{"id":377,"date":"2020-07-10T21:09:03","date_gmt":"2020-07-10T20:09:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.halmyre.co.uk\/blog\/?page_id=377"},"modified":"2024-01-07T11:09:10","modified_gmt":"2024-01-07T11:09:10","slug":"john-thom-janet-lindsay","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.halmyre.co.uk\/blog\/john-thom-janet-lindsay\/","title":{"rendered":"John Thom – Janet Lindsay"},"content":{"rendered":"
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John Thom<\/strong> and Janet Lindsay<\/strong>‘s parents and places and dates of birth are unknown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

John’s occupation was Hawker, according to his daughter Margaret’s death certificate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

John and Janet were proclaimed for marriage in the parish of Blantyre, Lanarkshire on 14 August 1803.1<\/a><\/sup>National Records of Scotland, Old Parish Records, 1803 Marriages, 624 (Blantyre), 10\/408<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

CHILDREN<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

John Thom<\/strong>, born in Blantyre, Lanarkshire on 16 January 1804.2<\/a><\/sup>National Records of Scotland, Old Parish Records, 1804 Births, 624 (Blantyre), 10\/319<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Agnes Thom<\/strong>, born in Blantyre, Lanarkshire on 31 May 1806.3<\/a><\/sup>National Records of Scotland, Old Parish Records, 1806 Births, 624 (Blantyre), 10\/327<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

James Thom<\/strong>, born in Blantyre, Lanarkshire on 14 April 1808.4<\/a><\/sup>National Records of Scotland, Old Parish Records, 1808 Births, 624 (Blantyre), 10\/333<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Margaret Thom<\/strong>, born in Blantyre, Lanarkshire on 19 March 1810.5<\/a><\/sup>National Records of Scotland, Old Parish Records, 1810 Births, 624 (Blantyre), 10\/342<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n

Margaret married Thomas McWilliam<\/a> (b. Rutherglen, Lanarkshire on 28 March 1807), son of John McWilliam and Mary Mather<\/a>.6<\/a><\/sup>National Records of Scotland, Old Parish Records, 1807 Births, 654 (Rutherglen), 10\/358<\/span> They were proclaimed for marriage in the parish of Blantyre on 14 August 18307<\/a><\/sup>National Records of Scotland, Old Parish Records, 1830 Marriages, 624 (Blantyre), 40\/137<\/span> and in the parish of Cambuslang, Lanarkshire on 3 September 1830.8<\/a><\/sup>National Records of Scotland, Old Parish Records, 1830 Marriages, 627 (Cambuslang), 20\/175<\/span><\/p>\n

Margaret and Thomas are in Cullochburn, Cambuslang on the 1841 Census9<\/a><\/sup>National Records of Scotland, 1841 Census, 627\/1\/9<\/span> and in Lightburn, Cambuslang on the 1851,10<\/a><\/sup>National Records of Scotland, 1851 Census, 627\/5\/12<\/span> 186111<\/a><\/sup>National Records of Scotland, 1851 Census, 627\/6\/10<\/span> and 187112<\/a><\/sup>National Records of Scotland, 1871 Census, 627\/6\/7<\/span> Census. Thomas\u2019s occupation is Cotton Weaver.<\/p>\n

Thomas died in Lightburn on 18 March 1881, age 73.13<\/a><\/sup>National Records of Scotland, 1881 Deaths, 627\/53<\/span><\/p>\n

Margaret is in Hamilton Road, Lightburn on the 1881 Census14<\/a><\/sup>National Records of Scotland, 1881 Census, 627\/6\/10<\/span> and in Albert Square, Cambuslang on the 1891 Census.15<\/a><\/sup>National Records of Scotland, 1891 Census, 627\/3\/4<\/span><\/p>\n

Margaret died at 125 Norfolk Street, Glasgow on 23 December 1891, age 81.16<\/a><\/sup>National Records of Scotland, 1891 Deaths, 644\/12\/1030<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n

REFERENCES<\/strong><\/p>\n