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This is the only birth of a Margaret D Milne born in Scotland in 1903 - but obviously not Dillon for middle name, so maybe not her:

MILNE
MARGARET DAVIDS [ on ]
F
1903
168/4 36
Old Aberdeen

Her parents' marriage - so maybe that birth is correct?

MILNE
GEORGE
FINDLAY
MAGGIE
1898
168/4 13
Old Aberdeen

Hi All
Here are a few details for Sarah Murdoch
born 21/11/1892or1893
mother Margaret Dillon Murdoch
father James Murdoch
Believe Sarah left for Canada 1920 from (Glasgow)
On this passenger, record said to be aged 27 and a Nurse

Hang on !!! - If Margaret's daughter Sarah was born c1892/3 as you now state above, then how could Margaret (the mother) have been born in 1903 and died in 1929 ???????????

I am totally confused here - could you please check what facts you actually have and post them for us all together Ian?

Thanks,

Dea x

Who is it you're actually trying to find out about, Ian?
How have you worked back to Margaret?

If it's Margaret Dillon Murdoch, then she's not the person who died in 1929.

If it's the Margaret D Murdoch who died in 1929, then she appears to be Margaret Davidson Milne.

I assume that as you haven't asked about Charles, that you know all about him.
Tell us what definite facts you have about him, and then we can maybe work out who his wife was.

A tree on Ancestry says Margaret (nee Milne) had a daughter Jane Pittendrigh Murdoch 18/07/1925 in Bloomfield, New Jersey - and that record is on Ancestry.
No mention of a Sarah. Her husband was Charles Pittendrigh Murdoch, , who died 18/12/1991 in Pennsylvania.

Several trees have Margaret Monteith Gillon. None say when she died, and none mention a Sarah - only the three sons. They say that her husband Charles died 1954 in Seattle.

Hi All
So sorry I am getting confused myself
I thought the Margaret Dillon Murdoch died 1929 was Sarah's mother but as you have said that Margaret was born1903

here's all I have for Sarah Murdoch
Name: Sarah Murdoch
- Date of birth: November 21, 1892, or 1893
- Place of birth: Scotland (Glasgow?)
Mother's Name: Margaret Dillon Murdoch
- Father's Name: James Murdoch
- Traveled to Canada in 1920.
- She married in New York in 1924 with José Joaquim Fernandes

I will understand if you all decide to back off

First name(s) Sarah
Last name Murdoch
Sex Female
Age 27
Birth year 1893
Occupation: Nurse
Origin country Scotland
Year 1920
Departure year 1920
Ship departure port Glasgow
Departure country Scotland
Destination port Glasgow
Destination country Canada
Arrival port QUEBEC
Source dataset Passenger Lists Leaving Uk 1890-1960

She may have crossed the border from Canada to USA - there are several on Ancestry but I don't have world wide access.....................

Perhaps someone could take a look?

It would obviously be between 1920 and 1924 but I don't see her on 1921 Canada Census so I suspect it would have been before then?

Dea x

Name Jose Joaquin Fernandes
Event Type Marriage
Event Date 16 Feb 1924
Event Place Manhattan, New York, New York, United States
Event Place Manhattan, New York
Gender Male
Age 33
Marital Status Single
Race White
Birth Year (Estimated) 1891
Birthplace Portugal
Father's Name Manuel
Mother's Name Maria Joaquina
Spouse's Name Sarah Marie Murdock
Spouse's Gender Female
Spouse's Age 29
Spouse's Marital Status Single
Spouse's Race White
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated) 1895
Spouse's Birthplace Scotland
Spouse's Father's Name James
Spouse's Mother's Name Margaret Dillon

Crookiedyke Farm, New Monkland, Lanarkshire, Scotland


James Murdoch Head Married Male 36 1865 Gardener Domestic Ireland
Maggie Murdoch Wife Married Female 34 1867 - Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Mary Murdoch Daughter - Female 8 1893 Scholar Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Sarah Murdoch Daughter - Female 6 1895 Scholar Rutherglen, Lanarkshire, Scotland
James Murdoch Son - Male 2 1899 - New Monkland, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Susan Murdoch Daughter - Female 0 1901 - New Monkland, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Oddly, none of the children's births appear on SP

Scotlands People show lots of marriages 1880-94 of men named James Murdoch to women named Margaret or Maggie - but none have a middle or surname Dillon.

Looks like she had a brother who also went to New York?

Name: James Murdock
Titles and Terms:
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 10 Jan 1931
Event Place: Manhattan, New York, New York, United States
Event Place: Manhattan, New York
Registration Date:
Registration Year:
Registration Place:
Gender: Male
Age: 31
Marital Status: Single
Previous Wife's Name:
Race: White
Birth Date:
Birth Year (Estimated): 1900
Birthplace: Scotland
Father's Name: James
Father's Titles and Terms:
Father's Birthplace:
Father's Age:
Mother's Name: Margaret Dillon

Spouse's Name: Kathleen Smythe
Spouse's Titles and Terms:
Spouse's Gender: Female
Spouse's Age: 29
Spouse's Marital Status: Single
Spouse's Previous Husband's Name:
Spouse's Race: White
Spouse's Birth Date:
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1902
Spouse's Birthplace: Ireland
Spouse's Father's Name: James
Spouse's Father's Titles and Terms:
Spouse's Mother's Name: Mary Butler

Note:
Reference ID: cn 884
GS Film Number: 1684187
Frame Number:

Citing this Record
"New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:24D7-7K7 : 10 February 2018), Mary Butler in entry for James Murdock and Kathleen Smythe, 10 Jan 1931; citing Marriage, Manhattan, New York, New York, United States, New York City Municipal Archives, New York; FHL microfilm 1,684,187.

Perhaps we can find when he travelled over?

Dea x

Sarah's death

Name James Murdoch
gender Male
Wife Margaret Dillon
Daughter Sarah Murdoch Fernandes
Other information in the record of Sarah Murdoch Fernandes
from Brasil, Rio de Janeiro, Registro Civil
Name Sarah Murdoch Fernandes
Event Type Death Registration
Event Place Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
Gender Female
Age 75
Birth Year (Estimated) 1892
Death Date 10 Abr 1967
Father's Name James Murdoch
Mother's Name Margaret Dillon
Spouse's Name José Joaquim Fernandes

?? UK address Renfrew Occ: Caulker

Name: James Murdoch
Gender: Male
Age: 23
Birth Date: abt 1900
Departure Date: 23 Jun 1923
Port of Departure: Liverpool, England
Destination Port: New York, USA
Ship Name: Franconia
Shipping Line: Cunard Line
Official Number: 147216
Master: Captain Geo W Melsom

This could be the Sarah from the 1901 census posted by Erika:

Sarah Murdoch
in the Canada, Ocean Arrivals (Form 30A), 1919-1924
Name: Sarah Murdoch
Gender: Female
Estimated birth year: abt 1893
Birth Place: Rutherglen, Scotland
Age: 27
Date of Arrival: 20 Jun 1920
Port of Arrival: Quebec
Port of Departure: Glasgow, Scotland
Ship Name: Saturnia

Going to Canadian Government Hostel, Toronto.

Father: James Murdoch, 72 Love Street, Paisley.

She's a Nurse, domestic.

EDIT: this may be the same journey posted by Erika.

The 1901 Crookiedyke Farm family look increasingly likely.

We have Sarah and James fitting that, and both emigrating.

This looks like Margaret in 1891 and 1871 - at least the same place and date of birth as Maggie Murdoch:

Margaret Dillon
in the 1891 Scotland Census
Name: Margaret Dillon
Age: 24
Estimated birth year: abt 1867
Relationship: Daur (Daughter)
Father's name: James Dillon
Mother's name: Sarah Dillon
Gender: Female
Where born: Paisley, Renfrewshire
Registration Number: 646/3
Registration district: Partick
Civil Parish: Govan
County: Lanarkshire
Address: 15 Merkland St
Occupation: Upholstery Semer
ED: 10
Household schedule number: 127
Line: 22
Roll: CSSCT1891_305
Household Members:
Name Age
James Dillon 42
Sarah Dillon 50
Margaret Dillon 24
Mary Dillon 23
Daniel Dillon 21
Sarah Dillon 14
Agnes Dillon 12
Henry B Dillon 11


Margaret Dillen
in the 1871 Scotland Census
Name: Margaret Dillen
Age: 4
Estimated birth year: abt 1867
Relationship: Daughter
Father's name: James Dillen
Mother's name: Sarah Dillen
Gender: Female
Where born: Paisley, Renfrewshire
Registration Number: 575
Registration district: Renfrew
Civil Parish: Renfrew
Town: Renfrew
County: Renfrewshire
Address: 2 Glebe St
ED: 5
Household schedule number: 64
Line: 14
Roll: CSSCT1871_104
Household Members:
Name Age
James Dillen 29
Sarah Dillen 29
Daniel Dillen 1
Margaret Dillen 4
Mary Dillen 3


But still no sign of her marriage.

Hi ALL
WOW, Thank you all so much for your hard work you are all totally amazing researchers. I have been looking for ages and getting nowhere.

Lots of family details for me to process this will keep me quite for some time I think

Ian

Hi All
I believe I may have found Sarah and her parents on Scotlandspeople.

Sarah Maria Murtagh birth certificate 21/11/1894 Rutherglen (Birthday falls correctly)
father James Murtagh occ Gardener
mother Maggie Dillon
they married 13/4/1891 Partick, Glasgow

Ian

Looks good, Ian.

So these are the births of the other siblings shown in 1901:

MURTAGH
SUSAN
F
1901
651/ 106
Airdrie or New Monkland


MURTAGH
JAMES
M
1899
651/ 70
Airdrie or New Monkland

MURTAGH
MARY
F
1893
644/9 151
Kelvin