Robert houslar

[ashbrookehistory]

I'm looking for information in Robert houslar
Born 26 June 1824 Scotland
Death 7 June 1895 New South Wales
I was wondering if he had parents and siblings
Linda

[rosie99]

Is this marriage relevant from Scotlands People
ROBERT HOUSLAR
JANET ANDERSON/
29/10/1849
397/30 253
Tulliallan

[garstonite]

Name    Robert Houslar
Event Type    Military Service
Event Year Range    1845-1854
Event Place    United Kingdom
Birthplace    Kincardineshire
Birth Year    1824

re Rosies find

Name    Alexander Houslar
Gender    Male
Christening Date    04 Feb 1852
Christening Place    TULLIALLAN,PERTH,SCOTLAND
Birth Date    19 Jan 1852
Father's Name    Robert Houslar
Mother's Name    Janet Anderson
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Name    John Houslar
Gender    Male
Birth Date    09 Aug 1855
Birthplace    TULLIALLAN,PERTH,SCOTLAND
Father's Name    Robert Houslar
Mother's Name    Janet Anderson

[MonicaL]

There are some births in the right time frame which could connect to Robert.

There is these entries in the 1841 and 1851 censuses:

Alexr Housler 35  Woollen H L W J (initials stand for hand loom weaver, j likely for journeyman)
Janet Housler 40
Alexr Housler 10
Jas Housler 8
David Housler 6

Address: Nether Row, Alva Stirlingshire

And 1851...

Alexander Hostler 45 Hand Loom Weaver (woolen) b. Kincardine, Perthshire
Janet Hostler 54 b. Alva, Stirlingshire
Alexander Hostler 20 b. Alva, Stirlingshire
James Hostler 18 b. Alva, Stirlingshire
David Hostler 15 b. Alva, Stirlingshire
William Wallace 25 visitor
William Mounk 21 visitor

Address: High Buckholm, Roxburghshire

Mother above looks to be a Janet Dawson.

There are index entries for a Robert being in the Merchant Navy Seamen Records which connect to those found by Garstonite.

The big problem is that I cannot find a reference to a suitable Robert, using wildcards for spelling of surname, in either 1841 and 1851. Maybe at sea if the merchant service records connect to him?

Monica

[MonicaL]

I see from online trees that some of the info we have has already been confirmed. Wife was a Janet Anderson and some of their children were born in Scotland before they headed off to NSW.

Original image for his 1849 Mate's Certificate of Service showed that he had been in the merchant service for at least 15 years. Explains why he doesn't show on the censuses before his departure likely.

His wife looks to be living by herself in 1851:

Janet Houshar 21 tailor's wife b. Tulliallan (a/try transcript..likely sailor's wife  )
Address: Mercer St, Kincardine

Monica