Please Help With Death Certificate Pt 2

[dobfarm]

Hi

Was'nt the Parochial Parish (provincial) officer! the Scottish equivalent of the English Church warden/Overseer of the poor?

[Gadget]

Maybe we should check the census and see what Archibald Lap<something> describes himself as 

[Gadget]

 

1861 - Chartershall, St Ninians

William Lapslie, 51, lab, b. St Ninians
Archd Lapslie, visitor, 73, pauper, b. St Ninians

It;s the only one that fits.

PS - a general labourer in 1851, with a sister Agnes  and brother William - same address.

[Flickgirl]

Hi Everyone,

Thanks for the replies.  It does look like Archibald Lapslie is the best candidate for having been the person who registered Christina's death but I am a bit perplexed by the fact he is said to be a pauper in 1861 and then is suddenly a parochial officer in his 70s one year later!    Any suggestions gratefully received. 

I do, however, think I have found my elusive Christina on the 1861 census under the name Christina Bonas (probably meant to be Bonar but mistranscribed) as an inmate in what looks to be a small Poor House on Stirling Road in St Ninians!  It gives her birth place as Clackmannanshire, which is where my Christina was born, but the age is way out.  I'm not concerned by that though as you know what ages on censuses are like and they can be especially erroneous when it comes to inmates of poor houses. 

So it seems there must have been a small Poor House in St Ninians as well as the big Stirling Combination one.  I can't see anyone on the list with her that could resemble our elusive parochial officer Archibald so our pauper Archd Lapslie is still the prime candidate.

Thanks for the help.

Regards

Michelle