Thread: William Macdougall.were was he born??

William MacDougall was born according to the information I have in 1854.He was a fisherman.

He married my Grandmother in 1914 in Grimsby Lincolnshire. On his marrage cert it says his father was John a painter,he was 60 and she was(Mary Ann Briggs) 43.

He died in Grimsby in 1923, grandmother registered it saying his age was 69.

I cant find him on any census, not knowing where he came from.

Any suggestion anyone as what my next step should be.....please.



Sheila

Hi Sheila

It's a hard one - especially considering his name could be mispelled on Census, and his occupation - he could have come from anywhere, as I'm sure you already know



Just some ideas perhaps to try:



When he married 1914, was he said to be a bachelor or a widower? And have the witness' been identified?



The address he gave on the marriage?



Electoral Rolls, just prior to his marriage?



Is there any family memory of him having a particular "accent" (ie: Scottish, particular regional English?)



Cheers

AnnieB

Thank you for your reply AnnieB, it sure is a hard one.My grandmother"ran"of with MacDougall and had seven children together before they married,she said she was a widow..a fib..and he a bachelor.They were at the same address for years,this from electoral rolls.

I have two cousins who swear he was a Scot,but they never knew him.?

I think he must have been at sea on the 1901 census as granny was with their first daughter and another one born to her first husband,as a houskeeper.

Yes you are right about the spelling as some of the children use McDougall,but it is MacDougall on the marriage certificate.

Thanks again

Sheila

Hi Sheila,



I have already looked for his birth in Scotland using different name variants without luck.

Thank you Starlight for looking for me.



Regards



Sheila

Hi All,

I have found my William on the 1911 census,he was under the name of McDongal ( born in Dundee) not Macdougall. His was born 1863 not 1854 so say the 1911 census,

The address is the same as when he was married to my grandmother...all the family names are correct sooooo one of my brick wall's have gone for a burton!!!!



Yipeeeeee