elizabeth f d mcdonalds marriage

anniee · Post by **anniee** » Fri May 29, 2009 7:48 pm

hello all,

could some one help me find the marriage of Elizabeth F D Mcdonald she was born 1896 Irvine Ayshire.

her parents james and elizabeth mcdonald (nee Downs)

thankyou for any help

anniee

speleobat2 · Post by **speleobat2** » Sat May 30, 2009 1:03 am

Anniee,

Here she is on the 1901 Census from Ancestry:

F D McDonald
Age: 5
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1896
Relationship: Daughter
Mother's Name: Elizabeth
Gender: Female
Where born: Irvine, Ayrshire
Registration Number: 625/1
Registration district: Bothwell
Civil parish: Bothwell
County: Lanarkshire
Address: 6 Store Place
Occupation: Scholar
ED: 1
Household schedule number: 186
Line: 4
Roll: CSSCT1901_246
Household Members: Name Age
Elizabeth McDonald 23
Elizabeth F D McDonald 5
James W McDonald 4
Georgina S M McDonald 2
Janet D McDonald 3 mos

Do you have any ideas as to where she might have been living when she married? Elizabeth McDonald is a very common name!

Carol

Post by **AndrewP** » Sat May 30, 2009 6:36 am

Hi Anniee,

I looked at the birth index and presume that she was Elizabeth Fulton McDonald. If you look for the marriage of Elizabeth Fulto McDonald [SP allows only 15 letters including spaces for given name(s), so the middle name stops short], you will get two results, both in Ayrshire before ScotlandsPeople's current limit date of 1933. This could be the same person marrying twice, or two separate Elizabeth Fulto McDonalds.

On looking up the deaths, there are two matches for Elizabeth Fulto McDonald. Both are beyond the SP limit date for offering online images. One is an obvious match for one of the marriages. The other doesn't match the other marriage, unless she remarried after 1933. Neither death is a good match by age. One would imply a c1902 birth, the other c1889. Given the inaccuracies that can creep into a death certificate, either could be her (or of course it may be neither).

So it looks like your starting point has to be to look at the two marriages on ScotlandsPeople and see if either is her.

All the best,

AndrewP

anniee · Post by **anniee** » Sat May 30, 2009 8:28 am

hi carol, andrew thankyou for your help i dont no any thing about these people other than the info you got me

the initials F and D could be FREW and DOWNS

thankyou once again

anniee

Post by **AndrewP** » Sat May 30, 2009 10:17 am

anniee wrote:the initials F and D could be FREW and DOWNS

Hi Aniee,

If you go to ScotlandsPeople, you will find that the Elizabeth F McDonald born in Irvine in 1896 has the first middle name FULTO (presumably cut short from Fulton).

It would be worth your while checking this one out on SP.

All the best,

Andrew

JustJean · Post by **JustJean** » Sat May 30, 2009 1:52 pm

The birth of Elizabeth Frew Downs McDonald is found in 1895 Irvine. Haven't found a marriage yet. Possible place of death of her mother is Springburn in 1963 but since it's a modern record I can't view it to know if it's correct. Was hoping to pick up the daughter as an informant!!

Best wishes
Jean

anniee · Post by **anniee** » Mon Jun 01, 2009 10:58 am

thankyou jean for your help

annie