birth and census stornaway

[kimberlynn]

trying to find birth of margaret mclean 1850-1855  stornaway, and if poss 1861 census. any help much appreciated.

[JustLooking]

Hi Kimberlynn

There are no births/baptisms showing in Stornoway for Margaret during that time period. Do you know what religion the family were?

The 1861 census have three possibles:

One aged 9, with parents Kenneth and Mary
One aged9 , with mother, Mary
One aged 6, with parents Norman and Catherine

* no obvious Peggys

Do you have any information about any children she may have had in case she named  them for her parents?


JL

[kimberlynn]

no, i dont know religion, i know of only 2 children william and  sarah annie,  and her father,s name was donald on the marriage. he was born in scotland. she wed peter dutton in cheshire in 1881, this is all i have, with thanks kimx

[JustLooking]

This looks a possible then:

1861

Lochs, Lewis

Donald MacLean, 50, Crofter
Mary, 50
Catharine, 25
Annie, 15
Margaret, 10

All born Lochs

Lochs is the parish just to the south of Stornoway:

http://scotlandsfamily.com/parish-map-caithness.htm

I'll see if I can find anything else.

JL

[deebel]

Possible census entry in 1881 at Crowton Cheshire?

birth:   1853 — Stornaway, Scotland
residence:   Crowton, Cheshire, England
     

name:   Margaret A. Mc Lean
age:   28
gender:   Female
birth year:   1853
birthplace:   Stornaway, Scotland
relationship to head of household:   Boarder
marital condition:   Unknown
profession / occupation:   Domestic Servant Out Of EmpolyMent
address:   Pickerings Oth Boat

[kimberlynn]

thanks again jl! yes this looks as if it could be them, and it could be margaret because on the census,s i have both birth dates are different so she could have been born earlier but not sure by 10 yrs? unless they had another margaret?  and thank you to deebel i have this census but thank you anyway -- kimx

[JustLooking]

I'm ever so sorry  - the census I gave info for was the 1861 and not the 1851 - i was thinking of the year of her birth and typed that. I'll amend the posting

JL

[JustLooking]

Here's the 1861 family in 1851:

Leurbost, Lochs

Donald Maclean, 42, farmer of 2 acres* 
Mary, 42
Catharine, 15
Malcolm, 10
Anne, 6
Mary, 4
Margaret, 6 months

All b. Lochs

* at this time, when there was a process of land reform/clearances, the occupations varied between censuses - crofter, farmer, lotter, tenant. Tenancies were not regularised until the Crofting Act of 1886, which gave security of tenure to the crofters.

What is Donald's occupation on the marriage cert.?

JL

[JustLooking]

Here is a location map to show the closeness of Leurbost, Lochs to Stornoway:


http://www.rootschat.com/links/0bv9/


JL