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Orkney / John Stuart Scarth and Napoleonic wars
« on: Friday 07 March 08 04:00 GMT (UK) »
Hello:
I am looking for any information on John Stuart Scarth (b. about 1809), husband of May Linklater and father of William Baikie Scarth (b. 1834). I have the data from the 1841 and '51 censuses, when the family lived at Stromness and Kirkwall, respectively. I am especially seeking the names of his parents.
Some things we know about him are that he was born 'on the line of march' in Portugal about 1809, when the British army was fighting Napoleon in the Peninsula; he was at some time part of the Kirkwall Volunteers; and he was at some time precentor of St. Magnus Cathedral. He later, perhaps in the '70s, moved with his wife to Liverpool, where they lived with William Baikie Scarth.
I see James Irvine Robertson mentions a John Scarth in his journal of 1851, but it's not clear it's John Stuart Scarth, and probably isn't; but I'm wondering. Also there was a John Scarth, born Kirkwall, Orkney, aged 43, discharged from the 71st Foot Regiment of the Northumberland Fencibles sometime between 1795 and 1819. John Stuart Scarth's father? Is there a list of precentors of St. Magnus Cathedral?
Any leads would be awesome.
Thanks much!
Azurewood
I am looking for any information on John Stuart Scarth (b. about 1809), husband of May Linklater and father of William Baikie Scarth (b. 1834). I have the data from the 1841 and '51 censuses, when the family lived at Stromness and Kirkwall, respectively. I am especially seeking the names of his parents.
Some things we know about him are that he was born 'on the line of march' in Portugal about 1809, when the British army was fighting Napoleon in the Peninsula; he was at some time part of the Kirkwall Volunteers; and he was at some time precentor of St. Magnus Cathedral. He later, perhaps in the '70s, moved with his wife to Liverpool, where they lived with William Baikie Scarth.
I see James Irvine Robertson mentions a John Scarth in his journal of 1851, but it's not clear it's John Stuart Scarth, and probably isn't; but I'm wondering. Also there was a John Scarth, born Kirkwall, Orkney, aged 43, discharged from the 71st Foot Regiment of the Northumberland Fencibles sometime between 1795 and 1819. John Stuart Scarth's father? Is there a list of precentors of St. Magnus Cathedral?
Any leads would be awesome.
Thanks much!
Azurewood