hi pal,
could not help nitice when i was browsing that you still have not got an answer to your post..
i was wondering if maybe you have your family tree back to far for other to match up, or maybe not enough on your alexander...
john kevan married jane mccarmick(mccormick) on the 9/1/1834 in kirkinner.
their son alexander carmick kevan was christened 18/10/1841 in whithorn.
1851 cenus- farm of cotland, whithorn
john...age 49...farm labourer...born kirkcudbright c1802
jane...age 39...born kirkinner c1812
catherine...age 12
alexander...age 9
peter...age 6
john...age 3
james...age 4 months
alexander kevan married annie harvie 17/6/1860
kevan children from marriage...
john alexander...born 26/8/1860
samuel..born 21/2/1863
jane...born 6/5/1864
james...born 5/5/1867
mary...born 23/5/1870
peter...born 17/1/1873
all born in the sorbie parish
1861 census- 22 cowgate, sorbie
alexander...age 19...ploughman
annie...age 19
john a...age 7 months
1871 census- penkilee, sorbie
alexander...age 28...farm foreman
annie...age 28
john...age 10
jane...age 6
james...age 4
mary...age 10 months
1881 census- cottagehouse inch
alexander...age 39...farm labourer
annie...age 39
jane...age 16
james...age 13
mary...age 10
peter...age 7
1881 census- main street, whithorn
john...age 20...saddler
1891 census glasserton mains
alexander...age 49...farm labourer
annie...age 49
jane...age 25
1901 census- blairbrey cottage, glasserton
alexander..age 59...farm foreman
annie...age 59
jane...age 35...farm labourer
james...age 32...ploughman
1901 census- blairbrey cottage, glasserton
peter..age 28...ploughman
catherine...age 26
ellen...age 4 (middle name gordon)
alexander...age 2
hugh...age 2 months (middle name gordon)
Joe
