Hello. I'd like to pose a question about an ancestor David Walker who married Catherine MacAulay in North Uist in 1827. David was listed as a farm grieve on the MacAulay farm in Hougharry where Catherine was a servant. They emigrated to Canada in approx 1838 with several children (Donald and Mary twins 1829, John 1831, Mary 1834 and Angus 1837 or 1838). I cannot find any of the children born in Inverness-shire between 1827 and 1838 but someone said they found the same group of children born same years to a Catherine Walker in Kincardineshire.
Hi Ike,
I see it's an old post & not sure if you have moved on & up the ladder? but just a few questions !!!
At the time of the marriage David was living in Balranald & Catherine in Hougharry.
No other “Walker” marriages in North Uist from 1821 – 1852 so this is good reason to think David was an incomer ?
No other David Walker marriage to a Catherine MacAulay anywhere else in Scotland from 1538 - 1854 (Well, not recorded) so another reason to think it’s the same man ?
No other Walker births in North Uist from 1822 – 1854 Kilmuir, 1829 – 1854 Carinish or 1829 – 1854 Trumisgarry (Well, not recorded) so more weight for your theory ?
The name David also suggests the same, as David is not an Uist name in general ?
However, the name Walker is a South Uist name but again not David unless he was actually Donald ?
MacAulay is however an North Uist name but do you have any documents that state Catherine was born there or is it an assumption ?
If the children who were born in Scotland were not christened there will be no record of them.
Where did you get the info. on birth dates for kids Donald, John, Mary & Angus? (I have supplied a birth date which is on his marriage record).
Do census records (1841 onward) give place of birth as Scotland ?
Do you know for sure when they landed in Canada ?
When is your 1st sighting of them on a Canadian census?
Have you seen David on a Canadian census ?
Is it possible he died prior to the 1st census you found with the family ?
Do you have all the details for the Canadian children’s births or just from census records ?
How sure are you of who was born & when in Canada ?
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Marriage record 04 Dec 1866 Gabarus, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia for son Angus born 1838 Scotland;
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F2G8-H97Were both parent’s alive at the time of this union ?
Do his parent’s names appear on his death cert.?
Annie.