George Family, Halkirk and Latheron 1840 to ? Completed with thanks

[Gadget]

Please can I ask for help with this search:

I am trying to locate the whereabouts of the following family between 1840 (in Latheron parish) and 1864(in Woods Point and then Geelong, Australia).  I've checked the online 1841-51 censuses but can't find any probables. I can't find any deaths for parents. I know about the clearances/emigration from the area at that time and before.

Parents - John George and Christian McKay of ?Fermsdale, Halkirk. They married  9th March 1827, Halkirk
Had the following children bpt:

Halkirk:
baptism dates
4 August 1828  Catharine
20 January 1830  Janet
8 December 1831  William
25 December 1833 Sinclair
Parents of Deal/Dale

Latheron
birth dates
7 December 1835 Donald
2 April 1838  Margaret
21 March 1840 Elizabeth
Parents of Rangag

Donald, Margaret and Elizabeth were  entered in the register consecutively in 1840 but no baptism date given just their birth date.

William married one of my ancesters in 1864 in Geelong. On Margaret's death cert (Whithorn, 1898), William is described as a mining prospector.

From information in online listings and newspaper reports in New Zealand, I have established that not only William but also Sinclair and 3 sisters emigrated - probably to Australia and then to NZ. William and Sinclair died in 1913 in New Zealand. Donald might also emigrated but I have  only a possible on a ships list. For further details, see this thread : http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=708953.0

Thanks in anticipation.

Gadget

[Millmoor]

Suggest you try searching under the surname Georgeson in 1841 census as there is a likely family at Rangag in that year. The names of the children seem to match. Your ancestor William may be with a family in Halkirk called McKay.

William

[Gadget]

Thanks William - might use up some SP credits on that one.  I did notice the Mckay one and wondered     Just discovered that  Sinclair and Donald married Victoria in 1862, two years before William.


Gadget

[Millmoor]

Just to add that the family may be listed as Georgson in the 1851 census. The children's names match but ages slightly out. Address Rangag. Again William does not seem to be present.

William

[Gadget]

Thanks the 1841 ones look like them -will check them out in 1851.  They might have emigrated as Georgeson as well!

It certainly looks like them:

Rangag, Latheron
John Georgeson, 30
Christina, 30, farmer
Catherine, 12
Janet, 10
Sinclair, 7
Donald, 5
Margaret, 3
Elizabeth, 1
All born Caithness

Mypster, Halkirk
William McKay, 35
Anne, 25
Catherine, 20
William Georgeson, 9, ag lab
All b. Caithness


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[Skoosh]

Loch Rangag is on the Latheron to Thurso road. Dale is on the Thurso river, Halkirk parish?

Skoosh.

[Gadget]

Loch Rangag is on the Latheron to Thurso road. Dale is on the Thurso river, Halkirk parish?

Skoosh.

Yes, Skoosh - thanks very much. I checked up on the map at the weekend.  They lived in both parishes - first Halkirk and then Latheron.


Gadget

[Gadget]

Adding these  in case anyone else is looking for the family:

In 1851:
Rangag, , Latheron
John Georgson, 52, shoemaker and farmer of 7 acres, b. Thurso
Christina, 44, b. Reay
Janet, 19, b.Halkirk
Sinclair, 16, b. do
Donald, 14,b. Latheron
Margt, 11, b. do
Elisabeth,9, b. do
James, 7, b. do
Christina, 3, b. do

In 1861
Quoys, Latheron
John George, 57, farmer of 10 acres, b. Thurso
Christina, 57, b. Halkirk
James, 13, b. Latheron
Christina, 11, b.


Catherine married Donald Henderson in 1856, Watten and Janet married Charles Cameron in 1859, Edinburgh, St Giles.
John died 1876, Edinburgh and Christina died 1883, Edinburgh.


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