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Title: Robert McKechan
Post by: socs on Monday 29 January 07 18:07 GMT (UK)
Trying to trace a Robert McKechan b. 1858, Scotland and married a Rosa ? were living in Nottingham in the 1901 census aged 43. Would love more info if anyone has any... :)
Title: Re: Robert McKechan
Post by: Tati on Monday 29 January 07 18:20 GMT (UK)
Hi Socs,

Welcome to RootsChat  :)

For a start, I can see his marriage:

Sep 1886
Leigh 8c 311
Robert McKechan - Rosa Dunckley
Title: Re: Robert McKechan
Post by: blodwen on Monday 29 January 07 18:24 GMT (UK)
Hi socs,

have had a look at the 1891 census for Nottingham and found a Robert McKechan, b. 1858 in Scotland, but married to Emma M b. Darlington, Durham  b. ca. 1860.  
He is a Travelling Draper living at 20 Chaucer Street (if I can read the writing )

Douglas McKechan (4), b. Nottingham
Anne E. Gatenby (66), Living on own means (mother-in-law)
Fred Bell (11) Nephew
Stanley Bell (1) Nephew
Annie Rhodes (18) Servant

Wasn't sure if I had the right one, looked at the 1901 census and found him again  with his wife Emma M (couldn't see a Rosa) so think I have the right one.

Hope this helps.
Regards, Vivien
Title: Re: Robert McKechan
Post by: Tati on Monday 29 January 07 18:25 GMT (UK)
Wait a minute - the one I can see in Nottingham in 1901 (and 1891) is married to an Emma  ???

Do you have the 1901 reference where he is married to a Rosa?  

Sorry, Vivien  ;)
Title: Re: Robert McKechan
Post by: blodwen on Monday 29 January 07 18:36 GMT (UK)
Hi All,

have found a Rosa McKechan b. 1864,  as a visitor to a family Dunckley  in the 1891 Census which also states her as married, which would fit in with your marriage, Tati   :D   in 1886.

But if she was related to the family she is visiting, wouldn't she be stated as sister or something similar.

This is where is all gets very interesting!!!

Vivien
Title: Re: Robert McKechan
Post by: socs on Wednesday 31 January 07 12:35 GMT (UK)
Hi Vivien,
Sounds like the right women, definitely married a Rosa and as above  Rosa was a Dunckley, could I ask what county they were in, in 1891. I have discovered them in 1901 Ayrshire, Scotland with daughter Annie and could not trace them after that.
Thanks for the info.
Lyn
Title: Re: Robert McKechan
Post by: blodwen on Wednesday 31 January 07 18:13 GMT (UK)
Hi Lyn,
In 1891, the family Rosa was visiting lived in Leigh, Lancashire, and consisted of:
Charlotte Dunckley, 47
James Dunckley, 51
Emma, 18
Hannah, 15
Elizabeth, 21
Joseph, 7
Margaret, 10
William, 12

Hope this helps.

Vivien
Title: Re: Robert McKechan
Post by: blodwen on Wednesday 31 January 07 18:18 GMT (UK)
Hi Lyn,
looking at what info you have given, and what has been found, I am a little confused.

To start you said Robert was living in Nottingham in 1901, and then you say you found him living in Ayrshire, Scotland in the 1901 Census with Rosa and daughter Annie.
Are we talking about the same Robert?

Vivien
Title: Re: Robert McKechan
Post by: Tati on Wednesday 31 January 07 18:24 GMT (UK)
I don't think so, Vivien  ;) ;D

How old was Annie in 1901 and where was she born?  :)
Title: Re: Robert McKechan
Post by: blodwen on Wednesday 31 January 07 19:23 GMT (UK)
 ???     I don't think so either, Tati 

Where is there a 1901 census for Scotland?  Maybe I've missed something somewhere.  I can only find one for 41/51/61 (at least only in Ancestry).  Maybe there is one somewhere else?

Vivien
Title: Re: Robert McKechan
Post by: Tati on Wednesday 31 January 07 19:26 GMT (UK)
I don't have access to the 1901 Scotland either, Vivien  -  I thought socs would tell us all the details  :D