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Ross & Cromarty / Re: Unregistered children 1871 census
« on: Wednesday 20 November 24 04:58 GMT (UK)  »
Ok. Nameless Fraser boy is a no; his mother was Robina Fraser, and there was a correction added in Feb 1865 that confirmed his father as Alexander Chapman.

1851 census - I think it's "Inverness-Shire Petty" (part of Scotland'sPeople original attached. I would've added the whole page, but there are file size restrictions. Just in case: Crown Copyright, National Records of Scotland).

Got the Cromarty prison records - Eliza Fraser was locked up for 10 days ending 1 Oct 1861, so she wasn't in jail for the census. Arrested for "stealing cloths"; she originated from Cromarty, Cromarty.

For the 1861 census I wondered if they'd misread her age, so I looked at all 13-19 year old female Fraser records for Ross & Cromarty, lol, but no luck placing Eliza. I've now started on Inverness (sounding more likely if her parents married there). There are 12 "Eliza Fraser's" listed (age 11-19) and four are aged 17.

So I have a few things to look up in Inverness apparently - much better than a dead end :)

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Ross & Cromarty / Re: Unregistered children 1871 census
« on: Tuesday 19 November 24 13:42 GMT (UK)  »
Yes, I'm pretty confident the three are a family; someone found a birth record for little Eliza, plus the other census probables mentioned above. I did try to type George's age '8' in brackets, but apparently that creates the emoji that appeared...
Don't worry - I always try to follow up with primary sources, and Scotland'sPeople is great :)

Parochial board records could be interesting; are they accessible online? I tried looking them up and they're located at Inverness as far as I can tell? Ross and Cromarty County Council (HCA/CRC)

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Ross & Cromarty / Re: Unregistered children 1871 census
« on: Tuesday 19 November 24 04:14 GMT (UK)  »
This is gold you guys! Thanks for the effort!

I've downloaded little Eliza's birth record (unsurprisingly, she's illegitimate; and the Poorhouse Governor has surprisingly wretched handwriting), and I've emailed the National Records of Scotland about a copy of Cromarty's prison records for Eliza Fraser - would NEVER have thought of that, good call. I'll check out those censuses you've mentioned as well.

I have George's marriage record (venetian blind maker, confirmed), and Aussie death record - it lists Robert Harper as his father, and Cromarty as his birthplace; married in Stirling.

Robert Harper's family/parents have good records, as does his and Eliza's after their marriage. Looks like Eliza's childhood and parents just don't have much out there :(

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Ross & Cromarty / Unregistered children 1871 census
« on: Thursday 07 November 24 08:47 GMT (UK)  »
Hello,

I have a small family listed in the 1871 census. They're inmates in the Black Isle combination poorhouse: Eliza Fraser (27), George Fraser (8) and Eliza Fraser (2). I can't find anything on any of their history - any ideas? They're all theoretically born in Cromarty, Cromarty, but there aren't any matching birth records on Scotlands People. I've been flexible with years and names, but no luck. Is there somewhere I could check for baptism records at a church in Cromarty?

I've worked back to them, and I think I have Eliza's death cert saying her parents were Peter Fraser and Catherine Fraser (M.S. Fraser). But I can't find any previous census listing them all together, and can't find any birth/baptism records for Eliza either. Nor can I find out what happened to little Eliza after 1871.

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