Census request - William Taylor

[MonicaL]

This is the closest I can see for William in 1841:

Isabella Innes    33, agr. lab.
Elizabeth Innes 30, lodger
Matilda Innes    4
Charles Elennie 21, cripple
William Stewart 4

Address: Bridgend M, Inveravon

Monica

Added:  see I'm off down the Stewart line of research again....All the William Taylors in 1841, none show in Inveravon.

[hume]

Thank you Monica for attempting to solve this puzzle. I don't know how many hours I've spent on it. However, William's parents were given as Alexander Taylor, sawyer, and Isabella McLean. I'm considering William and James being cousins (or more distant relatives), but how to prove it!

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[Forfarian]

This is the closest I can see for William in 1841:
Isabella Innes    33, agr. lab.
Elizabeth Innes 30, lodger
Matilda Innes    4
Charles Elennie 21, cripple
William Stewart 4

Hmmm. I've come across this household before. Charles is actually Charles Glennie, and he is the son of Isabella Innes. By 1851 Isabella was 45 and Charles was 23, so the ages in 1841 are inconsistent with the ages in 1851. In 1881 Isabella was 77 and Charles was 55. She died in 1881 and he died in 1884.

Not that ite helps with William Stewart, except that if his other name was Taylor, why was he living with the Innes family? Isabella and Elizabeth were the daughters of John Innes and Elspet Innes.

[hume]

Think there's some confusion arisen here. I am now positive this William Taylor is not the brother of my 3x great-grandfather. Although born in the same place around the same years, he gives completely different parents on his marriage cert. to Margaret Shaw. I don't know if my ancestor had any brothers/sisters - was only trying to climb the tree through another branch.

As for the 1841 census entry posted by Monica, I have not researched who William [Stewart]'s parents were and, unfortunately, likely won't.

Thanks for your reply, Forfarian. Much appreciated.

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