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[chill lady]

i am looking for some info on my great uncle....robert sproat...he was born stranraer in 1835 aprox..he married isabella nelson and had 6 children.....what happened to his children???any ideas??thanks georgina

[runningbear]

wonder if this is , is of any help?

1861 census; stranraer

robert...head...age 26...tidewaiter...born stranraer
isabella...wife...age 27...born wigtown
thomas...son...age 1


1851 census; south strand street, stranraer

thomas...head...age 62...tailor...born leswalt
mary...wife...age 53...born leswalt
john b...son...age 24...tailor
mary...dau...age 22...bonnet maker
jane...dau...age 20...milliner & dress maker
margaret...dau...age 18...milliner & dress maker
robert...son...age 16...no employment
anne...dau...age 14...no employment
alexander...son...age 9
alexander young...brother-in-law...age 36...shoemaker...born stonehouse


Joe

[runningbear]

forgot to say that all sprout children born in stranraer.

robert married isabella on the 7th jan 1859, wigtown


Joe

[chill lady]

i wouls aso like to find my great grandfather thomas sproat..he married a jean buchanan in about 1778...he was a tailor ..did he have brothers and sisters and who were his parents???thanks georgina

[chill lady]

sorry my great great grandfather......got a bit muddled..georgina

[runningbear]

the census details in scotland only go back to 1841, and the oldest thomas on the 1841 census is the same thomas which i posted on 1851 census, but here he is on the 1841 census

1841 census; cowans close, stranraer

thomas...age 50...tailor
mary...age 40
thomas...age 18...app tailor
william...age 16
john b...age 14
jane...age 10
margaret...age 8
robert...age 6
ann b...age 4

there is 26 sproats on the 1841 census, the oldest being edward and janet both from ireland age 60

sorry i can do no more, looks like old parish records for you.

Joe

[chill lady]

that was my great grandfather....but his father was also thomas .......thanks joe...georgina