TAYLORs of Inveravon

[hume]

Oh! I was just searching there on FreeCen (Ancestry sub has ran out), and found this.

Address: Ship Big Xxx (?), Greenock, Renfrewshire
Jas Taylor, m, 25, custom house officer, Scotland

Is this the same as an excise officer, I wonder?

hume24

[MonicaL]

The abbreviations on first names can chat you (me!) out.  That looks a good entry Hume - customs/excise, the same thing.

[MonicaL]

I've gone back to the 1851 and searched for a combination of Jas/James, Taylor, customs, excise, and officer and nothing showing anywhere at present.

[hume]

Thanks again, Monica, for checking. I think it's possible James left the country or perhaps he is deceased by then. What a young age if so. I'm going to try and find possible marriages for Helen, which will, hopefully, give me names of her parents. And possibly a link to James junior in 1841!

Thank you again,
hume24

[hume]

Hume

Have you seen this entry in 1841:

Christia Stewart 45, b. Scotland
Hellen Stewart    20
John Stewart    20, agr. lab
James Stewart    15
Jane Stewart    12
James Stewart 1

Address: Ramsburn, Rothiemay

Not much more that jumps out on the 1841 entries unfortunately 

Monica

I think I've found this family in 1851. John is showing as head of the household, with Hellen as his wife. In the next household, Christina is living with another daughter (Margaret).  Not having much luck on the marriage search either, I'm wondering if Helen left the county?

hume24

[MonicaL]

That's a pity Hume. This is one of the worst periods to research in for a situation like this. Helen could have married before 1841 I suppose and James could also be showing under a different surname for that year. The 1841 census as you know is the most rigid census year to search on. Even with Ancestry, you can only search for one person at a time unlike in later years.

I'll keep looking...

Monica