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Im trying to find information on the 5 possibles that come up when you search for: Births, Mary Murphy, 1875-1881, Midlothian county. Im hoping theres a possibility that one of them has parents called Philip Murphy and Mary Redpath? (mothers surname could be slightly different). Thanks, Deborah

Debs can you narrow it down any?? Do you know Mary's married name at all?? To look this up would take possibly 26 credits... one to view results of search and then 5 credits for every record viewed. If you could narrow it down a bit I could have a look for you. Shaz

Christ ignore me..... married name isnt going to help with births is it.....lol Sorry about that.

I dont need to view the whole records, just the options when you use one credit. If i think any of those are very likely, then ill pay the £6 to view the full credit. x Deb

1 1876 MURPHY MARY NEWINGTON EDINBURGH CITY/MIDLOTHIAN 685/05 0809 2 1878 MURPHY MARY LEITH SOUTH EDINBURGH CITY/MIDLOTHIAN 692/02 0270 3 1879 MURPHY MARY COCKPEN /MIDLOTHIAN 676/00 0028 4 1875 MURPHY MARY ANN ST GEORGE EDINBURGH CITY/MIDLOTHIAN 685/01 1141 5 1876 MURPHY MARY EMILY WRIG ST GILES EDINBURGH CITY/MIDLOTHIAN 685/04 0985 Does this help you in anyway?? If your as lucky in research as I am then probably not much...lol Shaz x

Well she married in Lasswade, Midlothian in 1895 and her age then puts her birth at around 1878ish.

Just checked 1881 census for a Philip Murphy and only one in Midlothian... Lasswade. but he is unmarried the others are all in Govan Lanarks and one in Greenock Renfrew. Shaz

You dont have one credit to use to check this do you (will it tell you the wifes name when you only spend one credit?): Philip Murphy marriage 1872 (its the only marriage by that name for many years - ive checked) and its only Lanark which is very near by. x

Did that census result show any Philip Murphys in Lanarkshire?

Deb, On scotlandspeople If you put in both christian and surnames and some approx. years from ? to ? this will tell you how many hits (if any) you get without having to use a credit, this is called a free search. You can also search through the Counties, one at a time to narrow down place of marriage, can be a bit tedious, but it does work. Liz

Sorry Debs trying to sort things out here ... 100 things at once lol Ok what did you want me to look at?? I looked at the census return for Philip in Lasswade and he is not married at all...... Just looked at one of the others.... Living in Govan Lanark his wifes name is Mary but no child named Mary youngest child is Elizabeth aged 1mth so she was born around feb/march 81

Im thinking that maybe this is the fathers marriage: Philip Murphy marriage 1872 (its the only marriage by that name for many years - ive checked) and its only Lanark which is very near by. When i narrow down the area it comes up as Anderston. (was hoping a one credit check might show the wifes name as Mary Redpath or something spelt similar. Which might mean that Mary was born in Lanark/Anderston too. Does that place feature on the Philips in the 1881 at?

Deb, Marriage in IGI PHILIP MURPHY Marriages: Spouse: MARY ANN MONAGHAN Family Marriage: 04 MAR 1872 Anderston, Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland Nothing like Redpath though. Liz

I found 5 marriages for Philip Murphy in Scotland between 1855 and 1930 and one is to a Mary Redpath it was in 1883 in Dalkieth, Midlothian. Shaz x

Liz, Didnt think the igi had scotland for some reason. Thanks,

Shaz...your a star. So they married 4ish years after mary was born. Wasnt that usual then? Perhaps that the area that mary was born then.

No Debs she doesnt seem to have been born there at all... and get this one... I just checked out the census return for Philip Murphy for 1891... and there is Philip and Mary (I'm assuming they are the same ones) and yes there is a daughter Mary who is apparently aged 12.... work that one out!

So that means that the philip you found on the 1881 who was single could be right (he wasnt married by then) but did have a child. How did you know he was single? Did you view the full thing? Was he living with someone but not married? x Deb

So that would make her born 1879, but shes not appearing anywhere. Hummmmmm. Are you looking at the full 1891 record? If so, does it have any brothers or sisters and parents places of birth? Do you have any of these saved? If so i would appreciate any copies. debjanes (hot . com)

Thanks for all your help on this Shaz, i really appreciate it.