Was Thomas Napier born in Stirling?

[MonicaL]

From online trees:

Marriage to Mary Aitken Baird on 7 August 1846 in Denny.

William Snr is given as having died on 26 MAR 1860 in Hollandbush dob 1814. Parents Hugh Napier and Mary Wilson. Burial at Kilsyth Churchyard.

Mary Aitken Baird, wife, showing as having remarried in Denny on 21 March 1864, a Robert Stirling.

Eldest son William b. 1847, who we had as a boatman in 1861 is showing as also having entered the merchant navy. Death in 1884 in Glasgow. His occupation showing as Chief Officer, Merchant Service (also for some time Master of the 'Loch Sloy').

Family looks promising all round for your Thomas' 

Monica

[Muffin41]

You have found out more than I had hoped for as I had not much to start with.
Thank you Monica for your valuable help in finding the elusive people.

Anything else helps fill in the gaps and confirms the little I had.

Muffin41

[MonicaL]

You should be able to firm a lot of that up, if you decide to view images for BMDs etc on www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/:

Marriage from the OPRs for William and Mary https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XY74-1LQ

Likely second marriage for Mary Baird/Napier in 1864 https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XY7H-4LP

Marriage for eldest son William to Janet Myles https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XY7D-XB3

Marriage of daughter Isabella to John Nelson https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XTY7-JZF

Marriage of daughter Mary to a Samuel Wales (they headed off to Australia it is mentioned in 1883) https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XY99-4R9

Monica 

[MonicaL]

With the earlier mention of Kilsyth Churchyard (guessing it showed on William's death reg?), have a look at this fab site www.memento-mori.co.uk/35.pdf  Quite a few Napiers showing there, including an entry for a William Napier in 1860. You can arrange a photo of the stone/inscription direct with the site for a small fee.

Monica

Added: Can also see an entry for Mary Baird/Napier there in 1909  Her death, elsewhere, is given as being on 5 May 1909 in Castlecary Drawbridge, Falkirk, aged 84, matching the year that shows on memento-mori.

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VQWC-K38

[Muffin41]

That is a very good site, the information there helps a lot.

I won't be getting into mischief putting that lot in my family tree.

Thank you once again Monica 

Muffin41

[MonicaL]

Found Thomas in 1881:

Mary Stirling 54 Bridge Keeper b. Denny
Thomas Napier 23 boatman b, Denny
Jane Napier 20 b. Denny

Address: Castlecay Bridge, Falkirk Stirlingshire

Monica

[Forfarian]

This is a slight digression, but who were the parents of Mary Aitken Baird?

The reason I ask is there there aresome similarities with a branch of my own tree.

Margaret Baird, daughter of Thomas Baird and Marion Weir, married John Bryson on Old Monkland on 15 October 1847. According to the 1841 census, Thomas was a carter and lived at Old Mill, New Monkland, and his sons Thomas and John were both boatmen.

John Bryson was at various times a quarryman and a boatman. He and family lived mainly at Netherwood, Cumbernauld. His brother Archibald married Janet Cousland, who was born at Hollandbush, Denny.

I just wondered if all this was maybe a little more than mere coincidence?