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Hi,

Is there any way of identifying this uniform from the collar alone or would this have been used by more than one regiment?

Andi

Hi,

I think I have found the christening of an ancestor in LOCHALSH, ROSS AND CROMARTY, SCOTLAND in 1843 but what information could I hope to find on the entry? Would it give details of the fathers occupation?

The father I think originates from Scotland but he is not with his wife and children on the 1841 census in Liverpool and dies just before the 1851 census!!

His wife and 2 children appear in 1841 in Liverpool (1 child has passed away the previous year).
On 1851 census the father is dead and a fourth child is now present. On 1851 and 1861 censuses it says the child Donald was born in Ireland but in 1871 it says Scotland and 1881 (he's now blind) it says Liverpool.

The name of the child is Donald Mathieson and his burial record in May 1890 calls him Donald Kenneth Mathieson.
He is 6 in 1851 and 16 in 1861 giving an approx birth year of 1844/45. The christening record gives a birth year of 1842??

The parents of Donald are Kenneth Mathieson and Margaret Brownbill. The surname Mathieson appears as Matheson and Matthewson in various records. The father Kenneth was a hairdresser.

I don't know why they would have travelled such a distance but they clearly did for Donald to be born elsewhere. Maybe they travelled via Ireland to Scotland and Donald was born on the way?

The hints I get for the father's also take me to Scotland but I am reluctant to add them as I cannot be certain.

Any help appreciated
Andrea

I have found a baptism at St. Chads, Rochdale which says abode DOBBIN. I can't find it on any new or old map although there are many roads with the name so it must be a local thing. I want to know if it was near Wardle.
Andi

Hi, Does anyone know how many Model Lodging Houses there were in Manchester? I have someone in one on Moreton Street Cheetham on 1891 census, but the only one I can find info on now is Salford Model Lodging House which has now been converted to flats. (Lovely frontage still there though.) Is it one and the same??

Andi