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need to trace births and marriage or other children.
I only have daughter Rose Ann Burns (age 17) marriage cert 15th Dec 1871, Carlisle. to William Merrick (age 20)
showing her Father as Hugh Burns (Equestrian) deceased.
Hugh Burns was Circus Equestrian or Travelling showman.
Cant find Rose Ann birth cert? (born Liverpool??) and on her death cert the fathers name is John Burns?
Found her mothers death in poorhouse in Glasgow as a Hawker.
and no information on death cert.
Cant find rose's parents marriage cert

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can anyone help?

Which census have you found any of the family on?

How do you know the name of mother - Agnes ?

Agnes Travers is the mother of Rose ann

Agnes was 52 when she died in 1879

Dean, hve you tried concentrating on Scotland? Burns is (obviously) a Scottish name, you say her mother died in Glasgow, And Carlisle isn't too far away! Maybe Rose was born north of the border.
Jan

i am sure on a William merrick census her birtplace was england

1871 just for info

Name: Rosina Burns
Age: 15
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1856
Relationship: Boarder
Gender: Female
Where born: England
Registration Number: 662/1
Registration district: Bathgate
Civil parish: Bathgate
Town: Bathgate
County: West Lothian
Address: 19 South Bridge St
Occupation: Acrobat
ED: 2
Household schedule number: 109
Line: 19
Roll: CSSCT1871_152
Household Members: Name Age
Robert Coyle 38 Labourer & Lodging Houses Keeper
Catherine Coyle 40
Mary Coyle 6
James Coyle 4
Peter Coyle 1
France Murray 27 Labourer
Peter Gillon 47 Hatter
Mary Gillon 27
James Wilson 43 Labourer
Jessie Wilson 29
John Gillies 27 Hatter
Hugh Burns 45 Ireland - acrobat
Agnes Burns 46 Glasgow
Rosina Burns 15
Margaret Burns 7 Glasgow
William Lynns 19
Francis Thomson 17
John McCail 55 Hawker
Archo Carrie 40 Hawker
William Day 27 Hawker
Sarah Day 23

Daughter Roseann's death cert states Agnes Travers is her mother and John Burns is the Father and not Hugh as stated on her marriage cert to William merrick in 1871

Dean

Glitter baby.. i think you have got it right their. why could i not find that? looks like a sister margaret too eh?

Dean

William Day and Sarah Day could very well be showpeople too.. Circus in town??

Dean

1861 not sure about this one !!

Name: Hugh Burn
Age: 33
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1828
Relationship: Head
Spouse's name : Agnes
Gender: Male
Where born: Monasta, Ireland
Registration Number: 648
Registration district: Lanark
Civil parish: Lanark
County: Lanarkshire
Address: 34 St Leonard St
Occupation: General Merchant
ED: 7
Household schedule number: 77
Line: 1
Roll: CSSCT1861_116
Household Members: Name Age
Hugh Burn 33
Agnes Burn 35 Glasgow
Agnes Burn 12 England
Mary Burn 7 England
Rose Burn 4 England


Source Citation: Parish: Lanark; ED: 7; Page: 16; Line: 3; Roll CSSCT1861_116; Year: 1861.

her father is alive in Bathgate but in December 1871 in her marriage cert he is deceased?

Dean

That 1871 census from Glitter Baby looks promising.

Family look likely to be members of a circus.

Roseann obviously died in Scotland as both her parents are mentioned on the death certificate.

William Merrick left his fathers jewellers shop in London to join a circus as a musician. He must have met Roseann who was an acrobat and her father an equestrian. William Merrick married Roseann in Carlisle.
GLITTER BABY is there another page to the Bathgate census for William Merrick? It must have been a whirlwind romance to marry in Dec 1871


Dean