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George McLean , Rebecca Gray and 5 children born in Ireland and living in Scotland .
I located this family on the 1841 census,living at Blackburn in the Livingston parish of West Lothian ,Scotland .
The father George was 50 years old,agricultural labourer born in Ireland. With him were five children namely:
Martha 17 years old.
Rebeckie 15 years old (sic).
Catherine 11 years old.
Robert 7 years old.
Mathew 3 years old.
There is no sign of mother Rebecca, she was recently deceased.
On 1851 census , there is no sign of Father George, and no sign of Rebeckie.The family members are:
William Walker.
Martha Walker (McLean).
Catherine McLean.
Robert McLean.
Mathew McLean.
If the census is correct then the McLean family had only recently moved to Scotland(After 1836 and Before 1841) as all the children are indicated as being born in Ireland. Years later however ,on the 1881 Census , i see that Robert McLean belived himself to be born in Livingston, West Lothian.
i cannot find George McLean and Rebecca Gray on Deaths and Burials registers in Scotland.
Anyone can help me to find this family in Ireland, or tell me how to do this ???
Best regards.
Patrick McLean.
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I think you mean 1841 and 1851 census ???
The dates you are looking for are well before civil registration in Ireland and only fragments of census records survive so you would need to search for church records but to do so you need to know both the family's religion and where they lived- parish if not actual townland not just the county.
Earlier post is here-
www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,451753.msg3136205.html#msg3136205
but it looks like you might have found this information - if so it's best to modify the title by adding the word COMPLETED so others don't duplicate searches that have already been done.
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Hi Patrick,
Rebecca's maiden was actually Gay, she died 28th March 1840 in Weaver St, Glasgow, my gggrandparents George and Martha McLean also lived there in 1841
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Sorry Patrick, I just realised I wrote George and Martha McLean, it should have been James and Martha McLean that were my gggrandparents ::) must have been having a senior moment :)