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MITCHELL, James
(About 1790-)
DUNLOP, Mary
(About 1795-)
MITCHELL, Margaret
(1820-)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. GARVEN, William

MITCHELL, Margaret 3

  • Born: 17 March 1820, Kilmarnock Parish, Ayrshire, Scotland 1 4 5 6
  • Marriage (1): GARVEN, William November-December 1846 in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland 1 2
  • Died: 24 March 1894 at 4.30 pm, 21 Dean Street, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland 4 6 7

   Cause of her death was cancer of the stomach over 3 years.6

   Other names for Margaret were GARVEN, Margaret 3 4 and GARVEN, Margret.5

  General Notes:

The 1851 census for Kilmarnock recorded Margaret Garven as aged 30 years of age. Her birthplace was Kilmarnock. She worked as a handloom cotton weaver.


In 1871 the Garven family was recorded by the UK census living at 21 Dean Street in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire. The family consisted of William Garven, head of the household, his wife and their five children. William's wife, Margaret, was recorded as 50 years old and had been born in Kilmarnock.


Margaret Garven was aged 60 years, as recorded by the 1881 census for Kilmarnock, where she had been born.


The 1891 census for Kilmarnock found Margret Garven still living at 21 Dean Street with her husband William and her daughter Margret. She was recorded as aged 72 years and born in Kilmarnock. No occupation was noted.


When Margaret Garven died in 1894 she was recorded in her death certificate as 74 years of age. Her death certificate recorded her as married to William Garven engine keeper. Her parents were both dead. 4 5 6 7 8

  Medical Notes:

W. A. Maclean MB CM certified the cause of death.

William Garven, widower, was the informant of his wife's death. 6


Margaret married William GARVEN November-December 1846 in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland.1 2 (William GARVEN was born in 1824 in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland 4 5 and died 30 April 1900 at 9.40 pm in 21 Dean Street, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland 4 9.). The cause of his death was debility.6


  Marriage Notes:

"Kilmarnock
Marriages Nov 1846
GARVEN
William Garven in Low Church Lane and Margaret Mitchell in Dean Street were proclaimed on the 15 22 and 29 days of Nov 1846"

No baptism for any of this couple's children has been found in a Scotland by year search of the OPRs 1844-1854. 2 10

Sources


1 LDS Family Search, IGI.

2 Old Parish Registers of the Church of Scotland, Marriages Kilmarnock 1846.

3 GRO Scotland, Marriage Kilmarnock 597 no 162 1875.

4 1881 UK census, Kilmarnock 597 en d 20 page 36.

5 1891 UK Census, Kilmarnock 597 en d 20 21 Dean Street.

6 GRO Scotland, Deaths Kilmarnock 1894 no 142.

7 GRO Scotland, Quick Look Kilmarnock 597 no 142 1894.

8 1851 UK census, Kilmarnock 597 en d 1 page 24 Mitchel's Land Dean Street.

9 GRO Scotland, Deaths Kilmarnock 1900 no 202.

10 Old Parish Registers of the Church of Scotland, Baptisms Scotland by year 1844-1854.

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