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Occupation Interests / Re: From Tallow Chandler, to Confectioner, to Excise Officer to 'General Merchant'?
« on: Tuesday 29 August 17 15:33 BST (UK) »
Dear Matt62
I have just come across this post because I was doing a search for my 3 x great grandfather, Michael Welch. So I have registered with this forum to make contact, albeit 3 years down the line! His son Thomas Fawell Welch is my 2 x great grandfather.
My information seems much like yours except I do not know about his occupations prior to coming to Scotland. Like you I cannot make out the occupation on the 1841 Census.
What I can tell you though, if you do not know already, is that he is buried in Aberlady (East Lothian) Churchyard and I have visited it and taken a photograph of his headstone. I also have a newspaper advert re his shop and his death notice from the local paper. His son, Henry, and family are also buried there. If you want to see the photo and newspaper stuff just let me know. I've also been (this morning) searching the Sasine registers because Michael's son Henry seems to have bought a few properties in Aberlady, where they both had shops. Happy to share what I have if you think it would be useful.
I have just come across this post because I was doing a search for my 3 x great grandfather, Michael Welch. So I have registered with this forum to make contact, albeit 3 years down the line! His son Thomas Fawell Welch is my 2 x great grandfather.
My information seems much like yours except I do not know about his occupations prior to coming to Scotland. Like you I cannot make out the occupation on the 1841 Census.
What I can tell you though, if you do not know already, is that he is buried in Aberlady (East Lothian) Churchyard and I have visited it and taken a photograph of his headstone. I also have a newspaper advert re his shop and his death notice from the local paper. His son, Henry, and family are also buried there. If you want to see the photo and newspaper stuff just let me know. I've also been (this morning) searching the Sasine registers because Michael's son Henry seems to have bought a few properties in Aberlady, where they both had shops. Happy to share what I have if you think it would be useful.