneth Shirer on 29/1/1856.The children they had were James,Janet(his parents names)William,Isabel(her parents names and Margaret after herself.I will have to search for the marraige to see if this Margarets parents names were William Murcar and Isabel Pirie.Margaret and Kenneth were married in Aberdour,Aberdeenshire.