Alexander SCOTT

[Bermudagirl]

Still can't find a birth record for Alexander though...

[MonicaL]

It's always the case Pat, that the entry that you are looking for is not the one to be found!

There are only 4 children showing for James and Mary Fleming and these entries were all in Stichhill following their marriage in 1815 in Eckford. Could well be that parish registers for Linton have not all survived over the years unfortunately 

Monica

[Bermudagirl]

Yes, it looks like that, Monica. its annoying that the census for 1831 no longer exists...

Pat

[MonicaL]

What remains pre 1841 is unlikely to have given you necessarily the information you are looking for unfortunately. For genealogy purposes, the main census trail starts from 1841. As it is, you can see the difference in terms of info between 1841 and 1851 as the census programme began to gather more info.

From Alexander's marriage entry to Helen, what occupation was given for father James?

Monica

[Bermudagirl]

It says labourer, but I think I have found him on the 1851 census and accord to that he's a gardener.

[MonicaL]

That entry makes sense Pat, with daughter Elizabeth likely unmarried and living with parents. Possible entry for James, still showing as a gardener in 1861:

James Scott, 70, gardener, b. Hawick - Douglas Square, Castleton

Likely wife Mary had already died, can't see a death for her though post 1855 which is a pity.

Monica

[MonicaL]

And in 1841:

James Scott 50, gardener
Mary Scott 50 b. Scotland
Elisabeth Scott 22, agr. lab.

Address: Cherrytrees, Yetholm

And Cherrytrees is where we found young Agnes staying with her uncle, John Scott, in 1861.

Monica

[Bermudagirl]

It could well be him. I had a quick look for a death for his wife but no luck. I'm guessing Elisabeth was another daughter I knew nothing about, and after appearing on the 1841 and 1851 census, she either got married or had died...

Pat

[alan14578]

Can i confuse you even more. James married mary fleming at Eckford 21-10-1815.

In Ecford cemetery there is an entry for James Scott 1st wife Alison Rae 2nd wife Janet GRAY      One of their children Alexander died 4-11-1862 aged 61yrs other children James Thomas Barbara and Ralph.