Hi all - have recently restarted a long lost passion(addiction lol) for discovering our family history
My GGF JOHN GRANT has been a real bug bear to trace so i was delighted to finally "find" him a few weeks ago in the Scottish 1871 census.
As I am in Australia it has been a huge help having the census data online now.
Anyway this is the info that was listed:
Registration District - Dunbarney Address - Ballendrick, Dunbarney County - Perthshire
Piece 347 Foilio 4 Page 2 Civil Parish Dunbarney
James Robertson - Overseer Head Married Male 53 DOB 1818 Born Dunbarney, Perthshire
Janet Robertson - Overseers wife Wife Married F 57 1814 Forteviot, Perthshire
Margaret Robertson - Dressmaker Daughter u/m F 20 1851 Dunbarney
James Robertson - Son u/m M 17 1854 Dunbarney
John Grant Grandchild M 2 1869 Dunbarney
Given the ages of James and Janet - I am sure they had other older children that were not living at home, however I ran out of credits (lots of them) before managing to find them anywhere on the 1861, 1851 or 1881 censuses.
I am 99.9% certain this John Grant is the right one. The location is exact to what i already know and the name Robertson does run in the family (good old Scottish naming lol) I'm assuming he was the son of an older daughter who married a Grant or could poor little Margaret the dressmaker be his unmarried mother? If so why give him the name Grant?
There was a rumour gleaned from old John before he died to my grandmother that he was perhaps an illegitimate child.
He married Elizabeth Ross in Dunfermline in 1892 and they emigrated to Australia in 1912 with their 4 children.
I have no idea if John Grant had any siblings - as far as i know he was an only child.
Would really love to hear from anyone else researching this particular line of Robertsons (yes i know its such a common name as are James and Janet lol)
Thankyou for reading
Cheers
Sonya