muir family roots in ayr

[katrina42]

Can anyone help me to find more information regaring my ggg grandfather and his family i got this information from his sons b certificate,i am looking for any information about james mason muir married to margaret reid.date of marriage 10.12.1848. their son was james mckinnon muir b 1849 in ayr.died 15.7.1900.

[CaroleW]

Hi

What was his fathers occupation on his birth cert?

The 1851 has James jnr living with relatives - no parents

1851 for Irvine - all b Irvine

Jane Jaffrey 40 
George Jaffrey 10 
Agnes Jaffrey 8 
Mary Jaffrey 5 
Robert Jaffrey 1 
James Muir 1  nephew 

1861 for Ayr - all b Ayr unless shown otherwise.   

237 High St Ayr

John Reid 63   
Sarah Reid 62  b Ireland
James Muir 38  brother in law - stone mason
James Muir 12  nephew
Jannett Muir 10  niece
John Muir 8  nephew
Agnes Reid 39  daughter
Thomas Rodger 63  boarder b Ireland
Sarah McFadden 3  niece b Culton Ayrshire

[katrina42]

hi sorry for late reply was having to check that information it was not from james's b certificate i got that information on his parents it was by checking his parents  through his marriage and i do not have any iformation regarding them other than they must have been in ayr in 1849 when james junior was born, james junior was a butcher.he was baptised on 06.05.1849,

[katrina42]

James could not read or write nor could his wife according to their marriage cert,because both signed a + between their first and last name on the cert it has james moore not muir as spelling of surname same applies for james snr and his job was a mason ,their son was born malcolm m'kenzi muir in campbeltown 0n 27.2.1882,

[alicook]

James could not read or write nor could his wife according to their marriage cert,because both signed a + between their first and last name on the cert it has james moore not muir as spelling of surname same applies for james snr and his job was a mason ,their son was born malcolm m'kenzi muir in campbeltown 0n 27.2.1882,

Hi Katrina,

I beleive this is them in 1851!

MOORE   James   Head   M   M   30   Mason    Ireland - -       
MOORE   Margaret   Wife   M   F   28       Ayrshire - Ayr       
MOORE   James   Son   U   M   1       Ayrshire - Ayr     


Alison

[alicook]

Hi

What was his fathers occupation on his birth cert?

The 1851 has James jnr living with relatives - no parents

1851 for Irvine - all b Irvine

Jane Jaffrey 40 
George Jaffrey 10 
Agnes Jaffrey 8 
Mary Jaffrey 5 
Robert Jaffrey 1 
James Muir 1  nephew 

1861 for Ayr - all b Ayr unless shown otherwise.   

237 High St Ayr

John Reid 63   
Sarah Reid 62  b Ireland
James Muir 38  brother in law - stone mason
James Muir 12  nephew
Jannett Muir 10  niece
John Muir 8  nephew
Agnes Reid 39  daughter
Thomas Rodger 63  boarder b Ireland
Sarah McFadden 3  niece b Culton Ayrshire

Hi,

I am guessing the family Carol has found in 1861 is yours ..I think you will find that there is a death on SP for a Margaret Muir 1860-1861.It could well be yours.

It looks like James had two siblings!

Cheers Alison 

[katrina42]

thanks

[alicook]

thanks

I take it you could view the census & Marriage ok ?

Alison

[katrina42]

sorry ali , i sincerely appoligise for not thanking you , yes i managed fine.kind regards katrina