DICKSON, Margaret ¹

   Another name for Margaret was DICKSON, Margret.

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  Research Notes:

FATHER

As yet no Margaret Dickson has been found in the Church of Scotland baptisms registers for Haddington, for the appropriate years, whose father was James Dickson, tailor in Haddington. The reference to James comes from the marriage record for Margaret.

In the Register of Edinburgh Apprentices 1756-1800 Addenda et Corrigenda for the County of Midlothian, Scotland, there appears an entry:

"Dickson (Dixon), John, s. of John, tailor at Laurencehouse, E. Lothian, to Thomas Sanderson & Co., merchants, for 5 years 26 Jun 1794"

So there were Dicksons who were tailors at Laurencehouse, near Haddington.

A daughter was baptised in Haddington, whose father was John, not James:

"Margaret Dickson
birth:12 April 1746
christening:16 April 1746, Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland
residence: 1746 Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland
father: John Dickson
mother: Isabell Johnston

from Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950

Margaret married Thomas MOWAT Cordiner (Shoemaker), son of Alexander MOWAT Weaver and Jannet BOWER, on 18 July 1778 in Edinburgh parish, Edinburgh, Scotland. (Thomas MOWAT Cordiner (Shoemaker) was born on 5 November 1726 ² and was baptised on 13 November 1726 in Prestonpans, East Lothian, Scotland ².)

  Marriage Notes:

"MUAT
THOMAS
MARGARET DICKSON/FR67 (FR67)
18/07/1778
685 / 1
510 / 118
Edinburgh"

from Index of Marriages


Old Parish Registers
Edinburgh parish Edinburgh
Marriages

"July 18th 1778
Thomas Muat shoemaker parish of Haddington and Margaret Dickson same parish Daughter of James Dickson Taylor of Laurence house" ³