Who are the parents of John Richardson of Dumfries ?

[sosh]

I am trying find the parents of John RICHARDSON born dumfries circa 1800. He married Elizabeth BELL in 1833 Dumfries.
Children to this marriage are;
          1. James RICHARDSON (Born Cir 1831)
          2. Edward RICHARDSON (Born Cir 1833)
          3. Samuel RICHARDSON (Born 1836-1838)
          4. Janet RICHARDSON (Born1838)
          5. Jane (Jean) RICHARDSON (Born1840)
          6. John Francis RICHARDSON (Born1843-1883)
          7. Jemima RICHARDSON (Born1846)

I have John, his wife and family in both the 1841 & 1851 Census but i cant find any hint to his parentage.

Can anyone help with any information please?

Thanks, Sue

[kerry1212]

hi sue i think there are 2 possibilities

johnrichardson born 1806

parents
james richardson
mother
christian forrest

on 9th january

or john richardson born 26th september 1803

parents
jean jardine and robert richardson

this has come from http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#alivePlaceLoc1=Scotland%2C%20United%20Kingdom&givenName=john&surname=richardson&searchType=close&placeId=1986318&p=recordResults


kerry

[JaneyJ]

Hi Sue,
I found your John Richardson on the '51 census, but could not find him on any later reports.
Do you have his death?
Do you know if he emigrated or left Scotland?
I did a search on SP for any John Richardson who died in Scotland from '51 onwards, both OPR and post '55 there were only a couple, but need more info to narrow the search.

I finally found my own John Richardson's parents through the MI's and Kirk Seasons for Kirkpatrick Fleming,
 but it did take me over 5 years to find him... .

The parish records for Dumfrieshire are very poor, and it sometimes feels that it is pure luck if you find who you are looking for, plus the surnames Richardson and Bell are really common in Dumfrieshire, I've a few of them too.

Yours Jane.