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Her nephew has her birth certificate for 1877 in Inveresk , Musselburgh Scotland , and death certificate in 1911 Randfontein , South Africa , and has all information from 1881 , 1891 , and `1901 census , husbands full name not known and marriage record not found , family letters suggest Maria had child or children names not known , her nephew is hoping to find possible descendants , he and I would appreciate any suggestions or help in this search
Thanks Ken H

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No image so have you got the actual death cert

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Name: Maria Fitzgerald Clarkson
Death Year: 1911
Death Country: South Africa
Title: Transvaal Estates Death Index (Master of the Supreme Court, Pretoria)
Source: National Archives, Pretoria
Reference Number: 18859


Is the informant family ?

So she was still single in 1901

Maria F Dunn
Age: 25
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1876
Relationship: Serv (Servant)
Gender: Female
Where born: Musselburgh, Midlothian
Registration Number: 685/2
Registration district: St Andrew
Civil Parish: Edinburgh St Stephen
County: Midlothian
Address: 54 Northumberland St
Occupation: Cook (domestic)
ED: 127
Household schedule number: 59
LINE: 16
Roll: CSSCT1901_377
Household Members:
Name Age
Robert A Lee 29
May Lee 30
Maria F Dunn 25
Margaret G Young. 28

Not seeing any travel info

Are you sure it's the same lady as there's this lady with a daughter traveling with her

M F
Last name Clarkson
Title MRS
Gender Female
Marital status M
Departure year 1896
Departure day 5
Departure month 12
Departure port Southampton
Destination port Cape
Destination CAPE
Country South Africa
Destination country South Africa
Ship name Scot
Ship master's first name W
Ship master's last name MARTIN
City SOUTHAMPTON
Ship destination port SOUTH AFRICA
Ship destination country SOUTH AFRICA
Ship square feet 6455
Ship registered tonnage 4277
Number of passengers 485
Record set Passenger Lists Leaving Uk 1890-1960

Nephew has death certificate Maria Fitzgerald Clarkson age 34 died 9th September 1911

but how has the connection been made to Maria Fitzgerald Dunn

Who registered the death?

Birth actually 1876, which matches 1901 census:


DUNN
MARIA FITZGERAL[D]
F
1876
689/ 211
Inveresk and Musselburgh

I don't see her marriage or death in Scotland.

Nor does she seem to be in Scotland in 1911. There's a Maria Dunn aged 36, in Kippen in 1911, but that's not her.
No Maria Clarksons in the right age range.

Maria Fitzgerald Clarkson`s death certificate was sent to her Dunn family in Scotland death registered by a Mr Clarkson ,this is the only information her nephew has of her after 1901 census , but there is a possibility of children and their descendants

Doesn't the death cert give the 'qualification' of the informant? And a first name?

Are you able to get the nephew to check for you?

Looking for descendants of Maria's siblings:


James Dunn
in the 1891 Scotland Census
Name: James Dunn
Age: 41
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1850
Relationship: Head
Spouse's name : Mary Dunn
Gender: Male
Where born: Inveresk, Edinburgh
Registration Number: 689
Registration district: Inveresk
Civil Parish: Inveresk
Town: Fisherrow
County: Midlothian
Address: 46 High St Fisherrow
Occupation: Plumber
ED: 7
Household schedule number: 186
LINE: 15
Roll: CSSCT1891_360
Household Members:
Name Age
James Dunn 41
Mary Dunn 40
Alexr Dunn 16
Marid [Maria ] F Dunn 14
Mary M Dunn 5
Agnes M Dunn 3
Janet P Dunn 1


Death of Janet:

DUNN
JANET PURVES
2
1891
689/ 233
Inveresk and Musselburgh


Marriage of Agnes:

DUNN
AGNES MAY ROBER[ ....]
SALKELD
JOHN
1907
689/ 57
Inveresk and Musselburgh


Agnes may have had a number of children, several of whom died in infancy - but some of the possibles may have belonged to another Salkeld family in the same area - maybe cousins:

This one survived and had several children:

Birth;
SALKELD
JAMES DUNN
M
1910
689/ 518
Inveresk and Musselburgh


Marriage:
SALKELD
JAMES DUNN
CORNWALL
ANNIE MARY
1932
689/ 116
Inveresk and Musselburgh



One of James's children:

Birth:
SALKELD
RICHARD CORNWALL [ died the same year ]
M
1937
685/5 1977
George Square


A probable daughter registered in two places:

Birth:
SALKELD
AGNES MAY R D
F
1937
722/ 24
Tranent

Birth:
SALKELD
AGNES M R D
F
1937
685/5 1978
George Square

Birth of earlier child of same name - maybe James's sister ??:

SALKELD
AGNES MAY R D
F
1927
722/ 214
Tranent

There was also a marriage of a Joseph Salkeld to another Cornwall , in Abercorn, a couple of years after James's marriage - brothers marrying sisters, perhaps?

[I didn't make a note of Joseph's bride's first name, and now SP is down for system maintenance, so can't look it up at present.]

Deaths of several Salkeld / Cornwall offspring - but can't tell which family they belong to, without buying certs!
Some first names repeat.

From these deaths, it would appear there are probably still Salkeld relatives living in Edinburgh and area.

SALKELD
AGNES MAY ROBER
52
mms CORNWALL
1980
723/ 25
Tranent


SALKELD
JOHN
51
CORNWALL
1985
738/ 865
George Square


SALKELD
ANNIE MARY CORN
47
CORNWALL
1988
720/ 125
Prestonpans


SALKELD
ALISON JOHNSTON
55
CORNWALL
1990
746/ 906
Newington


SALKELD
AGNES MARY ROBE
52
CORNWALL
1989
746/ 1059
Newington


SALKELD
LOUISE THOMSON
57
CORNWALL
1997
734/ 322
Edinburgh


SALKELD
PETER
80
CORNWALL
2013
735/ 651
Edinburgh, Central


SALKELD
ALISON JOHNSTON
84
mms CORNWALL
2017
738/ 380
Edinburgh, Central