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Scotland (Counties as in 1851-1901) => Scotland => Lanarkshire => Topic started by: BCmom on Thursday 24 February 11 21:41 GMT (UK)
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Looking for 3 orphaned children, parents were from Uist and moved all the children to Glasgow, parents were living Govan at the time of their deaths.
I would like to find:
Margaret Buchanan b. 1846 -1861 census has her working as a "domestic"
Alexander Buchanan b. b. 1849 -1861 census has him working as a "rivet boy"
Catherine (Chirsty) Buchanan 1851 - 1861 census has her as a "scholar"
I can not find them pasts this census. I have checked all deaths in the area and can not find any marriages.
The parents were Angus Buchanan & Catherine MacLellan
Thank you,
M
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hi ,I`V BEEN looking for the govan orphanages in 1900 and got info to look at the poor law records at glasgow mitchell library,and they had records for my family asking for poor relief,not on line so send an e.mail and they will tell you if they have your records, then it`s £10 for a seach or you can go to glasgow if you are near.
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Hi Barbara,
I have e-mailed and they couldn't find anything, I have since, made contact with a cousin living in Scotland that has checked the records with her memberships and the children still have not been found.
I meant to delete this post and then had a reply and was waiting to make sure they read it before deleting...and forgot.
Thank you for the reply though
MaryAnne
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When did the parents die?
When did the family move to Govan?
1871 census has this record
Alexander Buchanan 24 Occupation: Ironmonger's Shopman
Jane Buchanan 26
Andrew Thomson 19
William Lon Caruthers 24
Address: 70 Govan Street
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Hi,
The family moved sometime after 1856 and were there before the 1861 census.
Parents were Angus Buchanan & Catherine MacLellan.
I'm surprised you found this Alexander, does it say where he is from? I'm going to have to go back in and take a look.
Thank you for another link to search.
MaryAnne
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It gives his place of birth as Glasgow but if he came as a young child he may not have known his birthplace. I thought the occupation could have been linked to his previous job as a rivet boy
You could try searching for a marriage between 1861-1871 to a Jane
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Did Angus die 1860 and Catharine in 1864?
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Yes, they did.
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I noticed there deaths on SP death index
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What about this marriage
1866 BUCHANAN ALEXANDER and REID JANE NEVIN at BONHILL /DUNBARTON
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You found the right parents, now if I could trace any link to their 3 children. We'd be very happy
I did find a marriage in 1870 - Alexander Buchanan married Jane Liddell, it's not him. The occupation is different on the marriage than the 1871 census. I haven't found another Jane.
Thank you for the names there, I forgot my gg-grandfather married in Bonhill.
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Found that marriage, thank you
Unfortunately it is not him either, he has listed "machine printer" for an occupation and the parents are wrong
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Who was the informant on Catharines death record in 1864?
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John Buchanan (her son) was the informant on her death.
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1871 census has this record
John Mclelland 59
Elizth A Mclelland 51
Eliza A Mclelland 24
Jassie D Mclelland 22
John G Mclelland 20
Agnes F Mclelland 18
Mary Ann M G Mclelland 14
Harriet D Mclelland 11
Isabella Buchanan 17 born: South Uist, Habrides Occupation: General Serv
Address: 2 Bank St Govan
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Thank you for the help.
Isabella is a sister to the 3 children in question, fortunately we already have all the obtainable information for all the other family members...if we could just trace their 3 siblings, we would be complete for this family.
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Regards,
MaryAnne
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Have you checked emigration records for them?
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Those are almost impossible to find and that's if they traveled with family. They were the younger children and all the older were still in the Glasgow area for 1871 so it seems more likely they would also be in the area...but you never know. I have looked at a few but I can't see the young girls going by themselves. Alexander may have, it's just that he would have traveled alone and that makes it hard to confirm parents for him.
I'll take any thoughts you have though