Margaret Stevenson
(1794-1840)
Margaret Stevenson was born 12th December 1794
Christening: 14th December 1794, in Port Glasgow Renfrew, and died January
1840. She married John Dumbreck before 1819.
John Dumbreck was an Innkeeper at Cumbernauld but became
bankrupt. He then moved to Glasgow where he was a coach driver. The money from
Margaret's father which should have gone to her, but she died only six months
after him, was supposed to go to her sons. However, the boys were not old enough
and so the father was in charge of their affairs. He was not entitled to the
money under the terms of the will, but was given the money for the boys. This
was not legal due to the trustees and their lawyers knowing that John Dumbreck
was a bankrupt. This caused legal wrangling for many years with a charge of
fraud brought against the lawyer of the trust fund. If any of you wonder why we
are not all rich, as we should be!, then it is all because of
John Dumbreck!!!
The information now found (17 Nov 2004) shows that The family
were at Cumbernauld Inn then Carbeans (that is what it appeared to be)
Cumbernauld. Then they moved to Airdrie Inn. It seems that they were in
Edinburgh for a time in 1832. John then moved to Glasgow but whether this was
before or after Margaret Stevenson's death, is yet to be established. It is
possible that they were at Cumbernauld Inn when a
murder
took place.
Family Tree
Children of Margaret Stevenson and John Dumbreck are:
William Stevenson Dumbreck was born 21 July 1819 and christened 19
August 1819 at Cumbernauld. He died before 29 May 1828 as a subsequent child was
given this name.
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Old Parish Record - Cumbernauld |
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29th July
Dumbreck, John & Margt Stevenson, Cumbd
Inn, had a child born & baptised 19th same (August) month, name of William
Stevenson.
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Margaret Dumbreck was born 2 August 1821 and christened 21 August
1821, Cumbernauld. (It is my suspicion that she too may have died as she had
no mention in the legal document and was not old enough to claim the money in
her own right).
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Old Parish Record - Cumbernauld |
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2nd August
Dumbreck, John & Margt Stevenson, Cumbd
Inn, had a child born & baptised 21st same month, name of Margaret.
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JOHN DUMBRECK was born 16 December 1825 and christened 28 December 1825
at Carbeans? Cumbernauld.
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Old Parish Record - Cumbernauld |
Dumbreck, John & Margt Stevenson,
Carbeans?, had a child born & baptised 28th same month, named John.
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Alexander Dumbreck was born 29 May 1828 and christened 18 June 1828 at
Airdrie.
William Stevenson Dumbreck was born 29 May 1828 and christened 18 June
1828 at Airdrie.
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Old Parish Record -
Airdrie |
Dumbreck, William Stevenson and Alexr
Dumbreck, twin children of John, Airdrie Inn & Margt Stevenson, were born
29th May and baptised 25th June 1828.
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These two children would also be under the legal age to claim
their inheritance from their mothers estate. So far as I have found, they made
no claim which suggests to me that they may not have survived. They would only
be 11½ when their mother died if they survived.
Charles Dumbreck was born about 1836. Occupation: Coach Driver, Glasgow.
Margaret would be 37 when
Charles was born.
The only
record for a Charles Dumbreck which would fit with this one, is a death
record. He died 29th May 1866 aged 33 years. He died from Bright's disease of
the kidneys and dilation of heart at the Royal Infirmary, Glasgow. He was a
labourer and single. He lived at 9 High Street, Glasgow and a Margaret Thomson
signed his death certificate. She was an acquaintance and also lived at 9 High
Street, which was a tenement block. As this Charles was also in Glasgow and
about the correct age, remember that an 'acquaintance' would not know all the
actual details, then this must be the correct Charles' death. As I now have a
better idea of how old Charles was from the 1851 census, this tallies with the
age on his death certificate.
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