Elder Family, Kildonan, Sutherland

[Oscar The Grouch]

I've been asked by someone who does not have Internet access to help them to try and find other researchers of the following family. I would be grateful if anyone searching the same would reply.

1851 Census for Scotland
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Name:     David Elder
Age:    56
Estimated Birth Year:    abt 1795
Relationship:    Head
Spouse's Name:    Jannet
Gender:    Male
Where born:    Soulithyon, West Indies
Parish Number:    52
Civil Parish:    Kildonan
Town:    Helmsdale
County:    Sutherland
Address:    Helensdale
Occupation:    Officer Beard Of Fisherier
ED:    1
Page:    23 .
Household schedule number:    81
Line:    1
Roll:    CSSCT1851_12
Household Members:    
Name    Age
David Elder    56
Jannet Elder    46
Jane Elder    17
James Elder    17
William Elder    19
Jannet Elder    6
Eliza Elder    3
Ann McGregor    25

1861 Census for Scotland
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Name:     David Elder
Age:    66
Estimated Birth Year:    abt 1795
Relationship:    Head
Spouse's name :    Janet
Gender:    Male
Where born:    West Lothian, Linlithgow
Registration Number:    52
Registration district:    Kildonan
Civil Parish:    Kildonan
County:    Sutherland
Address:    Shore
Occupation:    Officer Of British Fisheries
ED:    3
Household schedule number:    3
Line:    18
Roll:    CSSCT1861_7
Household Members:    
Name    Age
David Elder    66
Janet Elder    56
Jane Kerr Elder    27
Hannah Elder    25
Eliza Elder    13

[MonicaL]

Hi Oscar

Welcome to RootsChat 

There was one person researching the Elders with a possible link to David Elder, see this link here on RC: www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,215420.0.html

I'm sure you have checked IGI at www.familysearch.org. There is a number of submitted entries for the family including birth/deaths for the children of David and Janet.

Monica 

[Oscar The Grouch]

Hi Monica,

Thanks for link. I will try and contact the thread owner to see if they are researching the same family. It’s a bit difficult for me to work out whether there is a connection or not as I’m not related to this family and I don’t have all the facts. I would send a PM to them but I haven’t made enough posts yet to send one so I will post to that thread.

Thanks again

Oscar

[MonicaL]

Always worthwhile posting on the main thread first, someone in the future may recognise the family in the future  You have now done 3 posts on the main forum so you can use the PM facility as well.

Monica

[RonElder]

Greetings

The family listed in the first post is that of my Gt-Gt-Grandfather.  I would be glad to share what we have with your enquirer

Ron Elder

[Piglet01]

Hello,

In case you do not have it, this would appear to be his will (5 pages - most will be legal jargon),  - can be downloaded for £5 from www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk

Regards,  Steve :O)

Elder David 29/07/1862 fishery officer at Island of Westray, Orkney; then at Helmsdale, and lately resided at Raploch, spouse of Janet Robertson or Elder Inventory; Last Will and Testament Stirling Sheriff Court SC67/36/

Update:  To the message below - no I just happen to be a board 'lurker'  Good luck with your research.  :O)

[RonElder]

Thank you for taking the trouble.  As it happens I already have a copy of this will which I handcopied from the original probate records.  The inventory includes a sizeable bank draft sent from New Zealand by my Gt-Grandfather and his brother - we assume that it was intended to assist with the parents' costs for their own planned emigration.

Do our research interests intersect in any way?  Mine are the Elder, Jamieson (Linlithgow area), Kerr and Robertsom families

Ron Elder

[rubygee]

hi Ron ,
I'm trying to trace Isabella Elder born abt 1730.Would she be a family member in your tree. I have her as marrying Robert Gunn B abt 1730.
Regards Rubygee

[RonElder]

Oops - I haven't been keeping up with RootsChat obviously. I've been engaging with another research option.

Sorry - Isabella is a little earlier than our research goes. We are stuck at ca 1767 with my Gt-Gt-Gt-Grandfather David Elder who was located in Linlithgow.  We would be very interested if you could find a link.

Ron