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Scotland (Counties as in 1851-1901) => Scotland => Caithness => Topic started by: genius on Monday 09 February 09 01:32 GMT (UK)
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I'm looking for any information, dates etc on Alexander Sinclair who was married to Emilia Young they had son (Alexander) on 13th january 1856
registered at Forse, Latheron .
I'm new to this and any help would be greatly appreciated, trying to go as far back on fathers line as possible.
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Hi and welcome to Rootschat
1861 census for Latheron - all b Latheron
Alexander Sinclair 40 agric labourer
Amelia 34
Helen 12
George 8
Alexander 5
Christina 3
Thomas Sinclair 30 brother
Christina Sutherland 68 mother
Latheron; ED: 7; Page: 22; Line: 12
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From the IGI at www.familysearch.org
ALEXANDER SINCLAIR Spouse: AMELIA YOUNG
Marriage: 08 APR 1853 Latheron, Caithness
If you do a parent search on the IGI (see below) you will find the births/baptisms of the children
PARENT SEARCH ON IGI
www.familysearch.org - On home page - click on “Advanced Search” to the right of the SEARCH button
Select “International Genealogical Index” from the left hand menu
Input fathers name and surname BUT only put mothers christian name as not all entries have the maiden name (except in Scotland)
REGION – select British Isles from the menu
COUNTRY – select one or “All countries”
COUNTY (will appear when you select COUNTRY) – select whichever matches what you know about the family
Click SEARCH
Helen is 12 in 1861 but Alexander and Amelia only married in 1853
In 1851 there is a 3 yr old Helen Sinclair b Latheron with grandmother Helen Sinclair aged 74 but there are quite a lot of other Sinclairs in the same household - not Alexander
Either Alexander was married previously or she is Amelia's daughter
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In 1851 Amelia is shown as aged 20 b Latheron & is visiting the Cambell family in Wick. Also in the household is a Donald Sutherland aged 71 lodger
No Helen shown
Wick; ED: 6; Page: 13; Line: 43
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I wonder if this could be his first marriage - both are submitted records which is an indication that somebody else is researching the same family - however - submitted records are not always reliable as can be seen by the 2 different venues for the marriage
ALEXANDER SINCLAIR Spouse: ELIZABETH SUTHERLAND Marriage: 25 OCT 1849 Wick, Caithness, Scotland
ALEXANDER SINCLAIR Spouse: ELIZABETH SUTHERLAND Marriage: 25 OCT 1849 Latheron, Caithness
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hi , welcome to rootschat :)
some info. that perhaps you don't have -
scotlandspeople has
amelia sinclair(other surname young) died 1907 latheron caithness
born c1826
as usual IGI has 2 possible matches for an emelia young
baptised 5th november 1825 latheron caithness father robert young
baptised 6th december 1826 latheron caithness father alexr. young
given the names of children alexr. father might be the right one
SP also has 2 possible deaths for alexander sinclair between 1891 and 1920
born 1820 + - 5 years latheron caithness
one is 1894 born c1822
other is 1910 born c1819
someone with access to the 1901 census may be able to confirm if your
alexander is still alive then if so then the second one looks more likely
IGI has 3 possible matches for alexander sinclair latheron caithness
baptised 3rd feb. 1819 father donald sinclair
baptised 9th aug. 1819 father george sinclair(submitted entry)
baptised 3rd june 1822 father john sinclair
if you don't already have it then amelia's death cert. would seem a good
starting point
ev
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a little more -
1881 mains of forse latheron caithness
alex. sinclair 62 crofter & fisherman born latheron caithness
amelia 55 wife b. latheron
alexr. 25 son cooper b. latheron
christina 22 daug. general servant b. latheron
donald 18 son carpenter b. latheron
thomas 13 son scholar b. latheron
ev
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1841 maybe :-\
forse latherton caithness(all born caithness)
george sinclair 50 farmer
christina sinclair 50
frances sinclair 25 cooper journeyman
alexander sinclair 20
margaret sinclair 15
robert sinclair 12
hellen sinclair 10
thomas sinclair 8
ev
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hi all
1851 :-\
forse latheron caithness(all born latheron)
christina sinclair 66 widowed farmers wife
alexander 28 son unmarried farmer & fisherman
robert 24 son unmarried fisherman
thomas 21 son unmarried student
given what caroleW has found on the 1861 census this might not be the
right alexander
ev
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SP has -
christina sinclair(other surname sutherland) died 1875 latheron caithness
born c1779
is her age out by about 10 years on the 1861 census ?
can some kind soul look up the 1871 census to shed more light on this ?
ev
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A very big thank you to Carol and ev for the work you put in, I am certainly a lot further forward than I expected and you were both so quick to reply...what a great site this is! As I'm new to this it's taking me a wee while to absorb this info. I will get back to you with more questions when I figure out what I'm doing
The 1861 cencus seems quite accurate As Alexander Sinclair & Amelia's son' Alexander' (my grt grandfather )was definitely 5 yrs old then and in 1881 he was 25yrs old which again is spot on, did they tend to guess ages in the early censuses? as they do not seem to be very accurate. If any kind person could check the 1871 & 1891 censuses for any info on the family I would be most grateful. Alexander and amelia wer living in 'shore road', I believe.
Again a big thank you to everyone who's helping me......W