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TWEEDLEY, Peter
(About 1790-Before 1867)
FOSTER, Elizabeth
(1787-Before 1867)
TWEEDLY, John
(About 1802-After 1871)
NICHOLSON, Mary
(About 1805-Before 1865)
TWEEDLEY, Thomas Nicholson
(About 1831-Before 1897)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. PARKHILL, Margaret Duncan

TWEEDLEY, Thomas Nicholson

  • Born: About 1831, Ireland 2 3
  • Marriage (1): PARKHILL, Margaret Duncan on 21 June 1850 in Neilston, Renfrewshire, Scotland 1
  • Died: Before 28 February 1897

   Other names for Thomas were TWEEDLEY, Thomas, TWEEDLEY, Thomas Nickelson,4 5 TWEEDLIE, Thomas, TWEEDLIE, Thomas Nicholson and TWEEDLY, Thomas.

  General Notes:

Thomas was recorded in the 1841 census aged 9 years. He was born in Ireland. The first child in his family to be born in Renfrewshire was his younger brother William.

John's father, Thomas Tweedley, was the informant of his birth. He gave notice of it at Neilston on 6 March 1855 before John Gardiner, registrar. In the additional information provided by the 1855 birth certificate format, it was also stated that Thomas himself was a shoemaker aged 22 years and had been born in West Arthurlie. He and his wife had married at Barrhead in 1851.

His son, John, died in 1883. Thomas was recorded as a shoemaker in his death certificate.

The death certificate in 1893 of James, the son of Thomas and Margaret, says Thomas was a shoemaker.

In 1897 Thomas' wife died and she was then a widow of 58 years of age. Thomas was recorded as a shoemaker.

In the 1931 death certificate of his daughter Margaret, Thomas was again recorded as a shoemaker. 3 6


Thomas married Margaret Duncan PARKHILL on 21 June 1850 in Neilston, Renfrewshire, Scotland.1 (Margaret Duncan PARKHILL was born on 14 March 1830 in Crofthead, Neilston, Renfrewshire, Scotland 7 and died 28 February 1897 at 3.30 pm in 37 Kelburn Street, Barrhead, Renfrewshire, Scotland 5.). The cause of her death was congestion of the brain and gastric atrophy, both of 14 days' duration.


  Marriage Notes:

In his son John's birth certificate of 1855, Thomas Tweedley stated that he and his wife were married in Barrhead in 1851. 3

Sources


1 GRO Scotland, 572 5 25.

2 (http://ifhf.rootsireland.ie), Neilston v 572 en d 11 page 1 Barrhead village.

3 GRO Scotland, Birth certificate RDS 572 No 50 Neilston 1855-son John.

4 various, Bruce Tweedlie 28/6/01.

5 GRO Scotland, RDS 572-2 1893 no 169/son James.

6 GRO Scotland, Death certificate RDS 572/2 No 93 Barrhead Neilston 1883-son John.

7 LDS.

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