Looking for information on James Whitecross born 1841 in Aberdeenshire.

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Have you got any birth refs for Margaret, David and Isobella and there place/date of birth?

[gratuation]

yes,

isabella helen baptised 17th April 1864   
margaret jane  "             9th JUne 1867
william James                   27th Nov  1870
david alexander                 18th Sept 1872

They were all baptised at st mary saint lenoards tower hamlets   

feeling very guilty you are spending  a lot of time helping me.  thanks so much.   

[Gadget]

I've found an Isabella Ellen Whitecross:

Sep q, 1863, Poplar, v 1c p 573

and one for David Alexander Whitecross:

Septq, 1872, Poplar, v 1c p 603

This would tie in with the James that I found earlier:

Only birth record that I can find for James Whitcross, jnr is:

James William Whitecross, Dec q, 1870, Poplar, v 1c p 613

However, there is also a Margaret in 1882 in Poplar  which was after James's marriage to Sarah 


Sorry - I think i cross posted with you - not sure about the Margaret b. 1882!

[gratuation]

i should have mentioned margaret whitecross b 1882 was james daughter with sarah, very odd calling his first and second daughters the same name. However, this has to be the same james eveything else ties in.

[Gadget]

Just been having a nose at the records and see that James is down as a mariner so it does look like him.

Now to find a marriage for them.

[Gadget]

Don't think that the Peter Whitecross and Isabella are linked.

There is a marriage in Dundee in 1858 for a James Whitecross, aged 19 to a Sarah Johnston. His parents were Peter Whitecross and isabella Allan but James is down as a baker, journeyman.

I don't see a marriage to an Elizabeth in the E&W BMDs or Scotland!  I wonder if Elizabeth went to sea with James because I don't see her on the 1871.

[gratuation]

you may be right, i cant find anything for her or the children for 1871 most odd.

I am convinced that my margaret whitecross who was my gg grandma had all those half siblings. I found out that  margaret jane died aged i so this is why they may have called my margret 1882 after her.

Still cant find anything through the  half sliblings thought thought i might find a family tree  where they may have been listed and find thier grandparents.

many many thanks for all your help.

 

[Gadget]

I'll have a look on the Overseas/Maritime registers later this evening. Must go and look active now 

[Gadget]

Hi

I don't see any marriages in the overseas/maritime registers for James Whitecross.

If they were married in Scotland it might have been a common law marriage. In which case it wouldn't have been recorded.

What I don't understand is that none of them show up on the 1871, so far 


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