surnames sim and clark

[elldina]

hi gadget i haven't  had a chance to look for them yet  would be very greatly if you have them to hand  if you could  put them up
thank you again i believe you 3 have helped break through the brick wall and i really appreciate the help and info given , i'm now very curious as to what someone with such a grand name as charles james detolla barclay clark  became lol 
elldina

[Gadget]

, i'm now very curious as to what someone with such a grand name as charles james detolla barclay clark  became lol 
elldina

By 1881, he was just plain Charles D 

1881

Pithughie, Pitsligo - District 233 ED 5 Page 1

Alexander Clark, 66, Crofter, b. Strichen, Abn
Eliza, 46,
Charles D, 9, scholar
Agnes J, 5, scholar
Grace, 1

All except Alexander b. Pitsligo


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[Gadget]

1871

Pithughie, Rosehearty, Pitsligo - District 233 ED 1 Page 33

Alexr Clark, 58, Crofter
Eliza, 35,
Betsy, 14
Andrew, 12,
Margt, 10
Frank, 7
Chas J, 1 month


All b. Rosehearty, Abn

[Gadget]

1861

Pithughie, Pitsligo - District 233 ED 41 Page 2

Alexander Clark, 47, Crofter, b. Strichen, Abn
Eliza, 27, Crofter's wife
Alexander, 11
Elizabeth Ann, 4
Andrew, 2


All except Alexander, snr. b. Pitsligo

It looks as if Alexander might well have been a widower when he married Eliza in 1854.

[Gadget]

It seems his first wife was margaret:

1851

Pithughie, Rosehearty Pitsligo - District 233 ED 1 Page 8

Alexander Clark, 38, Crofter, b. Strichen, Abn
Margaret, 41
Thomas, 8
Isobel, 5
Alexander, 1
John McDonald, visitor, 26, ag. Lab.


All except Alexander, snr. b. Pitsligo

[Gadget]

The IGI (extracted) has :

28 Oct 1841 - Thomas
1 Sept 1844 - Isabella
8 Feb 1850 - Alexander

all Pitsligo

Parents Alexander Clark and Margaret Chessor



Gadget

[Gadget]

The Old Parish/Parochial Registers (OPRs) show that Alexander Clark married Margaret Chessor in Pitsligo on 10 June 1837.

Gadget

[Gadget]

And just to tidy things up ~

Alexander Clark died 1899 in Pitsligo, aged 87.  Parents - Thomas Clark, hand loom weaver and Isabella, maiden surname Campbell.


Gadget

[elldina]

wow thank you !  i think brickwall well and truly bashed down now and only in a matter of hours when ive gone round in circles  i am so chuffed thank you
elldina