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Scotland (Counties as in 1851-1901) => Scotland => Angus (Forfarshire) => Topic started by: 1lovehuck on Sunday 18 June 23 22:22 BST (UK)
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I am descendant of David Littlejohn who immigrated to California (when it was still part of Mexico), got baptized, became a Mexican national, got married and then got a land grant. He is acknowledged as a California Pioneer.
I have found this information on Ancestry and Find A Grave but can find no clear evidence he was born in Arbroath to Alexander and Helen Clark or that he went to Peru. I can validate the information about his christening and marriage. Does anyone have any information on David Littlejohn or any information about Scots at the time immigrating to Peru? Thank you.
"David Littlejohn was born in Arbroath, Angus, Scotland, the son of Alexander Littlejohn and Helen Clark. He and his parents had moved to the port city of Callao, Peru, by the time of Peru's independence from Spain in 1821. He came to Mexican Alta California aboard one of William E. P. Hartnell's vessels in 1824, disembarking at Monterey where he initially worked for Hartnell's employer, McCulloch and Company, agents of the John Begg Company of Lima, Peru. He converted to Catholicism and was baptized Francisco Javier David Littlejohn at the Monterey Presidio Chapel (San Carlos) on December 3, 1825 (SC Baptism 03407). He married Francisca Antonia Higuera y Cota (Oct. 9, 1813; BP Baptism 00435) at the Monterey Presidio Chapel July 29, 1826 (SC Marriage 00943)." Source: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/156240032/francisco-javier_david-littlejohn
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There was certainly a marriage for an Alexander and Helen in area and timescale:
LITTLEJOHN
ALEXANDER
HELEN
CLARK
/FR245 (FR245)
25/12/1784
319
10 / 358
ST VIGEANS
albeit no obvious records of any children born to the couple (that isn't to say there weren't any births).