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Scotland (Counties as in 1851-1901) => Scotland => Perthshire => Topic started by: youngtommy1869 on Monday 24 January 11 00:01 GMT (UK)
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hi, i am new to this and i would like to find out about our ancestors who lived at little dunkeld in perth scotland. the names are Joseph Macpherson, born 22nd october 1764 and christened at little dunkeld and his wife Jean Angus. i have no other information on them apart from the fact that they had ten children. i live in Lanark in scotland and would appreciate any help or contact.
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Hi
have you seen this from freecen lots of Macpherson's in Little Dunkeld.
1841 Census
12 Records found
Surname First name(s) Sex Age Occupation Where Born Census Place
MACPHERSON Ann F 70 Perth Little Dunkeld
MACPHERSON Ann F 10 Perth Little Dunkeld
MACPHERSON Betty F 16 Female Servant Perth Little Dunkeld
MACPHERSON Christian F 3 Perth Little Dunkeld
MACPHERSON Clemy F 35 Perth Little Dunkeld
MACPHERSON Daniel M 30 Ag Lab Perth Balquhidder
MACPHERSON Donald M 1 Perth Little Dunkeld
MACPHERSON James M 75 Labourer Perth Little Dunkeld
MACPHERSON James M 7 Male Servant Perth Logierait
MACPHERSON Janet F 7 Perth Little Dunkeld
MACPHERSON John M 12 Agricultural Labourer Perth Little Dunkeld
MACPHERSON Margaret F 5 Female Servant Perth Logierait
Could be some of the same family.
Yours Aye
BruceL
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Hello and Welcome to Rootschat :)
I assume that you have the following baptisms of their children from the IGI but will give them so that it might help others - no baptisms in Little Dunkeld so Joseph must have moved from their at some stage
3 Aug 1795 Auchtergaven - Euphon
19 Sept 1798 Auchtergaven - Isobell
6 April 1800 Auchtergaven - Daniel (Nether Blelock)
4 July 1802 Auchtergaven - Helen
12 Aug 1804 Auchtergaven - John
2 June 1806 Scone - William
28 Aug 1808 Scone - Elisabeth
17 Mar 1811 Findo-Gask - Janet (born 27 Feb 1811)
8 July 1813 Perth - Jean
14 Jan 1816 Perth - Neil
I checked up on where they were living at Daniel's baptism and it has them at Nether Blelock. This is just south of Bankfoot. Map here:
http://www.rootschat.com/links/0bhd/
Regards
JL
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Also these baptisms of children of Joseph's parents, John McPherson and (H)Ellen Clark. All in Little Dunkeld:
3 Feb 1760 - Hellen
6 June 1762 - Christian (born 30 May 1762)
22 Oct 1764 - Joseph
JL
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When Jospeh was baptised in 1764, his parents were living at Claypots, Little Dunkeld. I've not yet found it on the maps but will keep looking :)
JL
PS - these map searches are making me shudder - I'm re-living difficult journeys on the A9 ;D
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Moving forward again to Joseph and Jean's son, Neil, who was baptised on Wednesday 3rd January 1816 at the Middle Church, Perth by the Rev James Esdaile (?), minister of the East Church.
At this time, Joseph is down as a shoemaker which might explain their movements :)
JL
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Hi everybody who helped, fantastic, will have to take it all in tonight, how do you guys do it. The wife has me doing her family tree and it's going to take some time to get the hang of things, so your help is great, thankyou, my next target is one of josephs sons ( Daniel Macpherson ) who was born in 1800 and moved to lanark and i think married a Mattilda Maule around 1820s, they had a daughter jean in 1827, a son Daniel in 1829 and another daughter Marion in 1834 but i don't know where they were born, he got married again in 1843 and had other kids which we know about at New Lanark. Any more help from you experts would be great. Your keeping an old 60 year old happy.
Regards
Harry from Lanark
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Hi Harry :)
Glad that we've helped you.
This old 60+ will try to help you a bit more in the next few days*, unless the young 'uns can't help ;D ;D
Do you have any info on when Daniel died?
*I won't be able to do much tomoorrow but will be looking later in the week :)
JL
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thanks JL. Don't know when Daniel died but it was some time between the 1861 cencus when he was 60 living at new lanark, and 1881 when his wife Jane is recorded as being a widow on the cencus of 1881
Thanks Again
Harry
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Hi
I think that this is his death ~
6 June 1871, New Lanark
Daniel McPherson, Cotton Weaver. Aged 71. Married to Jane Watson.
His son Daniel was the informant
His father is given as John McPherson, a shoemaker but I do think it's the same Daniel as the wife's name is correct. His son might not have known his grandfather and mixed up the names. It happens quite frequently. No mother's name was given.
At the moment, I can't see where his elder children were born, except Lanarkshire. Marion is on the 1861 as b. New Lanark. There doesn't appear to be any baptisms for them in New Lanark
JL
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Hi Again
There is at least one tree on Ancestry which has him marrying Mathilda Maule, Canongate, Edinburgh in 1825. The LDS site has this as 10 October 1825 and Mathilda's surname as Mawle
JL
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Tommy I am a living Mac/McPherson of this line from John McPherson
born in the 1760s in little Dunkeld down through Lanark (New Lanark Mills)
to present Day Wishaw, I was Myself Born in the William Smillie only Happy to
help if it's the same line Then Joseph's father was Daniel born 1800 Autergaven
who moved the Mcpherson Line to Lanark abt the 1820's Let Me know
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Tommy forgot to add I have Copies of Original Scottish records
for 1841 1851 1871 1881 Census as well as Daniels Birth in 1800
can E Mail you them if you want