Margaret (Burnet) Thow (1851 - 1898)

Born 27 Nov 1851 in Newhills, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Died 12 Apr 1898 at age 46 in Old Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

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Biography

Margaret (Burnet) Thow was born in Scotland.

Margaret Burnet or Burnett (1851–1898) was the daughter of James Burnett (1815–1895) and his wife, Catherine Abel (1829–1889). She was born on 27 November 1851, probably at Buxburn [Bucksburn] in the Aberdeenshire parish of Newhills and was baptised in the parish on 31 December 1851.^[1] The entry in the baptismal register was as follows (spelling and punctuation as in the original):

“Baptism Register of Newhills / 1851 […] Burnet / December 31 / James Burnet in Buxburn had a daughter born of his wife Catharine Abel 27 Novr. baptized 31 Decr. and named Margaret before witnesses William Abel in Buxburn and John Abel in Greenburn.”^[2]

She appears to have left her job working in a paper mill to marry a widower, Alexander P Thow, who was working as a fireman in a soap works. The marriage took place on 27 February 1892 at what was likely to be her parents' home at Market Street in Woodend in the parish of Newhills.^[3] They had at least one child, Jessie Burnett Thow, who was born that year.^[4]

Margaret died from miliary tuberculosis on 12 April 1898 at 102 High Street in the Old Aberdeen registration district.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XYF3-Y6T : 12 February 2020), Margaret Burnet, 1851.
2. ↑ “Old Parish Registers, Births and Baptisms, 1553–1854,” database and images, ScotlandsPeople (https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk : accessed 11 July 2021), image, entry for Margaret Burnet, born 27 November 1851, baptised 31 December 1851, recorded at Newhills, Aberdeenshire, citing reference no 226/ 20 268.
3. ↑ “Statutory Marriages, 1855–present,” database and images, ScotlandsPeople (https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk : accessed 20 May 2017), image, entry for Alexander Thow and Margaret Burnett, married 27 February 1892, registered at Newhills, Aberdeenshire, citing reference no 226/ 8. Married at Market Street, Woodend, Newhills, after publication, according to the forms of the Free Church of Scotland. Alexander Thow, fireman in soap work, widower, 44 years old, 8 Piries Lane, Woodside, the son of Robert Thow, labourer, deceased, and Margaret Thow née Moir, deceased. Margaret Burnett, late papermill worker, spinster, 39 years old, Market Street, Woodend, Newhills, the daughter of James Burnett, late crofter, and Catherine Burnett née Abel, deceased. James Strachan and John Burnett, witnesses.
4. ↑ National Records of Scotland, “Statutory Births, 1855–present,” database, ScotlandsPeople (https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk : accessed 11 July 2021), entry on birth index for Jessie Burnett Thow, born 1892, registered at Woodside, Aberdeenshire, citing reference no 168/3 178.
5. ↑ “Statutory Deaths, 1855–present,” database and images, ScotlandsPeople (https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk : accessed 20 May 2017), image, entry for Margaret Thow née Burnett, aged 45 years, died 12 April 1898, registered at Old Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, citing reference no 168/4 8. Married to Alexander Thow, engine stoker. Died at 102 High Street, Old Aberdeen. The daughter of James Burnett, crofter, deceased, and Catherine Burnett née Abel, deceased. Died from miliary tuberculosis, 1 month. Alexander Thow, widower, informant.

See also:

• “FamilySearch Family Tree.” FamilySearch International (https://www.familysearch.org), database, entry for Margaret Burnett, citing person id LRTH-S2T.

Acknowledgements:

• Research by Margaret's great great nephew, David Dobie.