***COMPLETED**Lookup-Burial place of Alexander Easton and family

[omap]

Can anyone please help find the burial place of Alexander Easton b. 1804 Abbotshall,Kirkcaldy and his wife Margaret Simpson b. 1806 Kirkcaldy and their family?     

I don't know where they were married...probably Dysart as that is where they and their children were born.

Children: Margaret b. 1825 Dysart
               James      b. 1827 Dysart
               Alexander b. 1834 Dysart
               John        b. 1836 Dysart
               Elizabeth b. 1838  Dysart
               David       b. 10 Feb 1840 Kirkcaldy    d. 3 June 1893 Lochee
               Helen       b. 1843 Abbotshall, Kirkcaldy
               Andrew   b. 1846 Kirkcaldy
               Henry      b. 1849


I did a FreeCen search and couldn't find the family in any of the Censuses.  Given life in those times I am sure not all the children lived to adulthood. 

[weemanswife]

Hi

Could this be your family:

     1841 Census  Alex Easton 37  &  Margaret 65 living at High St., Dysart, Fife with
                            Margaret   aged 16
                            James aged      14
                            Alexander aged  7
                            John  aged         5
                            Elizabeth aged   3
                            David       aged   1

     1851 Census   Alex. and Margaret staying at Charlotte St., Kirkcaldy

                            Alex aged  18
                            John  aged  16
                            David  aged 11
                            Helen aged  8
                            Andrew aged 5
                            Henry aged  2

     1861 Census  living at High St., Kirkcaldy with David, Andrew, Henry, and Helen, ther is no Margaret.
     1881 Census Alexander is living at No113C Stair Bonnington Road, Leith South, Midlothian
 Henry, wife and family. By this time he is aged  76
                                                                                   
                       
   
 
               

[weemanswife]

Hi

Further to above sorry Margaret was 36 in the 1841 census. 

[weemanswife]

Hi,

I have come across a tree on ancestry with same Alexander Easton and his Family.  It may be yours but if not I will get in touch with them.

Regards,
Weemanswife

[omap]

Thanks so much weemanswife......I believe those are indeed my family of Eastons. 

Could I bother you for just a little bit more information?  Did the census say what Alexander's occupation was, or that of the son's or daughters if they had an occupation?

Could you please tell me Henry's wife and children's names?

I am a descendant of David but no idea whether his siblings died young, lived to be old or married and had families.

I tried to find them on FreeCen but didn't have any luck!  I am trying to find my  mother's roots in Scotland but I live in Canada!!
MJ

[weemanswife]

Hi

According to the census Alexander Easton b abt 1804 was a Weaver. Young Alexander was also a weaver as was his brother John. 

David was a Finith (there may have been a error in the transcription here. Andrew was a gardener and Helen a weaver.   In the 1881 census Henry is a coach fitter, his eldest child is a Marble Polisher.
His wife's name is Janet.

Have you tried the SP site - www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk.  It is a pay-to-view site.

Have you heard of the Rohrbach family.  That's the tree I found on Ancestry and according to that tree Henry was married three times.

Regards

Weemanswife

[weemanswife]

Hi,

Back again.  In the 1891/1901 cesuses Henry and Janet are living at 35 Caledonian Cres., Edinburgh, Midlothian.   In 1891 Henry is a coach fitter (iron works) and in 1901 he is a contractor.
In 1891 census there is another 2 children both are given as David but in 1901 the youngest is Andrew.

Regards
weemanswife

[omap]

Weemanswife:

Could I ask a big favor...could you post the information as shown on the 1891é1901 census for the above Eastons.

Or possibly steer me in the right direction if they are free to search on line.

thanks for your help

[diddymiller]

weemans wife - i have sent omap the details of the tree on A* - we have overlapped with requests for deaths on fife MI thread.

Diddy