1841 Census

[CaroleW]

Is this their marriage

ARCHIBALD LIEUTENANT DOW    Spouse:  MARGARET DOW   
Marriage:  18 JAN 1817   Edinburgh Parish, Edinburgh, Midlothian 

[CaroleW]

A parents search on the IGI throws up these 2 entries - in both cases parents were Archibald Dow and Margaret Dow

ALEXANDER DOW   Birth:  27 MAY 1821   Christening:  29 JUN 1821   Dysart, Fife (extracted entry)

ARCHIBALD ALEXANDER DOW   Birth:  09 JUN 1819  Christening:  21 JUL 1820   Burntisland, Fife  (this is a submitted entry)

[Kate NZ]

Yes that is them
Kate

[CaroleW]

If that IGI entry is your Archibald - he is shown as born Fife.  However -the 1851 Archibald has a foreign birthplace which is again shown in 1861

If his birth and christening were months apart - I would assume he was born abroad but christened in Scotland.  But the birth and christening are only one month apart

[Kate NZ]

Archibald son of Archibald and Margaret was born East Indies Prince of Wales Island

[CaroleW]

Yes - I know.  What I am saying is that the extracted IGI entry above - which you have agreed is your ancestor - shows him born in Fife, not the West Indies

Yes that is them

There is an OPR entry on Scotlands People that confirms the info on the IGI so the point I am making is that either the IGI entry is NOT your ancestor or the census entry is not him

He cannot have been born in the West Indies at the same time as born in Fife

[Kate NZ]

Sorry have been helping someone out with this and I understood Archibald senior was born in Fife his son Archibald going by my info was born Prince Of Wales Island

[CaroleW]

Not according to that IGI entry so something is not right somewhere

[valr]

It is very exciting that he was born in such a distant place, isn't it? Do you have any idea what his father might have been doing there? I believe there are a lot of records to explore from the East India Company.