Mckay 1901 census

[jeang]

I have located my Grandmothers birth  certificate  (Jane McKay 25th May 1895)
Also her parents marriage certificate 25th Dec 1892
William McKay to Margaret Williamson.
I  would like to be able to find them on the 1901 census to see who else was in the family, but have had no luck so far.
Can anyone help please??

[amber39]

Welcome to Roots Chat.

Have you any idea of the location of your Grandmother's birth ?

Regards     Amber39

[Evie]

Hi and welcome to Rootschat

Can you tell us where Jane was born please and any other information that might help find them for example occupations as shown on the certificates.

Evie

Snap Amber just asking the same question

[jeang]

Thank you  Evie and Amber for getting back to me.

On Jane's birth certificate it has Dalkeith Edinburgh.
Her father William is a colliery laborer and he and Margaret were married in South Leith.
I do know that the family moved to the South Shields area before Jane married in 1920.
Thank you for your help.
Regards
Jeang

[Evie]

Hi Jeang

I think this may be your family in 1901

Parish: Stirling; ED: 10; Page:  14; Line: 7

William is not with them but

Hugh Williamson, Head, 67, Tinsmith, b. Edinburgh
Margaret MacKay, Daughter, Housekeeper, 29, b. Edinburgh
George MacKay, Grandson, 11, Scholar, b. Stirling
Jane MacKay, Grand-daughter, 5, Scholar, Dalkeith
James MacKay, Grandson, 3, Portobello

Living 33 Upper Castlehill, Stirling

Evie

[jeang]

Evie, they are my family.........I wonder where William is ....but thats another piece of the puzzle.
Its quite odd really, my mother has always thought it was spelt McKie and Jane's fathers name on the marriage certificate is McKie, but Jane's birth certificate is McKay and now you have found another spelling.....it all adds  to the intrigue of family trees.
I would like to say a special thank you to you and say how pleased I am I found the chat room this morning.  I will be a constant visitor now.
Thank you

[Evie]

You are very welcome 

If you can give William's approx year of birth and birth place we may be able to track him down for you. I did try this morning but there were too many without knowing a little more about him.

Evie

[jeang]

Evie,


All I have is that he stated he was 36yrs of age on his wedding certificate and that was in 1892, so that would make him born around 1856 

[MonicaL]

Hi Jeang

Have you looked at William and Margaret's 1892 marriage cert? If so, what names does it show for his parents? This will help you find his birth entry and also where he was born which will come in handy when searching for him on the 1901 census.

Don't worry about the spelling of McKay  You are likely to find many variations on the spelling on documents and census entries (Mac/McKie/Kay etc). A sign of the times with spellings being very fluid and not as rigid as they are today. When searching on Scotlands People, always good the use the wildcard option at the very least on the M*C to pick up on either spelling of this part of the name.

Monica