George Chapple - Dalkeith

[Caroline]

Just wondered if you'd seen this submitted entry for Marys birth on the IGI:

Mary Chappel


Birth: 1837 Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland


Parents:
Father: Edward Chappel
Mother: Barbara Crombie


Caroline

[DavidWW]

yahoooooooo....think I have found the parents on SP - Edward and Barbara Chapple

If that's via the death register entry, from www.scotlandspeolople.gov.uk , showing a 47 year old miner married to Mary, then we're on the same track.

But cross-check the parents with the info on his marriage register entry, where his mother's maiden name is shown differently, - the first 4 letters are very close!, and one of them matches the IGI surname, - looks like the death register entry informant got it wrong , and did he also get his sister's surname wrong, or did he know that she was illegitimate?

The plot thickens if you look for Mary's death register entry, - she remarried after George's death, but the widower gives a different given name for her father, never mind a surname which is elsewhere that of her mother ....... the marriage register entry for her remarriage tells the full tale relating to her mother's matrimonial affairs, apart from still not letting us know just who Mary's father was .................

David

[Jack]

Hi Maple,
I think this is the family of George CHAPPLE's wife Mary SHARP.
Her mother, also Mary, was firstly married to Sinclair AITKEN, then later to Thomas WATERS.
In between she had children James SHARP & Mary SHARP (who married George).
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SINCLAIR AITKEN
MARY SHARPE (Father: William SHARPE)
Marriage: 15 JUN 1832 Inveresk With Musselburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
~some chn~
WILLIAM AITKEN - Christening: 21 JUL 1833 Inveresk With Musselburgh, Midlothian
ISABEL AITKEN - Christening: 13 SEP 1835 Inveresk With Musselburgh, Midlothian
ALEXANDER AIKINE - Christening: 25 MAR 1838 Crichton, Midlothian, Scotland
AGNES AIKINE - Christening: 23 AUG 1840 Crichton, Midlothian, Scotland
ANNE ELLIOT AIKINE - Christening: 21 APR 1844 Crichton, Midlothian, Scotland
ALEXANDER AITKEN - Christening: 20 OCT 1846 Crichton, Midlothian, Scotland
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1841 census 681 Ed 1 p 14 (Crichton)
Pathhead (East Side).
Sinclair AIKINE, 25, coal miner, b MLN
Mary AIKINE, 25,-----------------b MLN
Isabel AIKINE, 5?, --------------b MLN
Alexander AIKINE, 3, ----------b MLN
Agnes AIKINE, 10 mos, -------b MLN
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1851 census 681 Ed 1 p 18 (Crichton)
East Side, Pathhead.
Mary AITKINE, head, widow, 36, washerwoman, b Lasswade, MLN
Isabella AITKINE, daur, 15, field labourer, b Inveresk, MLN
Alexander AITKINE, son, 4, -------------------b Crichton, MLN
James SHARP, son, 1, --------------------------b Crichton, MLN
William DARLING, lodger, u/m 24, coal miner, b Newbattle, MLN
[daur Mary Sharp not yet born]
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THOMAS WATERS
MARY SHARP
Marriage: 19 OCT 1860 Newbattle, Midlothian, Scotland
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1861 census 700 Ed 5 p 11 (Temple)
Stobsgreen.
Thomas WATTERS, head, marr, 49, coal miner, b Tranent, Had.shire
Mary WATTERS, wife, marr, 48, ----------------------b Lasswade, Edin.shire
Alexander AITKEN WATTERS, son, 15, coal miner, b Crichton, Edin.shire
James SHARP WATTERS, son, 12, scholar, b Crichton, Edin.shire
Mary SHARP WATTERS, daur, 9, scholar, b Crichton, Edin.shire
George CAPPEL WATTERS, boarder, 19, coal miner, b Dalkeith, Edin.shire
[this looks like George Chapel / Chapple]
Seems the surname WATTERS has been added to everyone's surname here in 1861.
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1871 cens 632 Ed 11 p 29 (Carnwath)
Greenwell House.
George CHAPPLE, head, marr, 28, coal miner, b Dalkeith, Edinburgh
Mary CHAPPLE, wife, marr, 19, ------------------b Crichton, Edinburgh
Isabella CHAPPLE, daur, 3, -----------------------b Borthwick, Edinburgh
Jesse CHAPPLE, daur, 2, -------------------------b Temple, Edinburgh
Edward CHAPPLE, son, 4mos, -----------------b Temple, Edinburgh
[i know you have this census - it's just to compare names, ages, birhplaces with the 1861]
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Jack
ps, i should add that this is only guesswork...my usual get-out clause...
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[maple23]

thanks guys for this info, you are amazing =D>