Ritchie- Auldearn

[katman]

I am seeking any info on my grt grandfather, James Ritchie, who, according to two Dundee census counts, was born in Auldearn c1855.  His parents were James Ritchie and Ann McIntosh, but I have also failed to find info on them, other than Ann may have been born in Invergordon.

Help!

[AMBLY]

Hi katman

Did the information on his parents names come from a marriage or death certificate?
Do you know what his father's occupation was?

Also, which 2 Census do you have him in?

Cheers 
AMBLY

[ev]

hi all

1881 census(ancestry)
6 rose st. , liff  , angus
ann ritchie 51 born invergordon inverness'shire jute mill worker
james ritchie son 25 born aldairn nairnshire carter

ev

[katman]

Thanks ev, also in 1901 census Lochee/Dundee
14 Sharps Lane,  James Ritchie aged 44 born Nairn

His father, also James, was a ploughman

[ev]

hi katman 

as ambly says do you have certificates for james naming mother & father
can't see anything on IGI

ev

ps sorry just noticed
     welcome to rootschat 

pps my other halfs great grand father was married in queensland 1888
       harry payne goldminer to christina duff mill(milne)

[katman]

I've just cross checked James' marriage and death regos, and confirm his parents names as James Ritchie and Ann McIntosh

He married Mary Ann Craig in Dundee 8/4/1881
and died  in Dundee 23/11/1930

My wife calls this mystery, 'The case of the disappearing teuchters'   

Thanks for the welcome.

[ev]

katman

think this is them on 1891 census
please keep in mind i'm not looking at original but a transcibed copy
(ancestry) which might not be 100%

liff & benvie angus
james ritchie 35 born nairnshire quarrier
mary ann ritchie 33 wife born dundee jute parver(?) loom weaver
mary ann daug. 10 born lochee scholar
james 9 son born lochee scholar
agnes 7 daug. born lochee scholar
john 5 son born liff & benvie
euphemia 1 daug. born liff & benvie
ann ritchie mother 70(?) born PA tamus(Q) , rossshire(?)

lochee , liff & benvie are to the west of dundee and nowadays are districts
of dundee

ev(scotland)

[katman]

That's them for sure, ev, but his parents seem have disapeppered into thin air!

Bedtime down here,  (10:50 pm). Ta for the help.

[AMBLY]

Hi Katman

I wonder - is this James in the 1871:

3 Gordon Street, Lochee, Liff  Benvie & Invergowrie, Angus
Ref: 282/5 . ED 8 , pg 31
Head: Ann McINTOSH 45, Millworker, b Annus??,  Rosshire
Son: James McINTOSH 14, Millworker, b Nairn, Nairnshire

I think the birthplace  here of Ann is possibly meant to be "Alness".

Possibly would need a look at the original  1871 for the POB,  as well as to see if the pair of them are in fact enumerated as McINTOSH - it's possible just Ann is (it was relatively common for married and widowed Scottish woman to use their maiden name, particulary widows).

When James married, 5 days after the 1881 Census - what address did he give on the marriage cert?

Cheers
AMBLY