1870 look up please Alexander Williamson

[specialkg]

I am trying to find an Alexander Williamson in the 1870  US censuses.

I have him in the 1860 living with his parents James and Margaret in Brockenshaw Township, Pensylvania.  Alexander was born c1857.

I have a date for his death as being possibly 30th July 1876.  He died in Albany.

Any help with this would be much appreciated.

Betty

[Genealiza]

A couple of questions:  do you have access to the 1870 census and is the death place of Albany in NY or PA?

Also, do you have the rest of the family in 1870 or any other censuses?

[specialkg]

I don't have access to the 1870 census at the moment.  When I did have access I managed to find the mother and father along with some of the children.  I have just had another look at the 1870 that I have.  There is a possibility that one of the children is Alexander.  There is John and Maggie as well.

I have taken the death in Albany from something on a grave stone which mentions Pensylvania in relation to a sister.  So it is likely to be Pensylvania.

I apologise for wasting your time if I already have the 1870 census with Alexander on it.

Thanks for your time

Betty

[shellyesq]

The 1870 Census is available for free - http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#start

[Genealiza]

Shelley,

The 1870 link says that it is no longer available on Record Search.  It directs you elsewhere, but I have yet to be able to access it.  I use Heritage Quest.

[Genealiza]

Betty,

I have found in 1870  N E Twp, Erie County, Pennsylvania
Jas Williamson (49), b. Scotland, farmer agent, $1000 personal
                 estate, male US citizen >21
wife: Margaret (51), b. Scotland, keeping house
children: John (18), b. Scotland, works on farm
              Charles (15), b. Scotland
              Maggie (24), b. Scotland

Could this be your family?  If so, are you looking for other members of this family other than Alexander?

[nickgc]

Please note correct township for this family in 1860, in case it wasn't a typo:

WILLIAMSON JAMES   39      M      W      SCOT      PA      WARREN (County)      BROKENSTRAW TWP

Also, in US search the county (Warren in this case) is usually more definitive for others trying to help you, rather than a township name.

My recommendation would be to try to track where other children were in 1870 (those shown in 1860, but not at home in 1870) to see if Alex might be with one of them.  Otherwise, implies he might have died pre-1870.

Nick   

[specialkg]

Thanks everybody for your help.  Thanks Genealiza you have the correct family.

It could be that Alexander is living with one of his brothers or sisters in 1870. 

There is a sister Elspet whose married name was Taylor.  She is not on the 1860 census living with family.  I got her name from sailing records from Scotland.  Apart from that I don't know anything more.  I got the Taylor name from a grave stone. There is a sister Jane and brothers James and William on the 1860 that I have not found yet on the 1870.  William and James appear later in the 1880 married.

The grave stone I refer to has Alexander's date of death (assuming I have the correct Alexander) which is not very clear but is definately 30th July 1870 something.  Can anyone tell me when the 1870 census was done to rule out the possibility that he may have been dead by then.

Thanks again for all your help

Betty

[nickgc]

Commenced June 1, 1870 and

"The marshals were to submit the returns from “schedule 1” (free inhabitants) to the Census Office by September 10, 1870. All other schedules were to be submitted by October 1, 1870."

Because of the extent of land to cover in the US, the censuses were not a single day affair as seemed to be the case in the UK.

Nick