What's My Next Step in looking for Isabella Wright?

[Skoosh]

AG,  there's a Rootschatter interested in Lanarkshire Main's, enter Main in the searchbox.

Skoosh.

[argyllshiregirl]

There is also another thread on Rootschat that mentions the children of William WRIGHT and Isabella LECKIE, and unfortunately there is no mention of an Isabella born to them in 1823, but that doesn't mean it's a complete list. (Check out a thread entitled 'James Clarkson of Glasgow' on the Lanarkshire forum.) This particular family moved around from Barony, Lanarkshire to Renfrew, Renfrewshire to Row, Dunbartonshire.

[Rosinish]

 
Isabella Wright married Alexander Main on Dec 31 1846 but there is no record of her parents on there

Did you notice if the witnesses to the marriage were named as this could be significant 

Annie.

[newmodernist]

No witnesses at all!  It just lists their names, the date, his profession, and the minister who performed the marriage.   

I'll check out these other people suggested - they could be possible siblings - I'll try to find them on census' and see if I can connect them to Isabella.

[newmodernist]

Nothing yet.  I can't find the family on the Canadian 1861 census either though, so maybe their immigration wasn't when the census' claimed it was. 

Is there a way of doing a lookup by profession?  Alexander Main was a rope maker - I can't see there being multiple Alexander Main rope makers..

[buckhyne]

This is the only Alexander Main I could find who was a rope maker.
He's a wee bit too young to be yours.

1851 census: Address: 7 North Square, Aberdeen
MAIN    Alexander Head M    M    56    Pilot     Aberdeenshire – Aberdeen
MAIN    Isabella Wife     M    F   48        Aberdeenshire – Aberdeen
MAIN   Violet    Dau      U   F   19        Aberdeenshire – Aberdeen
MAIN    Alexander Son U   M    17 Rope Maker  Aberdeenshire – Aberdeen
MAIN    John   Son        U    M   14  Rope Maker   Aberdeenshire - Aberdeen   
MAIN    Mary    Dau   U   F   11   Scholar    Aberdeenshire – Aberdeen
MAIN    Grace   Dau   U   F   8   Scholar     Aberdeenshire - Aberdeen   
MAIN    David    Son   U    M    4   Scholar    Aberdeenshire - Aberdeen   
BRANDS William  Nephew U M   35   Pilot        Aberdeenshire – Aberdeen
SMITH Walter Visitr    U    M   17    Seaman Apprentice  Shetland – Bressay

[Millmoor]

Hi

What about this 1841 census Barony Thomsen Lane
William Wright 45 b Lanarkshire
Isabella Wright 35 b Scotland
Isabella Wright 15 b Lanarkshire
Campbell Wright 15 b Lanarkshire
Mary Wright 10 b Scotland
William Wright 10 b Scotland
Joanna Wright 5 b Scotland
Archd Wright 4 b Scotland

Doing a search on Family Search for Wright births with parents William Wright and Isabella Leckie comes up with
Mary Smith Wright b 27 Aug 1828 Renfrew
Joanna Smith Wright b 13 Aug 1832 Renfrew
William Leckie Wright b 29 Aug 1830 Renfrew
Sabina Smith Wright b 3 Sept 1835 Row
Archibald James Smith Wright b 26 May 1837 Row
Benjamin Wright b Barony 15April 1839
Benjamin Wright b Barony 22 Sept 1841
James Smith Wright b 26 Oct 1826 Renfrew
Campbell Leckie Wright 20 Sep 1824 Barony
Lawson Wright b 9 Sept 1820 Barony

There certainly seems to be some correspondence between the two sets of records.

William

[newmodernist]

That does seem to fit VERY well.  I wonder why there's no birth record for Isabella though?  Since she was born in '23 and Campbell '24, it makes sense that on the '41 Census, they're listed as the same age since they certainly were close.  With the Leckie name in there it really seems like this may be Isabella's family. 

Is there anyway to definitively prove it?  What would be the steps to do that considering there are no names listed on the marriage certificate, and for the life of me I can't locate a birth record?

[Millmoor]

Hi

Ages were usually rounded down to the nearest multiple of five in the 1841 census (except children).
It might be worth tracking the potential siblings through the censuses etc to see if there is a connection.

William