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A JAMES MANSON’S PICKLE
JAMES MANSON B: 9 AUG 1866 (BOWER, CAITHNESS)
F: JAMES MANSON (FARMER)
M: MARGARET JOHNSTONE
HELEN MATHERSON MANSON B: 13 DEC 1867 (CANISBAY, CAITHNESS)
F: WILLIAM MANSON (CROFTER)
M: CHRISTINA MCLEOD
MARRIAGE: 6 JULY 1890
JAMES MANSON (FARM SERVANT) (23) FROM OLRIG B: 1868 – 2 YRS OUT
HELEN MATHERSON MANSON (22) FROM MEY B: 1869 – 2 YRS OUT
CENSUS 1891
Name: James Manson
Age: 24
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1867
Spouse's Name: Hellen Manson
Where born: Bower, Caithness
Address: Stanstill
Occupation: Farm Servant
Civil parish: Olrig
County: Caithness
Address: Castletown
James Manson 24 Head
Hellen Manson 23 Wife
James Manson 8mo Son
Charlotte Manson 17 Sister-in-law
CENSUS 1901
Name: James Manson
Age: 30
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1871
Spouse's Name: Hellen Manson
Where born: bown, Caithness
Civil parish: Olrig
County: Caithness
Address: Castletown
Occupation: Postman
James Manson 30 Head
Hellen Manson 32 Wife
James Manson 10 Son
Christina Manson 9 Daur
Maggie Manson 7 Daur
William Manson 5 Son
Lottie Manson 4 Daur (Charlotte)
Annie Manson 7 Daur
FROM THE 1891 CENSUS TO THE 1901 CENSUS JAMES MANSON’S AGE AND OCCUPATION HAS NOW CHANGED, BUT; IS QUITE CLEARLY THE SAME PERSON . . .
JAMES’S AND HELEN’S DAUGHTER, MY GREAT GRANDMOTHER B: CHARLOTTE MANSON B: 28 FEB 1897 BIRTH CERTIFICATES STATES HER FATHER JAMES MANSON IS A PLOUGHMAN, BUT, ON CHARLOTTE’S DEATH CERT IN 1924 (AGED 26) HER FATHER NOW AGED (58) IS A POSTMAN, SO AT WHAT POINT DID JAMES MANSON CHANGED FROM BEING A PLOUGHMAN TO A POSTMAN BETWEEN 1891 AND THE 1901 CENSUS, AND DID JAMES MARRY TWICE, AS ON HIS DEATH CERTIFICATE ON 18 SEP 1926, (AGED 60) HE WAS A RETIRED POSTMAN, WIFE HELEN THOMSON, NOT HELEN MATHERSON MANSON HE WAS MARRIED TOO. . .
THEN WE HAVE A DEATH CERTIFICATE FOR A HELEN MANSON, WIDOW OF JAMES MANSON, (POSTMAN) D: 12 JAN 1954, (AGED 86) B: 1868, F: WILLIAM MANSON (CROFTER) M: CHRISTINA MATHERSON, NOT MCLEOD AS STATED ON HER BIRTH CERTICATE . . .
ON ANCESTRY THE VISITORS TO THE MANSONS FAMILY TREE ARE THE MCKAYS AND THOMSONS, WHY IS THIS AS NOTHING IS STATED AS TO A SECOND MARRIAGE, OR CONNECTION . . .
THEN WE HAVE THIS . . .
BIRTH:
HELEN (ELLEN) HENDERSON THOMSON
Name: Helen Henderson Thomson
Birth Date: 16 Jan 1864
Birth Place: Wick, Caithness, Scotland
Father: Henry Flett Thomson
Mother: Margaret Mac Kay
PARENTS MARRIAGE:
Name: Henry Thomson
Marriage: 04 Dec 1856
Marriage: Wick, Caithness, Scotland
Spouse: Margaret Mckay
POSSIBLY BRINGING THE THOMSONS AND MCKAYS INTO THE PICTURE . . .
CAN ANYONE ENLIGHTEN TO ME THIS, SO I CAN ALSO HAVE THE BREAD AND CHEESE WITH THE PICKLE AND HAVE MYSELF A NICE PLOUGHMAN’S LUNCH . . . ; )
MANY THANKS IN ADVANCE, DIANNE, CHARLOTTE’S GREAT GRANDDAUGHTER . . .