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Stirlingshire / 1851 lookup request - HART in Larbert
« on: Saturday 21 June 08 13:52 BST (UK)  »
Hello,
Could someone with access please be so kind to have a look for a William HART in 1851? I believe he was living in Larbert at the time and would have been about 80. I have very little information about him and the family so everything would help.

I would also be interested in the family in 1841 or even 1861 if he was still alive at the time.

As always, all of your help if really appreciated!

Raymond

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Ayrshire / Re: 1851/1861 census lookup please CAMPBELL, Kilmarnock
« on: Saturday 21 June 08 13:36 BST (UK)  »
Monica and Falkyrn - thank you both very much! That is definately them in both 1851 and 1861. In 1861 were they still all listed as born in Larbert, Stirling?

Also, is there any chance to find the family in 1841 (possibilities being Ayrshire, Lanarkshire...maybe even Stirling), or Elizabeth in 1871 if she was still alive?

Once again, many thanks!

Raymond

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Ayrshire / 1851/1861 census lookup please CAMPBELL, Kilmarnock
« on: Saturday 21 June 08 01:02 BST (UK)  »
Is there anyone with access who might be able to have a look for my Elizabeth CAMPBELL (born ca. 1797) in Ayrshire in the 1851 or 1861 census? I think that she may have been a widow by that time, but am not positive. I believe she was living in Kilmarnock, surely with one or more of her younger children. A daughter Elizabeth was born in 1841 in Lanarkshire.

The husband and father (Robert Campbell) would have been alive at the time of the 1841 census at least and I guess they would have been in Lanarkshire at that time.
The names of all known children are: Helen (ca. 1827), Margaret (1831, Stirlingshire), Jean (1833, Stirlingshire), Agnes (1839, Lanarkshire), Elizabeth (1841, Lanarkshire) & James (ca. 1845, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire). There were probably more children than this.

Any information from ANY census would be a huge help and very much appreciated!

Raymond

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United States of America / Re: Eleanor Robertson - can not find her anywhere, please help!
« on: Saturday 21 July 07 16:58 BST (UK)  »
Hi Kath,

Yes, that's them in 1911...although the name does not look like Eliza to me, maybe Elnora, Elenna. And I've never seen anything else that names her as 'Eliza', at least not death certificates, obituaries, etc.

If there was an Eliza Robertson that fit her birthmonth/year and general area. There seems to have been many Robertson families at the time 1880s-1900s in the area of Wyoming and its borders, Colorado and Utah especially.

Her four children had the names George William, Richard Henry, Philip Douglas, and John Raymond. Some are names not popular on the LAPP side - Richard, Douglas and Raymond. Douglas is a Scottish name even and could be her mothers maiden name or some other family name?

I will have another look on Ancestry, although my searching is limited. Thanks!

Raymond

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United States of America / Eleanor Robertson - can not find her anywhere, please help!
« on: Saturday 21 July 07 00:13 BST (UK)  »
Hello,

I am hoping that someone might be able to give me some ideas in how I might be able to track down my great grandmother who has eluded me for so long.

Her name was Eleanor ROBERTSON and she ended up in Victoria, BC, Canada with her husband George William LAPP in 1910. She died from Typhoid Fever in 1919.  From that census the following year (1911) it states she was born August 1887 in the US. And from her death certificate her husband lists her place of birth as Wyoming and her father as "Mr. Robertson," born in Scotland. Very helpful... Obviously he knew little to nothing about her family.

Unfortunately one can not check for her in the 1890 census because only a small fragment remains. And in 1900 I can not find anyone of that name (or remotely similar) in the US at all. By the 1910 census she was in Canada.

George Lapp was born in Maryland in 1885 and travelled to California in his teens, eventually working as a conductor in San Francisco (on a tram, I guess... I have a photo with his conductor's hat). He then learned to be and possibly worked as a machinist. What I was told was that the two met (where?) and were married in Washington State (again, where exactly?), travelling to Victoria on their honeymoon and returning permanently to have their first child (my grandfather, born 21 July 1911).

Any ideas how I could possibly locate this woman? I do not know the first name of her father or her exact place of birth. Wyoming could simply be where she was born or grew up. I can not find George Lapp after the 1900 census in Maryland (as "George Steel") until he shows up in Canada. And I do not know in which county in Washington State they were married in. It must have been between 1909-1910, though.

City directories for California or Washington State? Is there a way to search marriage records state wide for those years? Any ideas would be greatly appreciated! And I apologize for the length of this post, but it has been frustrating me for years now!  :'(

Regards,
Raymond

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Canada Lookup Request / Re: Ontario death registration lookup
« on: Wednesday 27 December 06 21:25 GMT (UK)  »
Silverhawk,

Thanks a lot for the searching you have done for me! Yes, William's wife was Rachel, although I never knew her surname. And his parents were James and Elizabeth Watson...once again I did not know her maiden name until now.

Robert and James were brothers and, as you have shown, my Robert was born in Co. Tyrone. What I am still unsure is whether their children were also born in Co. Tyrone or another area in Ireland, before they left for Canada.

As for James, son of Robert...yes, his age seems to be all over the place! His birth seems to have been between about 1835 - 1843.

Many thanks, again!

Raymond

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Canada Lookup Request / 1861 or 1871 census lookup, please
« on: Tuesday 26 December 06 22:57 GMT (UK)  »
Could some kind person please see if they could locate my Robert WATSON and family in 1861 and/or 1871?

Robert Watson (1800-1805 in Ireland), wife Isabella (ca.1800 in Ireland), as well as known children William (ca.1831), Alex? (ca.1836), James (ca.1841) and Ann (ca.1842), all born in Ireland.

I think I've found Robert and two sons in 1851 living in Seymour, Northumberland, Ontario. Where Isabella and the others were, I do not know.
In 1871 the family was still in Seymour.

Any help is greatly appreciated!!

Raymond

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Canada Lookup Request / Re: Ontario death registration lookup
« on: Tuesday 26 December 06 08:55 GMT (UK)  »
Hello,

Thank you for having a look for that for me. William did have sons - William (b. Apr 28 1866 in Seymour, Northumberland East, I believe), Gilbert (b. ca. 1871 in Seymour), John (ca. 1872) and James (ca. 1877). The last two were born in either Seymour or Cardiff [Peterborough East].

Would birth records for the children mention where the father was from? Because William's cousin (and my ancestor) James had many children, the youngest being George Washington Watson, born 3 Feb 1898 in Herschel, Hastings, Ontario.

Either way, thanks agin for the help!

Raymond

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Canada Lookup Request / Ontario death registration lookup
« on: Monday 25 December 06 18:31 GMT (UK)  »
I am hoping that someone might be able to please locate the death registration of the following person in Ontario:

William WATSON, born ca. 1830 (+/- a couple of years maybe) in Ireland; died abt. 1905 in Cardiff (?), Peterborough East, Ontario. I am unsure as to whether he was the son of James and Elizabeth Watson or Robert and Isabella, as they werre brothers, each with a son named William.

I'm curious what information might be found for that death, such as place of birth, perhaps names of the parents, etc.

Many thanks for any help!

Raymond

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