RUSSELL, Margaret Selanders

   Another name for Margaret was RUSSELL, Margaret.^{2 3 4 5}

  General Notes:

When she was born in 1856 it was Margaret's father William, who had been present where the birth occurred, who notified the registrar Nicol MacDougall at Glasgow on 11 January 1856, and made his X mark.

In 1861 the census recorded Margaret Russell aged 5 years, born in Glasgow, living with her mother at 25 Oak Street. Both were boarders.

Margaret was the informant of the birth of her daughter Margaret before the registrar Andrew Cameron at Newmilns on 7 December 1880. No father's name was entered.

The 1901 census for Bridgeton Glasgow recorded Margaret Russell aged 44 years as head of a household living at 29 Franklin Street. She was a French polisher by occupation, and had been born in Glasgow. With her were living her daughter Margaret, aged 21 years, recorded as born in Galston Ayrshire, and also a French Polisher by occupation, and a grand-daughter, aged 7 months and born in Glasgow, named "Chrigton Russell".

Margaret was recorded as a furniture polisher in the death certificate of her daughter Margaret in 1958. ^{1 3 4 5 6}

  Research Notes:

NAME

Margaret's name on her birth certificate consist of three parts. The first and the last "Margaret" and "Russell" are legible enough. the middle name is squashed into the second line of the column and is less clear. To the naked eye it looks like "Selanders" or possibly "Sclanders". The GRO Scotland has indexed it as "Margaret Seland Russell". ¹

Margaret married.