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Margaret Skilling c1781

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Walter

Walter Report 22 Jan 2017 18:11

Info received from somewhere indicates that this woman who is my three times great grandmother died in 1875. This makes her nearly 95, a very old age for that time. Can anyone confirm or deny her age. Thank you, Walter
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greyghost

greyghost Report 22 Jan 2017 18:23

In which country? If in UK which county?

Is Skilling her maiden or Married name as not seeing a death for a Margaret Skilling any time around 1875.

Although uncommon, it was not totally unknown for someone to live to that age even back then.

malyon

malyon Report 22 Jan 2017 18:28

is this Margaret

Margaret Skilling
Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950
christening:
9 November 1781
, GIRVAN, AYR, SCOTLAND
residence:

Girvan, Ayrshire, Scotland
father:
Andrew Skilling
mother:
Sarah Mclean

MargaretM

MargaretM Report 22 Jan 2017 18:45

If she's your ancestor then evidently she was married so tell us if Skilling is her maiden or married name.

Researching:
Great grandmother Dorothy Bean nee Abbott (1858-1908)

MargaretM

MargaretM Report 22 Jan 2017 18:48

At a guess, did she marry James Enterkin?

Researching:
Great grandmother Dorothy Bean nee Abbott (1858-1908)

Walter

Walter Report 23 Jan 2017 15:36

To the searchers, Margaret Skilling married James Enterkin. The first child Robert was born 1803, the last Joseph 1825. Lived in Ayrshire or Glasgow .
Thank you all for your hard work.

greyghost

greyghost Report 23 Jan 2017 16:38

What a shame we were looking for the wrong name to begin with.

Unless she remarried, there is no death of a Margaret Enterkin when you say.

Looking at Scotlands People there are 3 possible marriages for a Margaret Enterkin from 1851 to 1875.

Thomas McBride 1863 (Glasgow) Calton RD
William Welsh 1860 Glasgow Central district
James Lee 1871 Eastwood

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Hopefully there would be enough detail to identify if your Margaret

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Chris Ho :)

Chris Ho :) Report 23 Jan 2017 17:08

Looking at her 1851 (Margaret Enterkine. Montgomerie, Girvan, Carrick, Ayrshire, Scotland)

Below looks to relate...(if they had a Daughter Margaret, that is!)

Chris :)

County Ayrshire
Place Dailly
Church name Church of Scotland Parish Church
Register type Unspecified
Marriage date 11 Sep 1844
Groom forename Arthur
Groom surname MACCONACHIE
Groom parish Dailly
Bride forename Margaret
Bride surname ENTERKIN
Bride parish Ayr

http://www.freereg.org.uk/