Valda,
Thanks for all the information you found. I'm the sister of 'mebe' and just came across this through a search engine.
What we have so far is the following:
Baptism Records: actual photos of the records, which list the fathers occupation as Tobacconist, so we're pretty confident that it's them.
We 'think' James Scott Christie may have mixed up his year of birth, as we found him on the York Convict Ship in the 1841 census, and he's listed as 20. If he'd actually been born in 1813, that should have had his age at 25. After seeing some of the actual handwriting, I can understand how this could have been muddled up.
Copies of the Insurance Records for James Christie, Tobacconist (All four of them)
Death Certificate: James Christie, Tobacconist. (Carnaby Street) This sadly only gave us a rough year for when he was born, and John's address (Golden Square) and occupation.
We also 'think' we may have found the marriage of James and Elizabeth (Hall), in 1815, St. George Hanover Square, but haven't gotten around to researching that any further yet. No other marriages seem to fit, and the one thing I've noticed while doing this research is that generally, a couple got married and had children within the first year or two.
The information for the 1851 census was to be our next step. It's good to see that John may still have been around then, although, as you mention, he and William seem to just disappear after that. It's interesting that John may have been a lodger at Broad Street, as we've assumed that's where William was living in the 1841 census, but it doesn't give the actual house number.
I've only just finished a subscription at one site, and I was going to sort out all that information before moving onto the next subscription, although, seeing that John Christie in the 1851 census is a little exciting, and the sorting may get put on hold!
Again, thankyou for the information.
Victoria
