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Scotland (Counties as in 1851-1901) => Scotland => Stirlingshire => Topic started by: weirdwizard56 on Tuesday 15 September 20 13:32 BST (UK)
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I am looking for my 3 * great grandfather John who married Mary McKenzie in 1833 in Strathblane. According to the register he was a native of Blanefield, so I am looking for his ancestors?
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What else do you know about him? For instance, what were the names of his children and when and where were they born?
Did he die in Scotland? Because if so his death certificate, available online at www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk, should tell you the names of his parents.
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I think his wife Mary may have been born in Drymen, 1812, daughter of Donald McKenzie & Flora McMaster.
I can only find a birth of one son, Hugh, 1835, Strathblane. Were there others?
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I am related to his son Donald, there were 2 Hugh's one born 1835 and the other 1847 and the final one was Malcolm 1943. They were all born in Strathblane
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Could this be the family in 1851 ?
Maryhill , Lanarkshire.
John McLean 37 lodger calico printer b. Maryhill Lanarkshire
Mary McLean 36 lodger b. Maryhill Lanarkshire
Hugh McLean 4 lodger b. Strathblane Stirlingshire
(FreeCEN)
ev
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yes it is Donald was staying with her parents in 41 and Malcolm and himself the same in 51. Wonder why did the marriage in Strathblane had him down as Blanefield?
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1841 Donald McLean age 2 is with Donald and Catherine McKenzie
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Correct as I stated earlier, it is John's parents I am after.
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Sorry I was a few seconds behind you in posting that!
http://www.strathblanefield.org.uk/history/history.html
From above site;
Blanefield was the creation of the 19th century when the Blanefield Calico Printworks had been in its heyday.
Doesnt say when Printworks opened though.
Trish :)
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Thank you Trish1120 for this other info, funny thing is I have a sister I call Trish
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Lovely name ;D
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Have you got him in 1861 census, or does he die before then?
Have you got his death certificate, which should have information on his parents, if after 1855?
He is in a few trees on Ancestry - looks like most have very little information on him.
Have you found Donald in 1861?
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Is this mother and 2 sons in 1861, living in New Kilpatrick?
Mary McLean 46 Drymen
Malcolm McLean 16 New Kilpatrick
Hugh McLean 12 New Kilpatrick
Does it state whether she is married or widowed on the actual census image?
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yes it is Donald was staying with her parents in 41 and Malcolm and himself the same in 51. Wonder why did the marriage in Strathblane had him down as Blanefield?
Because, as Trish has shown, Blanefield is one of the villages in the parish of Strathblane.
The census asks which parish people were born in, but marriage records sometimes say where in the parish people were living at the time of their marriage.
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Looks like the Mary birth I found at reply#2 could be the correct one
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I think that John was born in or around Strathblane but the record no longer exists. I would also expect his father's name to be Hugh.
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It may be worthwhile contacting Strathblane Church to see if they still retain any records for that time.
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Is this mother and 2 sons in 1861, living in New Kilpatrick?
Mary McLean 46 Drymen
Malcolm McLean 16 New Kilpatrick
Hugh McLean 12 New Kilpatrick
Does it state whether she is married or widowed on the actual census image?
It could be however I have Malcolm aged 8 on the 51 Census and it had him born in Strathblane and Hugh 51 Census aged 4 and born in Strathblane. I think she was a widow as I have father John deceased on Donald's wedding certificate 1864