This is a treasure hunt - "Help me find Jane?"

[Br1gau]

Good find!

I can't see Jane Anderson in 1841 - too many to choose from, but as James Taylor is recorded on his marriage cert as a Draper from Perth, this is the best fit I’ve found.

1841 Census, Parish 380 Methven, Perthshire
Methven West Half
Ann Taylor 66
Ann Taylor 35
Peter Taylor 33, Cotton Hand Loom Weaver
Louisa Taylor 25, Cotton Hand Loom Weaver
James Taylor   22, Tailor
All born Perthshire

[keinname]

Can't be sure of course, but Br1gau amongst what you found earlier this looks like the best fit for Jane Duncan's baptism

Jean Duncan born 10 Mar 1788 Montrose, Angus.  Parents David Duncan & Margt Allan

Allan Anderson & Jane Duncan named their first daughter Margaret - I am assuming after her mother (which follows the traditional Scottish naming tradition - and his mother was Christina), and they named their first son James after his father (also following traditional Scottish naming tradition).

The date of the baptism also is closest to the age showing in the 1851 census.

[keinname]

1841 Census, Parish 380 Methven, Perthshire
Methven West Half
Ann Taylor 66
Ann Taylor 35
Peter Taylor 33, Cotton Hand Loom Weaver
Louisa Taylor 25, Cotton Hand Loom Weaver
James Taylor   22, Tailor
All born Perthshire

Unfortunately that is the wrong James Taylor. Wrong mother.

James Brand Taylor (name in his death registration)
From an earlier post:

Born: 9 August 1822 Montrose, Angus, Scotland
Parents: George TAYLOR & Jane BRAND

[keinname]

Going back to an earlier post I made (on page 5 of this thread) there were documents of corresondence between Caleb Anderson in Castlemaine and Anna Anderson McKie in Singapore, Manila and Batavia.
http://books.google.com.au/books?id=NK436M5d3n4C&pg=PA172&lpg=PA172&dq=Caleb+Anderson+Castlemaine&source=bl&ots=_kutCBx-Pw&sig=UQUx4ShpBgHA7g67UKXJDrRL0ns&hl=en&sa=X&ei=FvzPUYKuC4GDlAWG4ICgDQ&ved=0CE4Q6AEwBw#v=onepage&q=Caleb%20Anderson%20Castlemaine&f=false

I have just found that Anna Anderson married James Brand McKie. I thought Anna could be another sister but her husband was born in 1840 so she is too young to be a sister. Perhaps a cousin?
http://railwayroad.com/FamilyTree/Trees/individual.php?pid=I570&ged=Roz.ged

James Brand McKie is a cousin of James Brand Taylor (Jane Anderson's first husband). I'll do a separate post about this one.

Then there is the John Anderson who Caleb was corresponding with in NSW:
http://acms.sl.nsw.gov.au/item/itemdetailpaged.aspx?itemid=402508
A sibling? NOt enough information to tell.

[keinname]

Family of John Brand Taylor (this shows his parents and his siblings):
http://railwayroad.com/FamilyTree/Trees/individual.php?pid=I628&ged=Roz.ged&tab=0
(Much more by clicking around in the above web-page than what I have typed out below.)

Father: George Taylor (1790-)
Mother: Jane Brand (1795-1842)
Married 2 Oct 1814 Montrose
Their children christened at Montrose:
Maria Ann Taylor (1816 -)
George Taylor (1817 -)
Jane Taylor (1819 -
John Alexander Taylor (1820 - 1823)   
James Brand Taylor (1822 - 1850) & file shows his wife as Jeannie Taylor
Alexander Brand Taylor (1824 - 1863)   
Samuel Taylor (1826 - 1855)
Robert Taylor (1828 -)
William Henry Taylor (1830 - 1831)   
Margaret Brand Taylor (1832 -)
Charles Grey Taylor (1834 - 1836)   
Elizabeth Strachan Taylor (1837 - )

James Brand Taylor & James Brand McKie were 1st cousins - James Brand Taylor's mother had a younger sister Jessie who married David McKie. Jessie & David were the parents of James Brand McKie.

[tedscout]

Wow so much information. Will take me a long time to sieve through all this. Thank you everyone for your expertise and diligence.

I was going to email Nepean Historical Society last night. I had written the email but didn't send it as I wanted to re-read it with less tired eyes in the day light.

I have not deleted it and will start again. I hope I don't give them information overload.

[tedscout]

Could this be Jane and James Brand Taylor's arrival in Melborourne

http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/4774624

The Argus 11 Feb 1850

Shipping Intelligence
Arrived 
February .9 'Zemindar,' ship. 716, tons, G. Poole, commander, from Greenock, 1st November. Passengers. - Cabin, ........ Steerage, ........, J. B. Taylor, wife and family,.......,
Rae and Co. Agents.

[keinname]

Ted, what a lucky find - I didn't think their arrival in the colony was going to show up.

[keinname]

Using Ted's clue of using initials I have found what looks like the arrival of Caleb in 1851 as detailed in his obituary:
http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/91917017
On "White Squall" on 4 June 1851.