James - a female forename ? COMPLETED

[nanville]

I HAVE A COUSIN NAMED JAMESINA AND AN AUNT NAMED ROBINA BOTH CALLED AFTER THEIR RESPECTIVE FATHERS JAMES AND ROBERT.

[dawnsh]

Watchers of The Waltons may remember the actress who played Olivia, the mother

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Learned

[buckhyne]

and what about this guy with the guid Scots name of Marion Mitchell Morrison aka John Wayne.

[RJ_Paton]

Did you find a birth record for the 1901 census child?

No birth record on SP for a female James Inglis  but there is a Jamesina born a few years later in a completely different area. Unfortunately there are 20 different records for males named James in the Glasgow area (where the 1901 census says he/she was born) and as I ran out of credits checking some others I am not sure if my curiosity has been piqued that far 
(The 1901 James is the 8th of 11 children all of the rest have names which are accepted as "normal" gender specific ones)

I HAVE A COUSIN NAMED JAMESINA AND AN AUNT NAMED ROBINA BOTH CALLED AFTER THEIR RESPECTIVE FATHERS JAMES AND ROBERT.

That is the more common version and what I would have expected to see - I have some specific examples in my immediate family but these instances I mentioned of James being used on its own are the first I have come across.

Could it be a transcription error for Jannes (Jane, Janis or Janice)?

Philip

No, the transcriber did a good job - the writing on the original is very neat and very clear

Anything is possible, but it is likely to have been an error (or errors).

My thoughts exactly until I saw the 1841 OPR entry (different family & different area) for the burial of "James daur of John"

Have you found "James" in the 1891 and 1911 censuses? It is so easy to tick the female rather than male child box on any census.

Have you tried looking for the births of female "James"?

James didn't appear in the 1891 census - which originally led me to believe that he died young - although I couldn't find a specific death record - I haven't checked the 1911 census yet - wife has begun to notice how much I've been spending on SP 

I think it will have to remain on the curiosity pile for a while longer.

Thanks to all for their input

[scotmum]

I remember the early days of scotlandspeople, when you could 'see' on your account profile page (or such like), just how much you had spent on credits. When they first did away with this info, I was annoyed, now I realise there was method in their madness.

 

[terianne]

What is the surname and what age in the census

[RJ_Paton]

What is the surname and what age in the census

James Inglis age 14 (1901 census)
parents John & Helen
other children present
Helen 21, Barbara 19, Thomas, 17 & Mary 8

[RJ_Paton]

I remember the early days of scotlandspeople, when you could 'see' on your account profile page (or such like), just how much you had spent on credits. When they first did away with this info, I was annoyed, now I realise there was method in their madness.

 

Thank goodness - if the full amount was ever displayed I think I would be a dead man 

[scotmum]

Is James the child transcribed on FindMyPast as Jane Inglis, aged 4, a visitor in a Carrie household at Camlachie in 1891? The other surnames in the household are Scott and Campbell.