tracing an illegitimate child born 1860?

[toridobson]

Trying to trace the Wotton family tree from Glasgow. I know there was a David Whitelaw Wotton which is correctly identified in family tree.  But his whereabouts is difficult to ascertain oafter birth. I've managed to go back to the birth of a David Whitelaw Wootten, born illegimate to Jane or Janet Whitelaw and registered in Straiton Ayrshire. Witnessed by WIlliam WHitelaw, down as uncle.

 Census results for 1841 show Jane Whitelaw...

First name(s) Last name Gender Age Birth year Birth place
Andrew Whitelaw Male 40 1801 Haddingtonshire (East Lothian), Scotland
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Mary Whitelaw Female 40 1801 Haddingtonshire (East Lothian), Scotland
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Thomas Whitelaw Male 15 1826 Haddingtonshire (East Lothian), Scotland
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Mark Whitelaw Male 15 1826 Haddingtonshire (East Lothian), Scotland
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Jane Whitelaw Female 12 1829 Haddingtonshire (East Lothian), Scotland xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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James Whitelaw Male 10 1831 Haddingtonshire (East Lothian), Scotland
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William Whitelaw Male 7 1834 Haddingtonshire (East Lothian), Scotland xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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Johana Whitelaw Female 5 1836 Haddingtonshire (East Lothian), Scotland
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Andrew Whitelaw Male 3 1838 Haddingtonshire (East Lothian), Scotland
 

David Whitelaw Wotton was married Sept 1880 in Kilmadock, Perth, with his father mentioned as David Wotton.  No records from then on in census results, even when I use wildcard searches, but someone suggested this.  Maybole is only a few km from Straiton...

.David Morten Whitlow
in the 1861 Scotland Census
Name: David Morten Whitlow
Age: 1
Estimated birth year: abt 1860
Relationship: Boarder
Gender: Male
Where born: Maybole, Ayrshire
Registration Number: 605
Registration district: Maybole
Civil Parish: Maybole
County: Ayrshire
Address: Kirklands
ED: 7
Household schedule number: 9
LINE: 22
Roll: CSSCT1861_88
Household Members:
Name Age
John White 30
Jean White 36
Barbara White 9
Margaret White 7
John White 7
Jean White 5
James W White 3
David Morten Whitlow 1.

Is it possible that Jean White, or Jane Whitelaw (wrongly transcribed)  was already married, had an illegitimate child to David Wooton,  and he was taken on by Jean and John White.. and the 1861 census transcribed him as David Morten? 


Am I barking up the wrong tree?

[isobelw]

According to the 1881 census (free LDS transcript at Scotlandspeople) David W Wotton was age 33 ( so born 1848) and Place of birth is Edinburgh. Wife Isabella was 23 born Glasgow and they had a 5 month old daughter called Isabella born Glasgow. David Whitelaw Wotton married Isabella Cockburn in 1880 at Kilmadock.
Isobel

[Gibel]

The transcript for the 1881 census says David was born about 1850 in Dalkeith Edinburgh, the 1891 census gives him born about 1860 in Straiton Ayrshire

Perhaps David's marriage certificate would be helpful?

[toridobson]

Thanks for the above, i know there a discrepencies on the birthplace.  Would say it is definitely registered in Straiton as there is a record of birth there to Jane Whitelaw, and I have the birth certificate. (no father mentioned, name registred as David Wootton Whitelaw))  The marriage certificate of David Whitelaw Wotton unfortunately does not give the birthplace, just his parents names as Jane Whitelaw and David Wotton.  His marriage took place in Kilmadock, Perthshire that is for sure. Its his whereabouts in between then I'm wondering about...
Scotland Births and Baptisms 1564-1950 Transcription
Print transcription
First name(s) David Wootten
Last name Whitelaw
Gender Male
Birth year 1860
Birth place Straiton,Ayr,Scotland
Baptism year -
Baptism date -
Baptism place -
Father's first name(s) -
Father's last name -
Mother's first name(s) Jane
Mother's last name Whitelaw
Place Straiton
County Ayrshire
Country Scotland
Record set Scotland Births & Baptisms 1564-1950
Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
Subcategory Births & baptisms
Collections from Great Britain

Have also found this mentioning Dalkeith...

Maybe him in 1871 ??


David Wotten
in the 1871 Scotland Census
Name: David Wotten
Age: 11
Estimated birth year: abt 1860
Relationship: Boarder
Gender: Male
Where born: Edinburgh, Midlothian
Registration Number: 683
Registration district: Dalkeith
Civil Parish: Dalkeith
Town: Dalkeith
County: Midlothian
Address: Lugton
Occupation: Scholar
ED: 8
Household schedule number: 49
LINE: 16
Roll: CSSCT1871_155
Household Members:
Name Age
Robert Servet 49
Helen Servet 48
Robert Servet 21
Helen Servet 16
Jean Servet 7
David Wotten 11
Eliza Welsh 10

[toridobson]

Seems he was living with another family in Dalkeith... would this tally?

[toridobson]

Just seems there are only 2 records of that name or name variation in between 1861 and 1871 and as he comes up with Iisabella in the same region I wonder if this is him? 

[toridobson]

sorry have just reread one of my previous postings.. what i meant to say was that there is no record of him living with a Jane Whitelaw or any other Jane between 1861 and his marriage in 1880, would that mean he was taken on by another family.. she may have died or given him away as a "boarder"?  I also have no idea where Jane WHitelaw came from and cant find anything in births or deaths which fits the area?  Or with searches under similar names..

[Gibel]

William Whitelaw David's uncle on birth certificate is living in Straiton in 1861. A tree on Ancestry states that his parents are dead by 1860. Mary in 1859 and Andrew in 1860.

According to the tree I found Jane was born Jane Gordon Whitelaw in 1829 mother's maiden name is Gordon. She apparently marries Thomas Reavel and is living in Scotland 1871 but ends up in England. In 1861 she is a lady's maid in Edinburgh.

[toridobson]

Brilliant, thanks.  Can I ask where you got the tree from, am just so wanting to try and find where jane and or her child David ended up?