The "Australian" Molisons (James and Isabella's children) only seem to show up on the 1881 census. Did they go back to Australia afterwards? We're missing one of the children, Allan D (b.1860) in 1881 - where is he? (He may have died young, of course.)
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Rambler
Hi Rambler,
Might the "Australian" MOLISONs have been in
Scotland in the other relevant censuses (1871 - we need them there too - and 1891 and 1901)? And might other records (marriages and deaths) also be in
Scotland?
The Scottish censuses and BDMs are jealously guarded by GROS; and it seems a little bit like cheating to pay to look at them (I might be tempted if I had time remaining on SP - but I can resist that temptation because, although I have credits remaining, I don't have any time.)
We have James marrying Isabella in
Scotland in 1849.
Then in
England we have Isabella b Surrey ca 1850 and Margaret b Surrey ca 1851 (we don't know what happened to Margaret).
Then it's off to
NSW Australia where Annie Forsyth (presumably died young as another child was given the same name), Osbert W, Allan D (we don't know what happened to Allan D), Annie F, Mildred F and Saltoun are born.
1861 census: they are all presumably in
Australia so won't appear.
Then back to
England where Jeannie W (ca 1867) and Robert (ca 1869) are born in England in Holloway.
1869 the father James died in
Scotland.
1871 Census: we don't have any of them in England. Perhaps the widowed Isabella and her children are all in Scotland? Or have they gone back to Australia for some reason?
1879 The mother Isabella dies in
England - on the Isle of Wight.
1881 Census: the following orphaned children (some adult, some not) are in
England - Isabella jnr, Osbert W, Annie F, Mildred F, Saltoun (boarding at school), Jeannie W, and Robert (boarding at school)
1882 Osbert W dies in
England1891 Census: we don't have any of them. Some girls might perhaps have married (in either England or Scotland) and be hiding under other names. But what about Saltoun and Robert - are they in the 1891 Scotland census, or have they died (England or Scotland or wherever), or have they left the country?
1901 We don't have any of them (comments as for 1891).
It makes it hard when there's no easy/free access to the Scottish records!
JAP
