Monday, November 3, 2014

Children of Matthew and Elizabeth (Muir) Cassels

2.2.1. George Cassels (about 1852-1875)

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George Cassels was the oldest child of Matthew and Elizabeth (Muir) Cassels. He was born about 1852 at East Kilbride, Lanarkshire. When the 1861 census was enumerated, he was 9 years old and living with his parents in East Kilbride. His mother died two years later and his father moved to Blantyre Parish and remarried in 1870. George Cassels followed his father to Blantyre. In 1871 he was working as a laborer, and lodging with the Joseph Smith family, who lived at 55 Stonefield Road. His father and his new family lived nearby at 49 Stonefield Road. George died at the age of 23 on 24 July 1875 in Blantyre of phthisis pulmonalis and was an engine keeper.

2.2.2. Henrietta Cassels (about 1855-1893)

Henrietta Cassels and her husband, William Brodie's lives will be covered in future posts.

2.2.3. Margaret Cassels (1858-1863)

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Margaret Cassels was the third child of Matthew and Elizabeth (Muir) Cassels. She was born in November 1858 at East Kilbride, Lanarkshire, and appeared in the 1861 census, living with her parents in East Kilbride. She died on 11 August 1863 of gastric fever from which she had suffered for 15 days. She died two months before her mother.

2.2.4. Martha Cassels (1861-1876)


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Martha Cassels was the fourth child of Matthew and Elizabeth (Muir) Cassels.  She was born on 9 January 1861 at East Kilbride, Lanarkshire. In 1871 she was living in Stonefield, Blantyre parish, Lanarkshire, with her father and stepmother. Martha died on 7 February 1876 in Stonefield of consumption. She was 15 years old at the time of her death and worked as a weaver in a cotton factory.

2.2.5. Elizabeth Muir Cassels (1863-1864)

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Elizabeth Cassels was the fifth and youngest child of Matthew and Elizabeth (Muir) Cassels. She was born on 9 June 1863 four months before her mother died, but lived only 7 months, dying of consumption on 15 January 1864 at Blantyre.

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1861 Scotland Census 07/04/1861 Cassels, George (Census 1861 643/00 003/00 004)
1861 Scotland Census 07/04/1861 Cassels, Henrietta (Census 1861 643/00 003/00 004)
1861 Scotland Census, Parish: East Kilbride; ED: 3; Page 4; Line: 3; Roll: CSSCT1861_95
1861 Scotland Census, Parish: East Kilbride; ED: 3; Page 4; Line: 5; Roll: CSSCT1861_95
1861 Scotland Census, Parish: East Kilbride; ED: 3; Page 4; Line: 6; Roll: CSSCT1861_95
1871 Scotland Census 02/04/1871 Cassells, George (Census 1871 624/00 005/00 009)
1871 Scotland Census Parish: Blantyre; ED: 5; Page: 9; Line: 3; Roll: CSCCCT1871_118
Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950, Elizabeth Cassels
Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950, Margaret Cassels
Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950, Martha Cassels
Scotland, Statutory Registrations, 1855-2013, 1858 Cassels, Margaret (Statutory Births 643/00 0093)
Scotland, Statutory Registrations, 1855-2013, 1861 Cassels, Martha (Statutory Births 643/00 0008)
Scotland, Statutory Registrations, 1855-2013, 1863 Cassels, Elizabeth (Statutory Births 627/00 0073)
Scotland, Statutory Registrations, 1855-2013, 1863 Cassels, Margaret (Statutory Deaths 627/00 0050)
Scotland, Statutory Registrations, 1855-2013, 1864 Cassels, Elizabeth (Statutory Deaths 624/00 0003)
Scotland, Statutory Registrations, 1855-2013, 1875 Cassels, George (Statutory Deaths 624/00 0068)
Scotland, Statutory Registrations, 1855-2013, 1876 Cassels, Martha (Statutory Deaths 624/00 0016)

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