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Inverness / Re: b. in Glenelg? Glengarry? Glenquoich? Lochhournhead?
« on: Tuesday 15 September 09 21:13 BST (UK) »
Hi,
Found some info which might help.
http://www.glenelg.co.uk/archives/glenelg_parish_history.shtml is the website for the Glenelg and Arnisdale Development Trust page on the history of Glenelg. Says that the civil parish of Glenelg had three districts - Glenelg, Knoydart & North Morar and that 'On the south-east the parish of Glenelg marches with the parish of Glengarry.'
So Knoydart is in the civil parish of Glenelg, and it would seem that Lochhournhead is also in the parish of Glenelg based on the civil parish map of Inverness (www.scotlandsfamily.com/parish-map-inverness.htm)
There are so many different birthplaces listed. I wonder is perhaps the enummerator copied the information down incorrectly? Have you looked at the birthplaces of the people before and after your ancestor? Maybe if they seem to have been born in the same place in once census and different places in another - particularly if the neighbours are the same - then this could be the answer.
And I suppose it is always possible that parish boundaries may have changed, even slightly, though probably not as often as every census.
Maybe your best source of help would be the archives at Inverness once they re-open.
Good luck!
Sheila-Ann
Found some info which might help.
http://www.glenelg.co.uk/archives/glenelg_parish_history.shtml is the website for the Glenelg and Arnisdale Development Trust page on the history of Glenelg. Says that the civil parish of Glenelg had three districts - Glenelg, Knoydart & North Morar and that 'On the south-east the parish of Glenelg marches with the parish of Glengarry.'
So Knoydart is in the civil parish of Glenelg, and it would seem that Lochhournhead is also in the parish of Glenelg based on the civil parish map of Inverness (www.scotlandsfamily.com/parish-map-inverness.htm)
There are so many different birthplaces listed. I wonder is perhaps the enummerator copied the information down incorrectly? Have you looked at the birthplaces of the people before and after your ancestor? Maybe if they seem to have been born in the same place in once census and different places in another - particularly if the neighbours are the same - then this could be the answer.
And I suppose it is always possible that parish boundaries may have changed, even slightly, though probably not as often as every census.
Maybe your best source of help would be the archives at Inverness once they re-open.
Good luck!
Sheila-Ann