Christina Scott b abt 1856 Inverness, Argyllsh

[Artsangelssheila]

Hi all! I am so confused. My husbands great grandmother listed her place of birth as Inverness-shire, Scotland on her 1881, 91, 1901, and 1911 England census.  The only Scottish record I can find of her is the 1871 census where she is listed as a servant. She lists her birth as Inverness, Argyllsh. I have pored over old maps and can not find Argyllsh!? I can also find no listing of her birth or any record of her in the 1861 Scottish census.  I know her father's name was Alexander Scott and that he was a farmer/farm hand. I have checked Scotland's People's website. Again nothing. Any ideas? Thanks so much. Sheila

[Little Nell]

This looks like an abbreviation of Argyllshire, which is a different county to Inverness-shire.   

What was her name, please. You have given her father's, but she remains anonymous    And when was she born?

Nell

[Artsangelssheila]

Oops! I put it in the title Christina Scott born 1856 (abt) father Alexander Scott, mother's maiden name might have been Cameron. Perhaps a section of Inverness-shire has changed boundaries and is now part of argyllsh ire? Thank you. Sheila

[Little Nell]

Silly me  - of course it's in the title!

As you say, nothing obvious stands out at the moment. Where does the Cameron idea come from?

Nell

[Artsangelssheila]

Christina's marriage certificate (in London) to Innes Reid Murray lists Mary Cameron as a witness. I also found a 1861 Scottish census that lists a Christina Scott living with her grandmother, Margaret Cameron, in Kilmalie, Argyle in a place called Muirshcorlich. It's very close to the inverness-shire border. Probably just a coincidence

[Rosinish]

I don't think it's a coincidence as Kilmallie straddles Inverness & Argyll.

http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/sct/ARL/Kilmallie/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muirshearlich

Still time to collect FREE CREDS for SP for some research (ends tonight)

She is/was not recorded as Christina Scott on SP in either district nor recorded with initial "C" or "K" which would make me assume her parents were not married & I couldn't find a marriage in either district from 1855.

Have you looked for her possible grandmother in earlier census' to ascertain a candidate for her mother 

Anne Marie

[Skoosh]

Muirshearlich.

With a name like Scott her folk possibly came up from the Borders as post-clearance shepherds.

Skoosh.

[Rosinish]

I have done a few searches.............seems the entries for Kilmallie are under both Argyll/Inverness as both brought up same amount of matches on each search I did 

There's a Christina Cameron born 1856 showing both districts 

Anne Marie

[Rosinish]

Skoosh,

Christina's marriage in 1887 states father Alexander Scott, Farmer, Deceased 

Now Sheila......this could of course be untrue.......but equally it may also be true 

I'm just thinking no marriage in Scotland so maybe a tale of where daddy was   

They may have married elsewhere though 

Anne Marie