James Mackison - Stirling

[Censuswizard]

I am trying to trace the family of James Mackison born near Stirling abt 1853.

I know that his father was also called James Mackison. I need perhaps to find him in the 1861 census when he would still have been at home with his family. I think his mother was either Helen or Jean.

Any information on the family much appreciated.

Thanks

[apanderson]

Hi Cencuswizard,

There are two James Mackisons on the 1881 Cencus. One in Stirling, the other in Lecropt, Perthshire. I know there's a Lecropt Church just outside Bridge of Allan, Stirling, not sure where the Lecropt is in Perthshire.

(I entered 1853 as his date of birth +/- 5 years)

Entry No 1:Dwelling:   Old Hall
   Census Place:   Gargunnock, Stirling, Scotland
   Source:   FHL Film 0203541     GRO Ref    Volume 481-A    EnumDist 4    Page 3
   Marr   Age   Sex   Birthplace
James MACKISON   M   75    M   Gargunnock, Stirling, Scotland
   Rel:   Head
   Occ:   Farmer Of 80 Acres Arable
Agnes MACKISON   M   60    F   Gargunnock, Stirling, Scotland
   Rel:   Wife
   Occ:   Farmers Wife
Mary MACKISON   U   32    F   Kippen, Stirling, Scotland
   Rel:   Daur
   Occ:   Farmers Daur
Eliza MACKISON   U   27    F   Kippen, Stirling, Scotland
   Rel:   Daur
   Occ:   Farmers Daur
Charles MACKISON   U   25    M   Kippen, Stirling, Scotland
   Rel:   Son
   Occ:   Farmers Son
James MACKISON   U   23    M   Kippen, Stirling, Scotland
   Rel:   Son
   Occ:   Farmers Son
Agnes MACKISON   U   20    F   Kippen, Stirling, Scotland
   Rel:   Daur
   Occ:   Farmers Daur

Entry No. 2:

[apanderson]

Entry No. 2 just vanished!!

Here it is again.

Dwelling:   Hillhead
Census Place:   Kilmadock, Perth, Scotland
Source:   FHL Film 0203506     GRO Ref    Volume 362    EnumDist 8    Page 2
                                   Marr   Age   Sex   Birthplace
Margaret MACKISON   W   62    F   Port Of Montieth, Perth, Scotland
   Rel:   Head
   Occ:   Farming 96 Acres All Arable Employing 2 Men 1 Boy 2 Girls
John MACKISON                    U   40    M   Lecropt, Perth, Scotland
   Rel:   Son
   Occ:   Farmers Son
James W. MACKISON    U   27    M   Lecropt, Perth, Scotland
   Rel:   Son
   Occ:   Farmers Son
Mary E. MACKISON                    U   25    F   Lecropt, Perth, Scotland
   Rel:   Daur
   Occ:   Farmers Daur
Michael MONAGHAN                    U   16    M   Lecropt, Stirling, Scotland
   Rel:   Serv
   Occ:   Farm Servant
Annie STEWART                    U   17    F   Port Of Montieth, Perth, Scotland
   Rel:   Serv
   Occ:   Serv.Domestic

Hopefully one of these will be your James. Good Luck!

Anne

[Censuswizard]

Thanks for looking those up for me. It is much appreciated.

I am not sure if either are him. I know he had a daughter Annie born about 1877. I dont knoe when he married though.

Thanks again.

June

[jimmax]

Hi June.  Did you make any progress with this?  I have a fairly comprehensive list of Mackisons if I can be of help.  I saw your query re Gartness when I was surfing the Net and so I registered with Rootschat today so that I could respond.  Havent quite got the hang of the protocols yet though.  Jim

The Killearn Mackisons were from Bannockburn, near Stirling.  This is my family.  Before that they probably came from Doune or Dunblane in South Perthshire.  The northern part of the Forth Valley is Mackison country.  There are records of hundreds of them there dating back to the late 1400s.  Unfortunately I cant find the absolutely conclusive evidence to link the Bannockburn Mackisons to the Doune/Dunblane Mackisons.

[ironmax]

Up until the about 1950-60 Lecropt church and graveyard were in Perthshire, the border was the river allan, north of it was Perthshire. The graveyard is only 500 yards from my back door. If you need any help I could go and look at the gravestones for you.

[ironmax]

Both entries you have are for the same place (Lecropt)

[mackison]

Dear Friends,
My name is Steven Mackison. I'm an Anglican priest living in Canada (I know...with a name like Mackison, I should be Church of Scotland...so it goes.)
In any event I am trying to research descendants of James Mackison of Kilmadock (born approx 1816). I have a fairly complete picture to date in that I've found a lot of material on ancestry.com and scotsorigins, and have latterly found much of what I need on scotlandspeople.gov.uk. The problem is, the records end in the 1930's. More particularly, I am looking for descendants of James Mackison (b. 15 Oct 1881) son of William Mackison (b. 25 Dec 1839) and Janet McGowan (b. 7 Jun 1843) - all of Ballingrew, Kilmadock.
James Mackison married Annie Murray Brown (b. 1891) on 25 Dec 1929 but I cannot discover if they had any children - James' death certificate of 18 March 1942 does not indicate so, but one never knows. Lastly I am trying to discover if James' other son Robert McGowan Mackison (b. 28 May 1883) at Norrieston, Kincardine Perth was married or had children.

My apologies for the long message, but I wanted to provide as much detail as possible. The real shame is, I only discovered this material yesterday, 1 week after returning from my honeymoon in Scotland...I could have done some research while I was in the area. However, my new wife, although now a Mackison herself, may not have been obliging...who would blame her.


Any help that you may be in this matter would be greatly appreciated.


Sincerely,

Steven

[apanderson]

Hello Steven,

Welcome to Rootchat and many congratulations on your marriage!

I hope you get some helpful information.

I had a wander round Kippen Graveyard the other day and just happened to come across a Mackison/Mackieson stone. The following is the inscription:

Erected by James Mackison in memory of his wife
Agnes Norris who died 27th May 1881 aged 61 years
Also his son Peter died 6th August 1873 aged 21 years
And his son Robert Norris died 18th May 1886? aged 35 years
Also the above James Mackieson died 27th May 1890 aged 89 years
And his daughter Eliza died 16th March 1913 aged 61 years
Also his son James died 12th May 1915? aged 56 years

(My apologies if I've got some of the dates wrong - it's ofter hard to read the numbers)

Anne