Where now!!

[Never ending journey]

Hi all,

Have a Hugh Brownlie b1835. Lanarkshire.

This is him on 1841 cen with parents..

Piece: SCT1841/644 Place: Gorbals -Lanarkshire Enumeration District: 34

Civil Parish: Gorbals Folio: 34 Page: 6

Address: Richard Court


It says on both parents James + Flora Brownlie, born out of county.

I cant find them on the 1851 cen.

And no birth for Hugh Brownlie!

How do i find where his parents came from (no marriage).


Thanks

Lynne

[KiteRunner]

Have you looked to see if they died after 1855? I know you can't find them on the 1851, but just in case they are on it but hiding...

[KiteRunner]

Oh, and if Hugh died after 1855 in Scotland, then his death cert should tell you Flora's maiden name.

[Never ending journey]

Hi KiteRunner,

On Hugh's death cert it say's mother Mary Mc????? (Mc ?essell or Mc ?errell)

So who was Flora!

[KiteRunner]

Probably his stepmother, or maybe Flora was her nickname, or the person who registered his death got it wrong.

[Olde Crone Holden]

1841 census doesn't give relationships, so Flora could be his stepmother?

OC

[Never ending journey]

Thanks for your replies.

I think I have found Hugh Brownlie with his father James Brownlie on 1851 cen........with another wife!!

I found it on SP but its not on Ancestry........Why would this be?

Lynne

[Olde Crone Holden]

Ancestry is by no means perfect....he is probably there disguised as Ethel Peabody or some such.

OC

[Uncle John]

As OC has hinted, the Ancestry transcriptions of Scottish censuses are like the curate's egg, excellent in parts. The SP transcription is more uniformly reliable. The Ancestry transcribers had a tussle with Scottish names (places and people).