James Stewart, Seaman, 1840-1860

[acorn baby]

Hi and welcome to Rootschat  

The Dundee Howff records has -
May Baxter(Stewart) burial 22nd May 1835 , age 49 , born Monifieth , wife of George Stewart , porter

James Stewart(if I have the right one) might have been born a bit before 1824 , age 60 on the 1881 Census   (daughter Sarah Stewart aged 18 in 1881 ? )

The IGI has children for a George Stewart and May Baxter in Dundee c1820

ev

thank you ev! may i ask how you found such specifics in the Howff? i have tried that way, but could only find a list of all names but not searchable!! a link would be most appreciated.

also, i have been trying to use IGI, and it has worked well for some families in my tree, but seems a bit hit and miss. i tried finding what you provided, but with no luck!! any tips you could give me?

thanks

[fifer1947]

They are on the IGI too, children of George and May [Baxter] Stewart

George Stewart 2 May 1810 chr 6 May 1810
May Stewart 3 May 1816 chr 12 May 1816
James Bowman Stewart (as given)
May Stewart 4 Feb 1820 chr 13 Feb 1820
John Sharp Stewart 30 Sept 1821 chr 7 Oct 1821
Charles Gardiner Smith Stewart 22 Dec 1822 chr 29 Dec 1822

[ev]

Links -

http://fdca.org.uk/

http://fdca.org.uk/Howff_Burials.html

You will have to wade through the names , there used to be a way of searching but I have not seen
the link for years  

IGI -(example of search)

https://www.familysearch.org/search/records/index#count=20&query=%2Bgivenname%3Amay~%20%2Bsurname%3Abaxter~%20%2Bspouse_givenname%3Ageorge~%20%2Bspouse_surname%3Astewart~

ev

[Annette7]

You can view a copy of the death certificates on Scotlands People - however, it's not a free site - you have to buy credits.

James baptism and marriage of his parents were on familysearch.org.

Annette

[acorn baby]

message for ev

did you find james stewart with about one hundred other people in the 1881 cencus? i found him aged 60, a seaman ant home, but there are loads of people!! they have different household schedule numbers but all same address of 95 blackscroft. is this right? would it have been a block of flats or similar do you think?

thanks again for the help, i am most definitely being kept busy!!

[fifer1947]

I don't know if there's a connection but there are Burness' in Dundee on this website and at 95 Blackcroft

http://www.burness.ca/p649.htm

[fifer1947]

It appears the Caledonian Oil Mills was on the corner at 2 Blackcroft/Constable Street, you can see a pic on this link

http://www.europeana.eu/portal/record/00401/07D36551E0D5F78C9366E43AD0331597C64F2DA3.html

[acorn baby]

dear all

thank you for your help so far. i have looked at howff records and things seem to fit. i have accessed the death of margaret (burness) stewart on scotlands people but it was an entry in a book with other people (not an individual certificate) showing james stewart seaman absent. is this correct or should i have found a certificate?

i also have his death cert, which is absolutely attrocious! any tips on how to read it with certainty? i think i will print it and try to fill the gaps with pen to make it look like words!!!

with regard to the daughter margaret, aged 11 at the time of her mother's death......we were never aware that there was a child involved. any tips on how we would trace her? is she likely to have stayed with her mother's relatives, as her father was often away at sea?

i have gained more insight in this last week than over the past year. thank you all again.

[fifer1947]

dear all

thank you for your help so far. i have looked at howff records and things seem to fit. i have accessed the death of margaret (burness) stewart on scotlands people but it was an entry in a book with other people (not an individual certificate) showing james stewart seaman absent. is this correct or should i have found a certificate?

No that will be the entry in the register you can order a copy of her death cert from Scotland's People but it will show no more than is recorded in the register.

i also have his death cert, which is absolutely attrocious! any tips on how to read it with certainty? i think i will print it and try to fill the gaps with pen to make it look like words!!!

 

Post the bits you can't read up on the deciphering board fresh eyes may help!

with regard to the daughter margaret, aged 11 at the time of her mother's death......we were never aware that there was a child involved. any tips on how we would trace her? is she likely to have stayed with her mother's relatives, as her father was often away at sea?

Put up a request for census data for margaret, likely Dundee? Names of parents/grandparents and approx dob will all help.