Anderson from Scotland to Geelong Australia

[jenwren]

Running out of life, trying to find my g-g-grandmother, so hope someone knows something.  Open to suggestions.

Margaret Anderson b abt 1841 - according to marriage and children's birth certificates
Birth location varies - could be Ayrshire or Stirlingshire, possibly Falkirk or Airth, depending on which cert.

Father: James ANDERSON - labourer - (Marr cert)
Mother: Jane (or perhaps Margaret) BLACK (again, that's all I have on marr cert).

Margaret married  William TANNER at Moorabool River (near Geelong) in Victoria in 1858.

Chn: Mary Ann, Jemima Martin, James, Jane, Alice, William Alfred, John Joseph, Stephen, Charles John Sharpe, Harriet, William Stephen, Edwin Charles.

Nowhere can I find a marriage for Jane BLACK and James ANDERSON.  Have scoured shipping lists and found several Margaret Andersons, of varying ages and in the company of various folk, but have no idea how to encourage the 'real' Margaret to stand up.

Margaret Died: 1926 St Kilda, Victoria.  According to family stories, she came as a child to Australia with her aunt and uncle.  No idea if her parents came, too.  According to her death certificate she was 88 years in Victoria, which would mean she came to Oz in 1838 (!)  Also death cert says she married at 22 and marriage cert says she was 16.  Any wonder I'm confused?

About to download  the Scottish marriages (link in resources) but on dial-up it will take all night, so will, tomorrow.

[MonicaL]

Hi jenwren

Just to add to your variables!

In Scotland, some first names can have variables; a common string being Janet/Jessie/Jane/Jean (see this site www.whatsinaname.net).

There are some possibilities for parents' marriage showing on IGI at www.familysearch.org:

JAMES ANDERSON and JEAN BLACK Marriage: 10 FEB 1838 in Alloa, Clackmannan, and
JAMES ANDERSON and JANET BLACK Marriage: 07 AUG 1829 in Torryburn, Fife (member submitted entry)

To help you get your bearings on counties and parishes, these are useful links:
www.scotlandsfamily.com/county-map.htm
www.scotlandsfamily.com/parish-maps.htm

Monica 

[Ronbucks]

If they were in Scotland in 1851, did you find them on  the Census ?

[sancti]

Margaret Died: 1926 St Kilda, Victoria.  According to family stories, she came as a child to Australia with her aunt and uncle.  No idea if her parents came, too.  According to her death certificate she was 88 years in Victoria, which would mean she came to Oz in 1838 (!)  Also death cert says she married at 22 and marriage cert says she was 16.  Any wonder I'm confused?

About to download  the Scottish marriages (link in resources) but on dial-up it will take all night, so will, tomorrow.

possible on 1841 census

Name: Mary Anderson
Age: 4
Estimated birth year: abt 1837

Where born: Stirlingshire, Scotland
 
Civil parish: Denny
County: Stirlingshire
Address: Stirling Street East Side
Parish Number: 476


Household Members: Name Age
James Anderson 50
Margaret Anderson 45
William Anderson 5
Mary Anderson 4
Edmund Anderson 2
James Anderson 11 MO
 

[jenwren]

Hi Monica,

Thank you for the info, especially the marriages, suggestions, especially the 'name variables'  and links, and inspiring more hair pulling  .

Will have a look at the maps, to get an idea of distances and places etc.

I'll have to stop saying 'I like a challenge'!

Jenn

[jenwren]

Hi Ron,

Thanks, but don't think Margaret was in Scotland in 1851, if figures can be believed...

Jenn

[jenwren]

Hi Sancti,

I hadn't found that one.  At this point, which is not a lot different from where I was eight years ago, anything is possible, or likely 

Jenn

[sancti]

I haven't checked to see if that family were on the 1851 census

[jenwren]

Thanks, sancti,  Will see what I can find.  Recently cancelled my membership to ancestry to give the budget a breather....  No doubt I will renew!

Jenn