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Alexander Barclay 1806 - 1874
« on: Thursday 03 September 20 12:05 BST (UK) »
I would appreciate some thoughts on the second husband of my 3 x great grandmother please.
Census records & death certificate show he was born abt. 1806/1807.
His death certificate shows his parents as Alexander Barclay & Elizabeth Weir, the witness was a neighbour James Ross.
I have looked on Scotland's people index for a birth around that time & there are 10 children born to Robert Barclay & Catherine Weir between 1801 & 1820.
My thoughts are this is correct & the neighbour was unsure of his parents first names.
Any thoughts please.

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Re: Alexander Barclay 1806 - 1874
« Reply #1 on: Thursday 03 September 20 12:06 BST (UK) »
I should have mentioned that there is an entry for 13/11/1806 for Alexander.

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Re: Alexander Barclay 1806 - 1874
« Reply #2 on: Thursday 03 September 20 14:30 BST (UK) »
Looks very likely.

When did he marry? If it was 1855 or later his marriage certificate will tell you who he said his parents were.
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Re: Alexander Barclay 1806 - 1874
« Reply #3 on: Thursday 03 September 20 14:53 BST (UK) »
He married Margaret Simpson (nee Adam) in 1835 so no information on marriage record & as far as I can tell they had no children. She was 15 years older than him & had 4 children from her previous marriage to George Simpson, the last one in 1829. Margaret was 45 when she married Alexander so probably too old for more children by then. I have also just found them in the 1841 census without children but another couple of Barclay's who were servants.
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