1901 census look up for Larne

[jack34]

 
Many thanks.Unfortunately these Russells do'nt fit my Tree.
Jack

[Wetstuff]

Hi Jack

Are you still looking for Samuel Russell?

Eugene

[jack34]

Eugene,
Good of you to ask about Sam Russell.
Yes ,we found him in the  1901 or 1911 census born ca 1874 in Larne. Married Agnes Mc Alpin on 21 March 1906 in Larne. Sam was a fireman & then engine driver. Died from the black 'flu in Cape Town while visiting his elder brother Jimmy,engine driver & later stationmaster at Simonstown,Cape Province.( My grandfather) Sam was a bit of a lad.He abandoned his wife on the grounds that he was drunk when he agreed to marry her.
Best regards,
Jack

[kingskerswell]

Jack,
       I had a look for the marriage you mention in your first post on this thread. You were looking for a Margaret Whiteford and JAMES Russell. I can find the marriage of a Samuel Russell to Margaret Whiteford in Larne Presbyterian Church on 5 May 1859. Doing a parent search on the IGI gives only 5 of the children and two of them were named James indicating that the older one, born 1868 had died young and the younger James, born 1875 was your Grandfather.

Regards

ADDED  Both fathers were called James and the records spell the name RUSSEL

[Wetstuff]

Seems like his Karma caught up with him pretty quickly.
He was buried here in Simonstown in April 1914.

[jack34]

Eugene,
Can you  please indicate the source of your information concerning the date of April ,1914 ?
I had assumed he died in 1918/19 only on the base of family lore that the cause of death was the Black 'flu.
Jack

[Wetstuff]

Weslayen Methodist Church, Index to Burials, Record #128

For more info you could contact:
Simonstown Museum, Curator : Mrs Cathy Salter-Jansen,
Email:           stmuseum[at]mweb.co.za
Telephone:   +27 21 786-3046
Fax No:         +27 21 786-2391

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