Monica,
I did notice a few days ago the inconsistancy of "place of birth" on the census. Thanks to your email I have found out that the George McKerlie that died Sept. 2, 1944 is NOT the George McKerlie that I have been looking for.
But the good news is that I can clear up the issue of the 2 George McKerlie's (thanks to Monica's suggestion of going to Scotlandspeople.
Let's start with the George McKerlie mentioned about. While thinking he was my husbands ancestor I started researching a 1841 census that showed he was then 79 years old.
I did find George McKerlie on a 1841 census. He was living with:
Barbara Sharp b. 1806 age 35
Mary McCubbin b. 1821 age 20
Yesterday, after hours of searching for a definitive conclusion whether George and Agnes were were indeed James's parents b. 1808 I decided to try another angle. I decided to look into the younger persons on the census.
This is where it gets a little confusing.
I decided to start with Mary McCubbin. It turns out that she was the daughter of John McCubbin b. 1799 and Elizabeth Beggs b. 1797. John McCubbin also had a son named William b. 1823. This William was married to Margaret McKie b. 1821 who was the daughter of Peter McKie, b. 1780 George's business partner in Jamaica. (I have the Jamaica files from St. Catherine's Parish in Jamaica to back that up.)
So I kinda now could connect George McKerlie b. 1762 via the McKie's to the George mentioned in the 1841 census.
But again this is not my George. In Scotlandspeople I also found the death notice for my George. He died on June 9th, 1944. One line in the parish book
I always also do a story search on who I am reseaching. While doing that I found a copy of the original Parish death record that someone posted for William McCubbin.
Low and behold, the name under it was our James McKerlie, b.1808 and the record shows his parents were indeed George McKerlie and Agnes McDowell. Not the George McKerlie that had the Jamaica connection.
The information in the Parish Book for James's death is as follows:
Death Notice of James McKerlie
1893 Deaths in the Parish if Inch in the County of Wigtown
James Mckerlie
Retired Farmer
Married to Martha Horner (previously to Annie Reid)
Died 11 Aug 1893, 7th Hour 15 min, PM
Place – Clashmahew
86 Years
Father – George McKerlie, Farmer, Retired
Mother – Agnes McKerlie, M.S. McDowall
Cause of Death – Hypertrophy to the Prostate Gland 10 years, Chronic Cystitis 10 years, exhaustion 4 months
As certified by John A. Anderson, MD
Present – Martha Horner
Registar
John Banks
August 14th, 1893
I will be posting the original on Ancestry when I upload the family tree.
So indeed I am still trying to find George and Agnes, James's parents
I still am trying to find George and Agnes's birthdates, parents etc.
This morning I downloaded the 1797 Horse Tax Rolls for Wigtownshire County. There are numerous different spellings for McKerlie's as well as McDowalls so that will be my goal for today.
Karen