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From: Don Montague <>
Subject: [MLN] Robert MATHISON of Edinburgh, b. 1848
Date: Sat, 24 Aug 2002 13:20:05 +0200
In-Reply-To: <200208241011.g7OABa3d011085@lists2.rootsweb.com>


Dear Diane,
you wrote to the MIDLOTHIAN List:

>Trying to locate the names of great grandfather Robert mathison who was
>born in Edinburgh in 1848.

All that the IGI has to offer is as follows, for 1836-1850:
1. Robert MATHIESON
Birth: 22 Sep 1848 Irvine, Ayr, Scotland
2. Robert MATHEWSON
Birth: 12 Feb 1848 Dysart, Fife, Scotland
3. Robert MATHIESON
Birth: 29 Nov 1849 <Cumnock>, Ayr, Scotland
4. Robert MATTHEWSON
Birth: 15 Jun 1849 Hobkirk, Roxburgh, Scotland
5. Robert MATHIESON
Christening: 1 Jun 1849 Govan, Lanark, Scotland
6. Robert MATHEWSON
Christening: 16 Jun 1850 Mid And South Yell, Shetland, Scotland
7. Robert MATHESON
Birth: 1 Jun 1850 Alloa, Clackmannan, Scotland

>He married Jessie McKay on Feb 28 1873 at St Catherines Edinburgh.

The IGI gives:

Robt. MATHISON
Sex: M
Marriage(s):
Spouse: Jessie MCKAY
Marriage: 28 Feb 1873
Edinburgh Parish, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Source Information:
Batch No. Dates Source Call No.
M116853 1867-1875 6035516 REGISTER

>His marriage certificate might show who his parents were,but it is
>difficult for me to access the lds files at htis time.

Sorry, cannot help from here, deep in rural SW France!

> . . .,and if anyone needs access to British Columbia Canadas archives,I
> can help with the births/deaths/marriages.

Yes please! can you possibly have a look see if there are any details of
MEUGENS births, deaths or marriages, pleeease! The big difficulty about
researching this name (my great-granmother's) is that it is so often
mistranscribed: I've found it as MENGENS, MELLGENS, MEWGENS, etc, in LDS
records . . . They landed up all over the bloomin' world too, but all the
FamilySearch routine seems to give is Arthur Lionel Meugens, multiple
entries with conflicting dates!

Good hunting

Don

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