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I don’t think the Alexander Littlejohn on the 1930 census is my relative.

There is another Alexander b. 1877 in Wilshaw, Lanarkshire who in 1891 age 14 was a Baker’s apprentice. In 1901 he was 24 and a Baker still in Scotland.

The Alexander on the 1930 census in Dearborn is a Baker.

The arrival date of 1889 does not tie in with either Alexander.

Also the admission to Detroit in 1923 has Alexander age 45 and occupation is a Baker.

I had an idea that I had posted a query about Alexander before but couldn't find it din't realise that it was that long ago.

Don't think that Amelia Johanna Anderson was connected with him.

He had relatives in Detroit but maybe did not meet up. Charles Littlejohn and his wife Maria Lynch, and  three daughters and son moved from Ontario into Michigan. They are all buried in a family grave in Mount Olivet  Cemetery. Charles died in 1902.

The thing that puzzles me is if Alexander, had a wife & children why would they not inherit from his estate. How did my aunts know when he died and who contacted them to put in a claim from his estate.

This is difficult as I have so little information to go on.

A great uncle of my Littlejohn family emigrated to Detroit in Michigan so I was told. He was born in Aberdeenshire in 1877 the son of James Littlejohn & Christina Ross.

He was last recorded in Scotland on the 1891 census age 14.

I thought I had found him on the 1930 census in Dearborn, Detroit but his immigration year was listed as 1889.

I think it is possible that he first arrived in Canada then crossed the border.

My parents were advised to put a claim in on his estate as he died intestate. This request came from my father's three sisters who were still living in Scotland. Unfortunately all have since died so I have no idea if one of them had previously had any contact with him and who advised them of his death. I think it would have been around 1959.

I can't find his death registered on any online resource and would love to add the information to my family tree.

Poirot

Oops sorry about that typing error. Yes definitely grave G62.

I have 216 people on my Henshaw tree going back to the 17 hundreds. I no longer post my trees as public due to incorrect information being added by other people who have no relation to my various lines.

I live a few minutes walk from Henry & Hannah's Heathbank House and what was their Smithy.
I met the present owners a few years ago and was invited in which was interesting. I have a copy of Henry's will.

Their son James, also a Blacksmith, had his Smithy attached to one of the cottages where I live.

The Smithy is no longer there but the anvil is still in one of the gardens. Originally four cottages but now two and still owned by descendants of James and his four children.

Your William & his brother Thomas had a business together in Stockport and as they were Blacksmiths & Wheelwrights they made tradesmen's vehicles in addition to their normal work.  You probably already know this.

There are a number of Henshaw graves in my local parish Church graveyard of All Saint's, Cheadle Hulme.

The graves in Stockport are in Christchurch and St Thomas's graveyards.

If you would like any other information I would be more than happy to share with you by message or email.