looking fo Peter McGhie

[lnr]

Can any one help: Looking for Peter Mcghie Born Carnwath 1868 to Peter mcGhie & Catherine Russell. Last found with his sister Agnes Findlay address 136 Oakbank Kirknewton  & east Calder. occupation Shale Miner age about 33,1901 scotland census Where do I look now?  have looked up the mine accidents for his name not there Did scotland have a 1911  census thanks lnr

[isobelw]

Scotland did have a 1911 census. The only place you can view the original is at www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk ( you need to purchase credits which cost £7.50 for 30. You require 6 credits to view a page of census)
You can search the index for free but you will need to register with the site first. Don’t see an obvious match doing a quick scan of the index.

[Forfarian]

For the prevention of duplication of effort, this is a previous thread on the same family

http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=796719.0

[Forfarian]

His name on his birth certificate is Peter McGhee, not McGhie, and he was born on 20 March 1868. Therefore on the day of the 1911 census he would have been 43.

There are three Peter McGhees and one Peter McGhie in the index to the 1911 census of Scotland. One is aged 41, two are 44 and one is 45.

The 44-year-old in Greenock and the 41-year-old in Govan can be dismissed because there are a 34-year-old in Greenock and a 31-year-old in Govan in 1901.

A 32-year-old in Bathgate in 1901 would match a 22-year-old in New Monkland in 1891, but does not appear in 1911.

That leaves two 45-year-olds in 1911, one in Peterhead in Aberdeenshire and one in Blantyre. Either or both could have come in from Ireland, or one of them could be your Peter with his age 2 years out.