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Hello all,
I have hit a brick wall with my great-great grandmother. She was Elizabeth Greer, nee Carruthers, born Lochgrey, Cadder in 1857. She was the daughter of Thomas Carruthers and Elizabeth Docherty, both born in Ireland. In 1861, at 4 years of age, she is living with her maternal aunt, Anne Broadly’s (nee Docherty) family (I have the S.P. census image). Incidentally the surname varies, as in Crothers, Cruthers and Carruthers.
I also had an Ancestry result of that 1861 census showing her father, Thomas Carruthers, with his brother Francis, living at “Gows land, Bayhill, village of Springburn”. I have always been bothered by the knowledge gap as to what happened to her mother. I noticed recently that the 1861 Ancestry hit, while extensive, did not include “condition” regarding Thomas. On a whim I obtained the matching S.P. image and thankfully it revealed he was a “widower”. So, the elder Elizabeth has died. Thomas later remarried.
Sadly, I have not been able to find a death registration anywhere for Elizabeth Carruthers, nee Docherty, which should have occurred between 1856 and 1861, most likely in the Cadder area. Elizabeth Docherty was the daughter of Patrick Docherty and Margaret Haggerty.
Additionally, I was curious about the younger Elizabeth post 1861. I have her married to Archibald Greer (they married in Ireland) in the 1881 Scotland census but there was no hit with her in 1871 on S.P. I did get a valid Ancestry result as per the image below but cannot get a match for that image on S.P. I have tried different combinations of the people in that image in the search parameters but still, no go.
Any idea on where I can go from here?
Best regards,
Bill