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Trying ti find missing records of Margaret Omond ;
Born 1865 Sanday Orkney
1871 Census Sanday Orkney
1881 Census Sanday Orkney
1891 nil anywhere
1901 nil anywhere
1911 nil anywhere
Died 1948 Edinburgh widow of James Prior Coal Miner? death certificate signed by sister and her parents names on certificate verify her identity
No trace of marriage certificate or children
Traced her back through valuation records to 1920 house was in her husbands name in 1915. presumably died betwen 1915 to 1920.
She lived at the same address from 1915 to her death in 1948
No trace of Margaret between 1881 to 1915
Help in tracing her much appreciated

???

1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census
Wardlaw Terrace, 3, Edinburgh, St George, Midlothian, Scotland
Household members (3 people)
First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Sex Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
Jane Omond Head
Single Female 43 1858 Dressmaker Orkney, Scotland
Maggie Omond Sister
Single Female 35 1866 Dressmaker Orkney, Scotland
James Omond Brother
Single Male 31 1870 Clerk Orkney, Scotland


This is the 1881 which is the last definite census for her.


1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census
Tower Hill, Cross & Burness & North Ronaldshay, Sanday, Orkney, Scotland
Household members (11 people)
First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Sex Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
Thomas Omand Head
Married Male 61 1820 Carpenter master & farmer of 12 acres employing 3 boys 1 lad Cross, Orkney, Scotland
Jannet Omand Wife
Married Female 50 1831 Carpenters wife Orkney, Scotland
John Omand Son
Unmarried Male 19 1862 Carpenter's son Burness, Orkney, Scotland
Jannet Omand Daughter
Unmarried Female 17 1864 Carpenter's daur Burness, Orkney, Scotland
Margaret Omand Daughter
Unmarried Female 15 1866 Carpenter's daur Burness, Orkney, Scotland
Thomas Omand Son
- Male 13 1868 Carpenter's son scholar Burness, Orkney, Scotland
James Omand Son
- Male 11 1870 Carpenter's son scholar Burness, Orkney, Scotland
Helen Omand Daughter
- Female 9 1872 Carpenter & farm daur scholar Burness, Orkney, Scotland
Oliver Omand Son
- Male 4 1877 Carpenter son Burness, Orkney, Scotland
James Muir Boarder
Unmarried Male 22 1859 Carpenter apprentice Orkney, Scotland
Thomas Tulloch Boarder
Unmarried Male 15 1866 Carpenter apprentice Burness, Orkney, Scotland



and 1871 with sister Jane on it.

1871 England, Wales & Scotland Census
Tower Hill, Cross & Burness, Burness, Orkney, Scotland
Household members (12 people)
First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Sex Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
Thomas Omand Head
Married Male 51 1820 Boat carpenter employing 1 man Cross, Orkney, Scotland
Jannet Scott Wife
Married Female 39 1832 Carpenters wife Cross, Orkney, Scotland
Jane Omand Daughter
Unmarried Female 13 1858 Scholar Orkney, Scotland
Mary Omand Daughter
Unmarried Female 12 1859 Scholar Orkney, Scotland
John Omand Son
- Male 9 1862 Scholar Orkney, Scotland
Jannet Omand Daughter
- Female 7 1864 Scholar Orkney, Scotland
Margaret Omand Daughter
- Female 5 1866 Carpenters daur Orkney, Scotland
Thomas Omand Son
- Male 3 1868 Carpenters son Orkney, Scotland
James Omand Son
- Male 7 1864 Carpenters son Orkney, Scotland
Jane Drevar Mother
Widow Female 82 1789 Carpenters widdow Orkney, Scotland
James Miller Apprentice
Unmarried Male 19 1852 Carpenter (app) Orkney, Scotland
James Muir Servant
Unmarried Male 15 1856 Farm servant Orkney, Scotland

Purely for INFO

PRIOR
MARGARET
83
1948
685/5 644
George Square

OMAND
MARGARET
83
1948
685/5 644
George Square

Using the man's surname doesn't mean she was married to him

What was the address to which you make reference???

Thank you for your reply.
What you found is really helpful and promising, both James and Jane returned to Orkney to work the family farm
. Jane died Orkney , Janes returned to Edinburgh about 1925 died ther in 1944.

I appreciate using another mans name is a posibility, however the family were very religious and unlikely. The death quoted is the same Maragaret.
Thanks

Yes I noticed both James and Jane returned to Orkney but Margaret is proving to be very elusive :-( :-(

What address was she living at in Edinburgh?

Don't Scottish death certs include marriage info? IF there is any to include, of course

Asking because I've never had cause to get one............and I thought someone said they do.

The address in Edinburgh was 11 Stewart Terrace.

Scottish death certs don't give marriage info - apart from the spouse's name and occupation.

Birth certs give the date and place of the parents' marriage.

There's no James (or any other Prior) with her at 11a Stewart Terrace from at least 1918-19 onwards.
She's not on the ER at that address before that.
There's no ER record of James at that address in any year, in spite of being there on the Valuation Roll in 1915.

Margaret was a "biscuit worker".

Mcvities opened a huge factory in the 1890s just around the corner from where she was living. Interestingly the address she shared with her sister and brother is just round the corner where she lived most of her life.

Thanks, AG, for the clarification.