*COMPLETED* 1901 lookup McEwan, Alloa please

[Belvoirboy]

I have the following details from the NI census of 1911
64.2 Market Street,  Cromac, Antrim..... McEwan     Sarah     49     Female
McEwan    Agnes    15    Female
McEwan    Sarah    14    Female
McEwan    James    5    Male

I believe the family were in Scotland in 1901
William McEwan 29
Sara Jane 35
William 8
Agnes 5
Sarah 3

Any help much appreciated. Jim

[MonicaL]

Hi Jim

I'm struggling to see the family together in 1901  Where did you get the above info from for 1901?

The only thing that I can see, with age perhaps mis-transcribed for Sarah is this entry:

Sarah, 5, and Agnes 5, McEwan showing as visitors in a Fleming household in Forfar Angus. Both girls show as born in Alloa.

Monica

[MonicaL]

Could this be the rest of the family:

William McEwan 30, labourer - mason, b. Perth, Perthshire
Sarah McEwan 36, b. Glasgow
William McEwan 13, b. Alloa

Address: 30 North St, Leven, Scoonie, Fife

Monica

[Belvoirboy]

Hi Monica, thanks for that. I think they are probably both correct. Sarah was previously married to a William Reay and William was his son. Do you have the family in 1891? I don't know when she married William but if young William was 13 it suggests before 1891.

William Reay.......
Sarah Reay 26
William Reay 3

So a marriage round about 1887 I would guess?

Many thanks. Jim

[MonicaL]

This looks like the 1891 entry:

Janet Kilpatrick 54
David Kilpatrick 20
Lemina Kilpatrick 18
Robert Kilpatrick 15
Janet Kilpatrick 13
Thomas Welsh 22
Willaim Rae 25, lodger, hawker, b. Rawyards, Lanarkshire
Sarah Rae 26, lodger, hawker, b. Glasgow
William Rae 3, lodger, b. Alloa

Address: 53 Queen Ann St, Dunfermline Fife

Monica

[bestie]

That's great! Many thanks.
Can I now go back another census?
1881
William Elliot (tt) Father
Elizabeth Elliot Mother
Sarah Jane Elliot
William Elliot ?

This is Sarah Jane, later Rae and later still McEwan.
Jim

[MonicaL]

Hi Jim

This looks to be Sarah Jane's birth, to parents William and Elizabeth (Logan):

SARAH JANE ELLIOT Birth: 17 FEB 1863 High Church, Glasgow, Lanark

Sarah is alone for 1881 and already up in Alloa:

Sarah Elliot, 18, shopkeeper b. Glasgow
Address: Primrose St, Alloa

Monica

[Belvoirboy]

Thanks for the look ups Monica, they have been a great help in tying up some loose ends. The McEwans were a fairground family so it has been really difficult in following their trail around Scotland. Jim