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thank you for pm glasgowlass :-)

I have found them
After the 1905 death of Margaret Hunter ( ms Begbie) her husband William remarried
New wife was called Isabella Provan
Married in Inveresk on 20 Sep 1907
William (a widower) was the son of David Gordon Hunter and Elizabeth Young
Isabella was the daughter of John Provan and Jane Savage.

1911: 7 Wellington St, Portobello, Edinburgh
William Hunter (head) age43. General Lab. born Tillicoultry, Clackmannanshire
Isabella Hunter Wife. age 30. b Shotts, Lanark ( 4yrs married. 3 children. 2 living)
David Hunter son age 16. Iron Moulder b Musselburgh
William Hunter Son age 12. At school, b Musselburgh
James Hunter Son age 9, at school. b Ormiston
Martha Hunter Dau Age 4 born . b Musselburgh *
Joseph Hunter Son Age 2 b Edinburgh *
Thomas Hunter Son. Under 1mth. b Portobello.*


Neither daughters, Elizabeth nor Janet Hunter are in this household


*odd?
Margaret (Begbie) died in 1905 which means that James age 9 ( bc 1902) was her son.
Margaret had been deceased for just over 5yrs and 6months at 1911

Isabella and William married in Sep 1907 and at 1911 ( married 3yrs and 6mths) Isabella states she had 2 living children
Which 2? There are 3 children of 4yrs and under at 1911?

Will send 1911 census and marriage cert to Stephanie by PM

I've had a bit of a look for them in 1911, without success.

William (son), William (father), David, Margaret aren't in Musselburgh.(Including variations of first names.)

There are 2 Janet Hunters of the right age in Musselburgh, but neither is the right one.

There's a Bessie Hunter, aged 19, whom I thought might be Elizabeth, but she's the sister of a Georgina who's married to Andrew Denholm.

Unfortunately the names are all too common to search further afield without more to go on.

As Scotlands people is the only site with 1911 census, no-one can help you, I'm afraid.

Why not ask for some credits for a Christmas present..........

yes the parents were in musselburgh in 1901 and thank you for the death of margaret as i was having trouble finding the deaths

You only ask about the children of the family. Does that mean you know where the parents were in 1911?

Presumably in Musselburgh, as the mother, Margaret (nee Begbie), wife of William Hunter, general labourer, died 16/09/1905 of typhoid fever, aged 37, and her home address was Musselburgh.
Her parents were David Begbie (carter) and Jessie Begbie (nee Crombie).

Unless that's some other Margaret and William Hunter.

david was my partners great uncle and he has his service medal with all details on it i can provide the number if required and i know how much scotlandpeople cost reggie but i can not afford it at the moment same as viewing relatives trees

Credits for Scotlands people cost £7.00 for 30

Where did you get the info on David ?

Have you his Army record ?


If all the others stayed in Scotland then you need to search on Scotlands People for them too

Is this them on the 1901 census?

Name: David Hunter
Age: 6
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1895
Relationship: Son
Father's Name: William Hunter
Mother's Name: Margret Hunter
Gender: Male
Where born: Midlothian, Musselburgh
Registration number: 689
Registration District: Inveresk and Musselburgh
Civil Parish: Musselburgh
Town: M Burgh
County: Midlothian
Address: 48 Market St
ED: 6
Household Schedule Number: 154
Line: 10
Roll: CSSCT1901_394
Household Members:
Name Age
William Hunter 32
Margret Hunter 34
Eley Hunter 9
David Hunter 6
Janet Hunter 4
William Hunter 1
Source Citation: Parish: Musselburgh; ED: 6; Page: 33; Line: 10; Roll: CSSCT1901_394.



Can't look for them on the 1911 census as that's a pay to view on Scotlands people

they all stayed in scotland except for elizabeth which i have all details on like her marriage and death david also moved out of scotland and he was a sergent in the royal engineers

Did any of them go to Canada or USA

Scottish 1911 census is only available on Scotlandspeople

trying to find siblings elizabeth(1893) , david(1895) , janet(1897, john(1898) , james(1900) and william(1900) in the 1911 census all born in musselburgh i have found them in 1901 but they seem to have disappeared after that

hope someone can help and many thanks in advance