RootsChat.Com
Scotland (Counties as in 1851-1901) => Scotland => Shetland => Topic started by: msh on Thursday 12 May 11 18:10 BST (UK)
-
I am looking for info on Robert Shewan who married Catherine Irvine in 1851. I know they had two children Peter b 1853 & Robina b 1854. Catherine remarried John Hunter in 1866 so Robert would have died between 1855 & 1866. Peter later lived in Lerwick, Liverpool and North Leith (Edinburgh) where he married Grace Hughson and raised his family. Sadly Peter too died young in 1894, he drowned off Aberdeen in the North Sea. I believe Robert Shewan may have died at sea. Both men where mariners, fisherman & seaman.
-
Hi msh
Could this be Robina in 1861:
Agnes Priorie 86, Fishermans Wid b. St Mavin, Zetland
Robina Sheman 7, Granddaughter b. Lerwick
Address: No 6 Pitt Lane, Lerwick
There is an online tree which gives Robina's death just after this census (just four days :'() on 11 April 1861. There is a corresponding death entry showing on the pay to view site www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk Robina's death entry would let you confirm hopefully whether her father Robert showed as alive or deceased by 1861 and let you narrow down the dates for his death.
Monica :)
-
Simarly, the original image would give you the marital status for Catherine Irvine from her 1861 census entry:
Henry Ratter 80, fisherman b. North Roe
Mary Ratter 76, wife, b. North Roe
Catharine Irvine 40, domestic servant b.North Roe
Peter Sheean 10 b. servant, Lerwick
Address: Beth, Northmaven
Monica
-
Thanks for the info. Catherine's mother was a Ratter, so is definately the right family I'd say.
-
Monica, I think that would be Northmavine the parish for North Roe! Skoosh.
-
Thanks Skooks, we struggle with transcriptions sometimes!
Monica :)
-
Yes Spelling doesn't seem to count when it comes to the census. I have found Scotland to be very good with it's record keeping thus far but the Shetlands are proving to be a little harder.
-
Monica this should be my Robina as her mother death (many years later) shows the address as 6 Pitt Lane, Lerwick, so I would say is pretty much a sure bet. Interesting Agnes late name as I never had her marrying after her husband died (something more to check) I will also check out the 1861 census through scotlandspeople so I can see the orginal copy. Thanks for all the help
-
MSH, an excellent site for Shetland Family History, try
http://www.bayanne.info/Shetland.
Skoosh.
-
there is a birth on the igi for a robert shewan 15/8/1831 in dunrossness with parents robert shewan and barbara bernson
I have a booklet with monumental inscriptions for dunrossness and fair isle ( availble from the shetland family history society ) and there are quite a few shewan names in it, there is a robert but I have not found one who matches your dates
also looks like catherine irvine was a widow when she married robert shewan
also may be spelt " shuan "
akc
-
Thank you for your help, I have long suspected that Robert and Barbara are his parents but "How to prove" that is why I have been searching for his death or a grave or something!!! but alais nothing yet. Catherine was indeed married before she married our Robert as well as after Robert died. She died in Lerwick a pauper. Poor woman buried several husbands and as far as I can find Robert and her son Peter was the only child who lived and had children....but you never know with genealogy what will turn up. Thanks for going the extra mile for me, it is greatly appreciated.
-
I forgot to mention that I believe my Robert was a seaman out of Lerwick when he died as that is where Peter was suppost to have been born plus Robina died in 61, her mother Agnes in 65 and Catherine in 92.
-
I have a copy of Robina's death now and her father was deceased at the time of her death in April 11th 1961 in Lerwick, so now we know he died sometime between 1854 and 1861. Does anyone know if there is someplace where all the records are for fisherman and merchant mariners/seamen who died at sea in the Shetlands
-
msh, if there is let me know, I had a Shetland g,g, grandfather who was a merchant seaman, vanished off the radar! Skoosh