Surname Saturday (on Sunday) - MARSHALL

Each Saturday I will be posting one of my surnames. I will be starting with the 4 main lines – my paternal line of Farrell and Devlin and my maternal line of Marshall and Burnett, after which I will post most likely in alphabetical order using the Ahnentafel numbering system. The names in red are my direct ancestors.

This weeks surname is Marshall, my maternal grandfather's paternal line and my maternal grandmother's maternal line. These two lines are connected as my maternal grandparents were first cousins.

1. Me (Alana Farrell)

2. Robert Allan Farrell (1927-1962)
3. Rhona MacDonald Marshall (1933-2003), born 21 Feb. 1933 in Dundee, Angus, Scotland and died 8 Sept. 2003 in St. Lambert, Quebec, Canada. Rhona married Robert Allan Farrell on 15 Aug. 1953 in Balcarres, Saskachewan, Canada. They had three children (all living). Rhona is the daughter of Robert Burn Marshall and Eliza Hamilton Burnett.

6. Robert Burn Marshall, born 23 May 1871 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland and died 12 Sept. 1935 in Dundee, Angus, Scotland. He was the son of David Fenton Marshall and Rachel Wyse Hume. He first married Margaret Roy Weir (1868-1914) on 26 Feb. 1892.

The children of Robert Burn Marshall and Margaret Roy Weir were:

· Rachel Baillie Marshall (b. 22 Nov. 1892, d. abt 1893)
· Isabella Weir Marshall (b. 17 Aug. 1895, d. 13 Oct. 1895
· Robert Wyse Marshall (b. 8 Mar 1901, d. 12 Mar 1902)

Robert Burn Marshall next married Eliza Hamilton Burnett on 23 July 1917 in Dundee, Angus, Scotland.

7. Eliza Hamilton Burnett, born 16 July 1897 in Dundee, Angus, Scotland and died 29 Mar 1943 in Dundee, Angus, Scotland. Eliza was the daughter of John Burnett (1863-1923) and Helen Leighton Marshall (1863-1929). (Side note: Helen Leighton Marshall was sister to aforementioned David Fenton Marshall).

The children of Robert Burn Marshall and Eliza Hamilton Burnett were:

· Helen Burnett Marshall (1915-2007)
· David Hume Marshall (1917-1978)
· Robert Marshall (1919-1989)
· Rachel Margaret Marshall (1922-2009)
· Albert Ferrier Marshall (1924-1926)
· Norman Wilson Marshall (1929-1989)
· Living Marshall
· (#3) Rhona MacDonald Marshall (1933-2003)

12. David Fenton Marshall, born 13 April 1847 in Alyth, Perth, Scotland and died 10 Feb 1922 in Dundee, Angus, Scotland. David Fenton Marshall was the son of Robert Marshall and Ann Kynoch. David married Rachel Wyse Hume on 12 Aug 1870 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.

13. Rachel Wyse Hume, born about 1851 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland. Unfortunately, have not been able to find her year of death. Rachel was the daughter of Hugh Hume (1817-1899) and Agnes Reid (1823-1889).

The children of David Fenton Marshall and Rachel Wyse Hume were:

· (#6) Robert Burn Marshall (1871-1935)

24. Robert Marshall, born 7 October about 1819 in Alyth, Perth, Scotland and died 18 June 1981 in Dundee, Angus, Scotland. Robert was the son of George Marshall and Isabella Mitchell. He married Ann Kynoch of 26 Sept. 1841 in Alyth, Perth, Scotland.

25. Ann Kynoch, born about 1819 in Dallas, Morrayshire, Scotland and died 13 March 1885 in Dundee, Angus, Scotland. Ann was the daughter of John Kynoch and Christine Hay.

The children of Robert Marshall and Ann Kynoch were:

· Ann Marshall (1844-1913
· (#12) David Fenton Marshall (1847-1922)
· Robert Marshall (1849-?)
· John Kynoch Marshall (1851-1889)
· William Ramsay Marshall (1853-1853)
· James Grant Marshall (1855-?)
· George Smith Marshall (1858-?)
· Francis Ferguson Marshall (1860-?)
· Helen Leighton Marshall (1863-1929)

48. George Marshall, born about 1792. No further information is known on George Marshall.

49. Isabella Mitchell, born 21 Sept. 1795 in Alyth, Perth, Scotland and died 18 July 1866 in Kirrimuir, Angus, Scotland. Isabella was the daughter of David Mitchell and Elizabeth Colville.

The children of George Marshall and Isabella Mitchell were:

· (#24) Robert Marshall (abt 1819-1891)

Although George Marshall and Isabella Mitchell never married, their son Robert took the Marshall name.

Tombstone Tuesday - Maze

In Loving Memory of

James Maze,

Drumoris

who died 25th August 1878

Aged 43 years

Also his wife Catherine

who died 14th July 1916

aged 73 years

Also their daughter-in-law

Sarah Maze

who died 1st September 1925

James Maze (1835-1878) and his wife Catherine, nee Fair (1843-1916) were my great great grandparents, my paternal grandfather's mother's parents. Sarah Maze (nee West) was married to their son, Robert. They are buried in the Aghavea Parish Cemetery in Aghavea, Brookborough, Co. Fermanagh, N. Ireland. I'm not sure where Robert is buried.

Closing Ceremonies - Winter 2010 Geneabloggers Games

The Medal Ceremonies took place today followed by the Closing Ceremonies of the Winter 2010 Geneablogger Games. It was a gruelling two weeks of blood, sweat and tears for the 51 participants as they worked to be the best that they could be!

This was the first Games that A Twig In My Tree participated in and what a phenominal job (if I do say so myself), winning 1 Bronze Medal, 2 Silver Medals, 1 Gold Medal and 1 Diamond Medal.

Congrulations to all the participants and we will see you all again at the 2012 Geneablogger Games.

Robert Burn Marshall (1871 - 1935) Part 2

Robert Burn Marshall (1871 - 1935) Part 1

When last we left off, my 43 year old grandfather, Robert Burn Marshall, had just become a widower when his wife Maggie (née Weir) passed away on April 13, 1914. I can’t begin to imagine how he was feeling. This was another devastating event after already losing three children.

Fortunately for Robert, he could take solace in the fact that his grandfather (Robert Marshall) and an aunt (Helen Leighton Burnett – née Marshall) lived in Dundee and were able to help him grieve.

Also there to help him grieve was Helen’s very lovely youngest daughter, Eliza Hamilton Burnett. Eliza was 26 years younger than Robert, being only 17 years old at the time and was also his first cousin. If teenage girls in 1914 were anything like they are today, Eliza must have been extremely flattered by the attention paid to her by a good looking older man and I’m sure the thought of him being her cousin didn’t even cross her mind! And I’m sure the grieving widow didn’t mind the attention of such a lovely young lady either.

It wasn't long before their relationship showed results. On December 19, 1915 my aunt Helen was born. It wasn’t until July 23, 1917, however, that Robert finally made an honest woman out of Eliza, probably because she was six months pregnant with their second child. Was it love, guilt or pressure from Eliza’s parents, Helen and John Burnett that made him finally marry her? The romantic in me is going with love, however I’m sure there was a wee bit of pressure from Eliza’s father, the Police Constable!

Robert and Eliza were married for 18 years and had eight children together:

Helen Burnett Marshall, born December 19, 1915, died April 12, 2007
David Hume Marshall, born October 8, 1917, died July 16, 1978
Robert Marshall, born September 20, 1919, died December 1989
Rachel Margaret Marshall, born January 15, 1922, died May 2009
Albert Ferrier Marshall, born November 6, 1924, died November 6, 1926
Norman Wilson Marshall, born May 16, 1929, about 1990
My Auntie Vina (as she is still living, I won’t give her full name and birth date)
Rhona MacDonald Marshall, born February 21, 1933, died September 8, 2003 (my mother)

At the age of 64, Robert suffered from chronic rheumatism of the heart and passed away on September 12, 1935.

Winter Games - Final Progress Report

Well, the games are over and it is time for the final results. Unfortunately, work priorities took a precedence this past week so I didn’t get as much done as I hoped; however, considering these were my first Geneablogger Games, I’m quite pleased with the end results.

Here is my final progress report for the categories I participated in:

1. Go Back and Cite Your Sources!

Cited 21 sources in my database. Did not achieve the Gold that I was aiming for, but it has gotten me started.

Results: 1 Bronze Medal, 1 Silver Medal

2. Back Up Your Data!

Totally wiped out in this field!

Results: Zippo!

3. Organize Your Research!

Task E – Completed 21 data entries in my database. Was aiming for a Diamond and ended up with a Bronze.

Results: 1 Bronze Medal

4. Expand Your Knowledge!

I did fairly well in this category.

Task A - Used Google Maps to map out my great grandfather’s ancestral location.
Task B - Created a timeline for my great grandfather.
Task E - Created a surname visualization.

Results: 1 Bronze Medal, 1 Silver Medal, 1 Gold Medal

5. Write, Write, Write!

Task C – Prepared two posts in draft mode and pre-published them (and it actually worked!).
Task D – Wrote a biographical sketch of my maternal grandfather.
Task E - Created two pages on my blog, one listing the surnames I’m researching and one showing awards that I have been given.
Task F - Participated in a 52 Weeks to Better Genealogy Challenge #7.

Results: 1 Bronze Medal, 1 Silver Medal, 1 Gold Medal, 1 Diamond Medal

6. Reach Out & Perform Genealogical Acts of Kindness!

Task A – Commented on several new (to me) genealogy blogs.
Task G – Used the Follow feature on a Blogger-based genealogy blog.

Results: 1 Bronze Medal, 1 Silver Medal

Total medals earned for these games:

5 Bronze
4 Silver
2 Gold
1 Diamond

(Not so) Wordless Wednesday - Orphan Photo #4

In going through a box of pictures that belonged to my mother, I've come across a lot of photos of people I don't know. I believe they might be friends and/or family of my step-father, Douglas Sinclair Kay. I'm posting these in the hope that someone might come across them and be able to identify them.


The older gentleman right in front (turning towards the camera) is my step-grandfather, Adam Sinclair Kay and the older lady straight across from him is my step-grandmother, Clarice Mabel Kay (nee Salmon). I don't know who the other people are.

This must have been taken at Adam & Clarice's house because I recognize that old grandfather clock in the background - we had it in our house all the time I was growing up. By the looks of their age, I'm guessing this was when they lived in St. Lambert, Quebec, but probably before my step-father married my mother so I'm thinking probably in the late 1950's.

Tombstone Tuesday - Rhona M. Marshall and Douglas S. Kay

Douglas Sinclair Kay
October 31, 1927 - April 7, 1989

Rhona MacDonald (Marshall) Kay
February 21, 1933 - September 8, 2003

Together Forever

This is my mother's and step-father's gravemarker. The are buried together at Urgel Bourgie Cemetery in St. Hubert, Quebec

Winter Games Progress Report

I've been a little behind in posting my progress report, but that's not to say I haven't done anything. I'm only posting new results to avoid a long post! A complete tally will be posted at the end of the week.

Category #1 - Go Back and Cite Your Sources!

I spent the day on Saturday entering sources (and boy do I have a lot to enter!). I finally completed 20 sources (actually 21!). It's taking me longer than originally anticipated as I'm still learning how to enter them properly.

Results: 1 bronze medal, 1 silver medal.

Category #5 - Write, Write, Write!

Today I attempted to prepare two posts in draft mode and pre-published them for Tuesday and Wednesday. Now let's hope it works!

I also completed Part 1 of a biographical sketch of my grandfather, but I won't count this until Part 2 is complete (hopefully tomorrow).

Results: Added a Gold medal.

Total Medal results to date:
5 Bronze
4 Silver
2 Gold

Happy Birthday Mom!

Rhona MacDonald Marshall

(married names: Farrell and Kay)
February 21, 1933 - September 8, 2003

Today would have been my mom's 77th birthday. Happy Birthday Mommy.

Robert Burn Marshall (1871 - 1935) Part 1

My grandfather, Robert Burn Marshall, was born on May 23, 1871 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, the only child of David Fenton Marshall and Rachel Wyse Hume. At the time of his birth, his parents were living at No. 1 Montgomery Place West in the District of St. Andrew.^[1] David Marshall, at this time, was working as a Stationer’s Apprentice.

It is not known at this time what happened to Rachel after Robert’s birth as no further documentation can be found for her in Scotland. David changed occupations, becoming a commercial traveller (or travelling salesman), and by 1881 Robert, at the age of 9 was living with David’s parents, Robert and Ann Marshall (née Kynoch) in Glenprosen (near Kirrimuir) and attending the school there. The Senior Robert was the schoolmaster.^[2] Did Rachel die young (perhaps in childbirth)? Did Rachel and David separate?

Sometime in his early teens, Robert moved to Dundee with his grandparents (Robert and Ann) where Ann died on March 13, 1885,^[3] only 1½ months before her daughter, Helen, was to marry.

What he got up to in his late teens is unclear, but there is a record in the 1891 Scotland Census for a Robert Marshall, aged 19 born in Edinburgh as being in the local prison in Dundee.^[4] This Robert Marshall worked as a General Labourer. If this is my Robert Marshall, who knows what he got up to, but my guess at this point would be that, being single and 19 years old, he probably had just gotten paid and went and had a good time at the local pub and then had the unfortunate luck to be picked up and thrown in the local jail to sober up – being there on the night that the census was taken. Further investigation has to be done to confirm if this is my Robert Marshall.

On February 26, 1892 Robert married Margaret Roy Weir in Dundee. Robert, aged 20 was working as a Ticket Writer (or sign writer) and Margaret, aged 23 was a Jute worker. They were living in adjacent tenement flats at 41 and 43 Step Row.^[5]

This marriage was marred by tragedy. While living at 19 Barrack Street in Dundee, their first child, Rachel Baillie Marshall, was born on November 22, 1892.^[6] She was to die a few months later (a death record has yet to be found). On August 17, 1895 a second daughter, Isabella Weir Marshall, was born.^[7] Unfortunately, she was only to live a few months and passed away on October 13, 1895.^[8]

By 1901 Robert and Maggie were living in Glasgow where they had a son, Robert Wyse Marshall, born on March 1, 1901.^[9] According to the 1901 Scotland Census, they were living at 68 McLellan Street in the District of Govan and Robert was working as an Iron Borer.^[10]

At this time, Glasgow was a booming industrial city and there were plenty of jobs. Robert probably worked in one of the factories in the area where they lived, possibly at the Maclellan Works just across the road from where they lived. Unfortunately, tragedy was to strike once again when their son passed away on March 12, 1902, just a few days after his 1st birthday.^[11]

The couple moved back to Dundee, living at 65 Main Street in the Hilltown district, where Robert became a house painter. It was here that Maggie died at the age of 46 on April 30, 1914.^[12]

Stayed tuned for Part 2 as Robert does the “hanky panky” with his cousin!

Footnotes:

^[1] Scotland, “Search the Records,” database, ScotlandsPeople (http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk: accessed 31 May 2009), birth entry for Robert Burn Marshall, 1871, District of St. Andrew, Burgh of Edinburgh; citing Statutory Registers no. 685/02 0490.
^[2] Scotland, “Search the Records,” database, ScotlandsPeople (http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk: accessed 13 October 2009), 1881 Scotland Census, entry for Robert Marshall (age 9), Glenprosen, Kirrimuir, Page 1; Line 3, citing no. 299/00 017/00 001.
^[3] Scotland, “Search the Records,” database, ScotlandPeople (http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk: accessed 31 May 2009), death entry for Ann Marshall, 1885 District of St. Andrew, Burgh of Dundee; citing Statutory Registers no. 282/04 0319.
^[4] Scotland, “Search the Records,” database, ScotlandsPeople (http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk: accessed 4 August 2009), 1891 Scotland Census, entry for Robert Marshall (age 19), Dundee, Angus, Dundee Prison, Page 1; Line 16, citing no. 282/02 027/02 001.
^[5] Scotland, “Search the Records,” database, ScotlandsPeople (http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk: accessed 31 May 2009), marriage entry for Robert Burn Marshall – Maggie Weir, 1892, District of St. Peter, Burgh of Dundee; citing Statutory Registers no. 282/ 01 0053.
^[6] Scotland, “Search the Records,” database, ScotlandPeople (http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk: accessed 31 May 2009), birth entry for Rachel Baillie Marshall, 1892 District of St. Clement, Burgh of Dundee; citing Statutory Registers no. 282/03 0851.
^[7] Scotland, “Search the Records,” database, ScotlandPeople (http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk: accessed 31 May 2009), birth entry for Isabella Weir Marshall, 1895 District of St. Clement, Burgh of Dundee; citing Statutory Registers no. 282/03 0544.
^[8] Scotland, “Search the Records,” database, ScotlandPeople (http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk: accessed 31 May 2009), death entry for Isabella Weir Marshall, 1895 District of St. Clement, Burgh of Dundee; citing Statutory Registers no. 282/03 0452.
^[9] Scotland, “Search the Records,” database, ScotlandPeople (http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk: accessed 31 May 2009), birth entry for Robert Wyse Marshall, 1901 District of Plantation, County of Lanarkshire, Glasgow; citing Statutory Registers no. 646/01 0160.
^[10] Scotland, “Search the Records,” database, ScotlandsPeople (http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk: accessed 4 August 2009), 1901 Scotland Census, entry for Robert Marshall Household, District of Govan, Lanarkshire, Glasgow, citing no. 646/1L 039/1L 016.
^[11] Scotland, “Search the Records,” database, ScotlandPeople (http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk: accessed 31 May 2009), death entry for Robert Wyse Marshall, 1902 District of Plantation, County of Lanarkshire, Glasgow; citing Statutory Registers no. 646/01 0089.
^[12] Scotland, “Search the Records,” database, ScotlandPeople (http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk: accessed 26 June 2009), death entry for Margaret Marshall, 1914 District of St. Andrew, Burgh of Dundee; citing Statutory Registers no. 282/04 0415.