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Title: james wilson shennan
Post by: ALEPOHORI on Friday 27 February 09 22:12 GMT (UK)
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would it be possible to have a lookup for the following census please, looking for family of james wilson shennan
 b 1864      KIRKCUDBRIGHT Kirkcudbrightshire Scotland
D:    1945 in glasgow,scotland

married to sophia mitchell coil , son  james shennan
born 1890 Kirkcudbright,scotland,uk
Death:    26/8/1915
stirling,scotland

In the 1901 Census James was in Stirling

thank you
Title: Re: james wilson shennan
Post by: Spidermonkey on Friday 27 February 09 22:20 GMT (UK)
Have only got the Ancestry transcription, but here is the info:

3 Douglas St, Stirling
James Shennan aged 36  Head  Boat Maker  bn Tongland, Kirkcudbright
Sophia Shennan aged 34 bn Whithorn
Edward Shennan aged 11 son  scholar  bn Kirkcudbright
James W Shennan aged  10 son  scholar  bn Kirkcudbright
Mary J Sherman (mistranscribed as Shennan?) aged 6  dau  scholar  bn Kirkcudbright
John Sherman  aged 3  bn Morton, Dumfriesshire
Title: Re: james wilson shennan
Post by: ALEPOHORI on Friday 27 February 09 22:54 GMT (UK)
son  james shennan
Birth:    1890
Kirkcudbright,scotland,uk
Death:    26/8/1915
stirling,scotland

thank you for reply, would it be possible to find out if son james was married and cause of death.

thank you once again
Title: Re: james wilson shennan
Post by: jshennan on Sunday 16 January 11 13:25 GMT (UK)
james wilson shennan is my great grandfather
Title: Re: james wilson shennan
Post by: Spidermonkey on Sunday 16 January 11 13:50 GMT (UK)
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Title: Re: james wilson shennan
Post by: ALEPOHORI on Sunday 16 January 11 20:50 GMT (UK)
to jshennan

hi my direct interest is with william douglas shennan b 1855, brother of james wilson shennan, children of mary mckeand and john shennan.

i have death certificate for william douglas shennan who died in australia in 1944 showing father as john shennan and mother mary yann (not mckeand)
other family contacts have surname as mckeand, do you have any records showing surname.

this is information

mary mckean/d married to john shennan

children, sarah b 1847, david b 1851, robert b 1853, william douglas b 1855, mary ellon b 1858, basil douglas b 1861, james wilson b 1865

parents of mary mckean/d were  david mckean/d and sarah mcadam

maternal grandparents were robert mcadam and nicholas nitters

parents of john shennan b 1823 were john shennan and helen allan

thanks
Title: Re: james wilson shennan
Post by: jshennan on Monday 17 January 11 06:02 GMT (UK)
hi
on my gt grandfathers marriage cert. john shennan is a shepherd and mary is written down as
mary mckeand (deceased),james wilson had 4 chiildren,edward b.1889,james webster b1890(my grandfather)d.1915,mary b.1895,john b.1898 d.1917,my grandfather married margaret mcxdonald 16 aug.1915 stirling he died
26 aug.1915,my father james wilson webster shennan b.21 nov 1915
regards
jim shennan
Title: Re: james wilson shennan
Post by: ALEPOHORI on Monday 17 January 11 08:53 GMT (UK)
thank you for replying and information, much appreciated.