Dawson, Argyle Street, Ullapool

[heilanlassie]

Can anyone decipher the name of the head of the house?

The wife is called Ann and the daughter is called Betsy.

[Rosinish]

I wonder if it's Mathew?

Annie

[eilthireach]

This is William Dawson. Yes, the first letter looks like an 'M', but it is actually William - look very carefully! He appears in the 1841 Census returns in Dingwall, aged 60 [i.e., within the age range 60-64 - ages of those aged over 15 were rounded down in the 1841 Census returns], this time, however, with a Catherine, aged 50 [i.e., 50-54], but with "Betsy" (Elizabeth Dawson, aged 10) with them in the household.

Did he remarry between 1841 and 1851, or could Catherine have been a Catherine Ann and she was recorded wrongly simply as Ann in 1851? You'll have to research that ...

[Rosinish]

Could this be Betsy....no mother recorded?

https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQ79-63Y

Annie

[Rosinish]

A possible marriage for Betsy?

https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XYQK-K51

Annie

[Rosinish]

Nothing worse when there is no response to posts when people try to help!

Annie

[don_niagara]

I have some notes on this family at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~coigach/ullapool.htm#51-95

From my notes there it appears "Ann" was a mistranscription by the enumerator, other records including her death reg clearly show her as "Catherine", daughter of Thomas Ross and Janet MacKenzie. I also note there regarding Catherine's mother and the family;

August of 1843 the Poor Law Inquiry Commission for Scotland gathered evidence around the Highlands, interviewing a few people at Ullapool such as the Minister Alexander Ross and the fish curer, Alexander MacKenzie. The Commission then went into the community and visited nineteen recipients of aid to determine their situation. The following is transcribed from "Minutes of Evidence taken before the Poor Law Inquiry Commission for Scotland", PAGE 445;

      12. Widow Thomas Ross, aged seventy-three. Allowance 4s. a year. She lives with a married daughter and son-in-law —- the latter a pensioner. The son-in-law has a house in feu, and three-fourths of an acre of land attached to it, for which he pays, inclusive of feu-duty, a rent of 2£ 15s. He keeps a cow. His family consists of three children, from twenty-two to fifteen years of age. His mother-in-law is supported by him. She has a comfortable bed, and her room is tolerably well furnished.

Donald.

[heilanlassie]

Nothing worse when there is no response to posts when people try to help!

Annie

I'm really sorry not to have responded before now, but I have had a few tragic family events to deal with, but I'm out the other side now, and ready to get back into family research.

Again, I apologise, and thank everyone for their help with my quest.