Ooh! Thank you so very, very, much. My hunch appears to be correct. I'm sure it was a BMD record which led me to this and I went down the rabbit hole without saving the record. I've asked all over the place and no one knew what I was talking about.
I've also just realized that my John Fraser's father, William, may have still been alive in 1841.
That's my next few days sorted, then.
Not sure I'm writing in the correct space (I haven't used this site before), but I ran into Madchia's quote while searching for Green of Muirton. My great, great grandfather was a William Fraser. His son John was my great grandfather. I am currently searching for William's father John. And I'm wondering whether we are referring to the same William Fraser.
Hi, my John Fraser, tailor, middle name of Simon according to the marriages of a couple of his children, was b abt 1796 Inverness per 1841 Liverpool census. First wife, m 1818 INV, was Janet Macintosh - 9 children. His 2nd wife was listed as a widow in 1851. The only John Fraser,
tailor, who died bet 1841-1851 died in 1847 Liverpool and was supposedly born abt 1788. The informant was another John Fraser, not John's wife who was still alive (?).
At the time of John Fraser's second marriage, he lists his father as William, farmer.
John S Fraser tried 3-4 times to name a child after himself but they all died young.
I appear to have quite a few DNA matches which lead back to Kiltarlity, Caiplach and Abriachan.
John S Fraser and Janet McIntosh's first-born, William, b 1819 - nothing further known.
