houziwang1
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Charles Carr (possibly CHARLES W CARR) was born in 1839 and the first record I can find is the 1851 England census that lists his birthplace only as Scotland. The 1881 census has him being born at 'callu (or calla) hume'. Could he be from Hume, does anyone have access to the parish register or have any advice that may be able to shed light on this?
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Hi Helen
that's really useful information, i'll get the certificate ordered and we'll take it from there. I didn't realise that the father would be on the certificate. This is really going to help.
very many thanks
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Hi
I've managed to get the birth certificate. His father's name was James Carr and profession was Husbandman. Does this help?
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Hi Helen
Thanks so much for looking into it. It really is a puzzle.
James Carr was listed as a husbandman on the marriage certificate, I did wonder about the deceased aspect but guess as an occupation is listed he was still around (or at least it wasn't known if he was deceased or not?) He hasn't signed as a witness, the bride's father did and so did the Parish Clerk. I don't know whether this is usual or not.
The marriage took place on 22 Dec 1861 at the Parish Church of Chester-le-Street where both Charles and his bride are listed as being resident.
All i've been able to find are a scattering of Charles Carrs and a scattering of James Carrs but they never seem to meet. They seem to have moved around Berwick/Northumberland and there's a James Carr who was deported to Australia from Northumberland in 1840 but that might be just a bit too convenient an act to solve this riddle.
Once again, thanks for your help
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Hi Helen & Joe
This is excellent! Charles Carr in Angus kept cropping up but I couldn't positively tie him in, looks like Joe may well have opened the door.
Charles had a daughter called Agnes, admittedly not the strongest evidence in the world. but it fits in with other naming patterns
Thank you both so much
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final question! any idea what the Dundee Loan was?
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Thanks Helen, I managed to find an old map of Forfar online and i've discovered it was (is) the name of a road - I didn't think it sounded very road-like and thought it could be something else
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