Henry Walker Bathgate West Lothian

[bmatthews7838]

I am trying to find information on Henry Walker born 1792 parents  Peter Walker and Margaret Chalmers. The family lived at Tippithill Farm. I have his birth from GRO's.

 There is also another Henry Walker born 1796 to William Walker and Elizabeth Whyte.  Cannot find any death for either of the Henry Walker's but one married Barbara Moorhead 14 Apr 1828 and on the 1841 Census Henry was said to be born in 1796 not 1792. However, they did name their children Peter and Margaret.  Would like to find out anything that would collaborate which Henry Walker is married to Barbara Moorhead.  Not an easy task.  Becky

[ColC]

Records for Scotland on https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk

WALKER   HENRY   PETER WALKER/MARGARET CHALMERS    15/01/1792   Whitburn

I would guess below that this is the above Henry based on the naming pattern but do you know anything about Barbara?

HENRY WALKER & BARBARA MUIRHEAD had 3 children at Torphichen

Peter Grizel & Margaret 1826 – 1832 & Hugh & James 1835 – 1837 at Linlithgow


WALKER   HENRY   WILLIAM WALKER/ELIZABETH WHYTE    13/04/1796   Whitburn

Whitburn deaths pre 1855 are on SP but no record for Henry so both may have survived.

There are only two marriages in West Lothian for Henry Walker

BARBARA MUIRHEAD 6/04/1828 West Calder

BARBARA WALKER 14/04/1828 Torphichen. (I do not see any children for this Barbara).

However this may be the same marriage and parish records would need to be checked.


Colin

[bmatthews7838]

Barbara Muirhead was born 13 Jan 1810 and died 13 July 1886 Torphichen, West Lothian and her parents were Hugh Muirhead and Margaret Johnston.  Her husband was deceased. I know what you mean about the names but I can't be 100 percent because of the birth date of the Henry married to Barbara. I suppose it is impossible to really know for sure and follow a line that may not be mine. I do appreciate your help on this. I have tried just about everything I can think of. Thank you.
Regards and all the best for the New Year.
Becky

[Forfarian]

on the 1841 Census Henry was said to be born in 1796 not 1792.

No, he wasn't.

The UK census never gives a year of birth. It tells you the age the person said they had reached at their last birthday before the day of the census. Some web sites, unfortunately, add to their transcriptions a year of birth 'calculated' by subtracting the age from the census year. This gives a wrong answer three times out of four because the census is usually taken at the end of March or beginning of April, only a quarter of the way through the year, when three-quarters of people have not yet had a birthday in that year.

In 1841, there is an additional complication, because in that census only, adults' ages were supposed to be rounded down to the nearest 5 years. So someone whose age is recorded as 45 could be any age from 45 to 49. The 1841 census was taken on 7 June, so someone listed as aged 45  (assuming of course that the age is accurate) would have been born between 8 June 1791 and 7 June 1796.

[bmatthews7838]

Did not know that they rounded out the age on the 1841 census. Thank you for the information.