1841 girvan aryshire

[raine]

could someone look at the 1841 girvan ayrshire census and tell me if they can find a robert slimmon/slimon/slimming/slymone a few spellings for this surname i have found him in the other census with his wife+children he married in 1845,in the 1851 he saying he 35 yrs old,in the 1861 he saying he 47 yrs old he died by 1881,also he saying that his job is a cotton hand loom weaver,and he was born in girvan ayrshire,i hope that he be with his birth family in 1841 i greatly appeciated if you could spot him thank you lorraine

[MonicaL]

Hi Lorraine

With the variances on age and range of spelling variants, it is always worthwhile double checking on Scotlands People which allows better for wildcards on spellings than Ancestry's index.

Searching the 1841 census for a R*b*rt Sl*m* (lots of wildcards!) any age only brings up 11 entries with a large variation on the surname.....none in Ayrshire unfortunately.

Have you looked for his death cert? Assuming he died in Scotland, his death cert. would confirm his parents' names, if known to the informant. This would hopefully make it easier to find him in 1841 and trace his parents and siblings.

Regards.

Monica

PS. The only entry I can see at present coming up close is for a William Slymon in Girvan, a cotton hand loom weaver age 15

[raine]

Hi Monica.thank you for the reply i really didn't know that the parents name would be on a death record with Scotland as this isn't the case in wales i really hope this is the case for my Robert I am also very grateful for your time to help and reply with this info thank you regards Lorraine

[MonicaL]

Hi Lorraine

This looks a possible for Robert's death on Scotlands People:

1875   SLIMON   ROBERT    63   GIRVAN   /AYR   594/00 0103

His death cert should confirm:

- Age at death (as above)
- Name of his wife, including her maiden name and show whether she was still alive (widower of or married to)
- Address and time/cause of death
- His occupation
- Name of his parents and maiden name of mother (if known to the informant) including father's occupation
- name and relationship of informant

There are other entries but this was the most obvious one.

Regards.

Monica

[raine]

monica,yes you right it is, i log on to the scotland site i had a good time there for £6 it was well worth it i found the one you told me off and it looks like the parent were robert sliman+margaret trimmel[trimmed]the certi not good so it hard to make out ,the address give was dalrymple street girvan the date of death nov 19th 1875,thank you very much for that help Lorraine

[MonicaL]

Lorraine

If Robert's cert is hard to read, you can contact Scotlands People on this link www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/content/help/index.aspx?r=1210 If you include your details and the refs for his death cert. and explain that the image is faint/illegible, they will send out to you a paper copy which in most cases is much easier to read. They are very quick on responding to this type of contact.

Regards.

Monica

[raine]

thank you for that info regards lorraine