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Scotland (Counties as in 1851-1901) => Scotland => Caithness => Topic started by: Karen Murray on Thursday 19 February 15 21:15 GMT (UK)
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Hi I am looking for information about the Swanson family who lived in 29 willow bank, wick on the 1901 census. I need more information about the swansons, as this is my grandmothers family, maybe from 1891 census
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Hi
I am looking for information about the Swanson family who lived in 29 willow bank, wick
The 1901 has over 100 Swanson entries in Wick so can you post the full details of your particular family so we can find them in 1891 for you
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Found them!!
1901
All b Wick except Margaret
John Swanson 50 - cooper
Margaret 39 b Latheron
Katie 14
Magnus 10
Janet 9
James 6
Carrie 4
Bella 2
Wick ED 2 Page 28 Line 11
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1891 - address Willow Bank - all shown as b Wick
John Swanson 41 cooper
Margaret 30
John 7
Maggie 5
Catherine 3
Magnus 6Mo
Donald Swanson 70 father
Wick ED 2 Page 9 Line 9
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1881 for his parents - Louisburgh Street Wick
Donald Swanson 60 cooper b Wick
Catherine 52 b Olrig
Donald 26 b Wick
Wick ED 1 Page 8 Line 3
1881 for John - Laurel Bank Wick
John Swanson 27 cooper b Wick
Margaret 19 b Latheron
Wick ED 4 Page 14 Line 10
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Thanks so much, you have the correct swansons, Carrie Swanson was my grandmother. So happy to have information about my family.
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Do you have Margaret's maiden name from Carrie's birth or marriage certificate? I can then look her up on earlier censuses for you
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Yes, I know Margaret's Maiden name was Miller. I noticed on the 1901 census, the two oldest children are not mentioned, John and Maggie, John would have been 17 and Maggie 15, maybe they were out of the house and working.
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Looking at the 1871 - there is no entry for Margaret with a birthplace of Latheron but there are 2 entries with a birthplace of Wick
Only one family is living in Latheron and given the fathers name here - I wonder if she could be this entry
Address East Clyth - Clyth Estate Latheron. All b East Clyth except mum Margaret
Magnus Miller 41 pavement quarrier
Margaret 34 b Midlelyth
Christena 11
Margaret 9
Williamina 7
Donald 5
Magnus 2
John 2 Months
Latheron ED 1 Page 12 Line 23
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Thanks Carole for tracing more of my family on the census this is amazing.
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Following your pm info - this is the parents marriage
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XTLN-WZH
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I've gone back to 1841 to trace Magnus but there are 2 "possibilities"
One is transcribed as Magwat aged 10 but is shown as male. Living in Wick with what appears to be relatives although one of the younger females may be his mother.
The other is Magnus but a bit younger - aged 7 and living in Latheron with parents James (occ fisherman) & Emelia and a lot of siblings
In 1851 there is a Magnus Miller b 1829 Latheron parents Donald & Christina
To be certain - I think you need to look at the 1859 marriage entry to see who his parents were
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Just to say if you ever get to Wick there is a massive file full of information on the Swansons in the library (at least one!) so masses of information, not to mention lists of all the graves by surname, family trees etc.
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I also have Swanson going back to 1680. Here is a good site to search for hours on end
http://www.cursiter.com/txt-exe-files/Swanson.txt
My side will date back to Donald 1680 and his son Magnus 1717
Suzy W
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Yes, I know Margaret's Maiden name was Miller. I noticed on the 1901 census, the two oldest children are not mentioned, John and Maggie, John would have been 17 and Maggie 15, maybe they were out of the house and working.
Yes, I know Margaret's Maiden name was Miller. I noticed on the 1901 census, the two oldest children are not mentioned, John and Maggie, John would have been 17 and Maggie 15, maybe they were out of the house and working.
My grandmother is Maggie. She left Wick around the age of 15 and after travelling via south africa spent the rest of her life in Australia. There was another son Angus who was the youngest of the family who was born after John and Maggie had left. I am in touch with the family of Carrie, James, angus.
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Hi I am looking for information about the Swanson family who lived in 29 willow bank, wick on the 1901 census. I need more information about the swansons, as this is my grandmothers family, maybe from 1891 census
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Hello Karen. I believe we have the same family history. Looking at your post from 2015, i can tell you that my grandmother is Maggie Swanson, the second child of John Swanson and Margaret Miller. I di have some information on the family if you are still interested. The youngest member of the family was Angus who was not born when the 1901 census was published. I am in touch with members from the family of James and Carrie. Uncle Angus never married and had no children. It would ne nice to be in touch with you and fill in other gaps in our family tree. Maggie left Scotland aged 15 and settled in Australia which is where I live.