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Title: grace porteous
Post by: boston14 on Sunday 15 January 12 21:09 GMT (UK)

Could someone help with tracing a Grace Porteous  b 1826c Wamphray , Dumfrieshire,parents James Porteous and Grace Henderson. I have found a Grace Porteous in Toronto in 1851 ,and a death in 1857.in Toronto. But can`t connect to parents. Can`t find her in 1841 census in Scotland ,so I think she may have emigrated but not sure where.
Any help would be gratefully received
Thanks
EP

Title: Re: grace porteous
Post by: Jacquie in Canada on Sunday 15 January 12 22:13 GMT (UK)

The OPR death database at ScotlandsPeople has a death for a Grace Porteous on 6 Dec 1854 in Wamphray. According to the index, other names listed in her entry are Henderson and James Porteous.

Jacquie

Title: Re: grace porteous
Post by: boston14 on Sunday 15 January 12 22:18 GMT (UK)

Jacquie,
               Thank you for replying . This death is Grace`s mother ,Grace HENDERSON , Wife of James Porteous.
EP

Title: Re: grace porteous
Post by: JDC on Monday 16 January 12 03:47 GMT (UK)

Hi boston,

Sounds like you don't have a passenger list for Grace coming to Canada. I suspect this travel would have been after 1841 since she would only have been abt 15 yrs old at that time. She likely would have been in 1841 Scot census, rather than Canadian. I suspect she came to Canada between the 41 & 51 census if it is indeed her in the Toronto census. The passenger list many times has the place name of destination and closest relative. The incoming passenger lists at the Canadian national archive only goes back to 1865, I'm not sure about outgoing passenger lists in UK? Something to check.

JDC

Title: Re: grace porteous
Post by: boston14 on Monday 16 January 12 15:34 GMT (UK)

JDC

Thanks for advice , you have given me a few ideas to follow up.
EP