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Author: designscreen
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From the 1841 census at Frecen.org.uk:
Piece: SCT1841/218 Place: Longside -Aberdeenshire Enumeration District: 2
Civil Parish: Longside Ecclesiastical Parish, Village or Island: -
Folio: 2 Page: 17
Address: Gowrie
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Surname First name(s) Sex Age Occupation Where Born Remarks
CHALMERS James M 50 Crofter Aberdeenshire
CHALMERS Jannet F 50 Aberdeenshire
CHALMERS Isabell F 13 Aberdeenshire
CHALMERS Adam M 8 Aberdeenshire
As Adam and Bathia were married in 1854 prior to statutory records being introduced in
1855, unless the OPR record of the marriage reveals more than the usual "Adam of this
parish and Bathia of that" and New Zealand records of Adam's death don't
mention parents you are out of luck.
There was a census taken in 1855 in Scotland, that has not been published, so it may be
possible to learn something from that. I'll ask a friend who has access to that to
see if it reveals anything.
Look to naming of Adams children. If first son name was James - that's positive. If
you can find Bathia's birth and her parents names and the names appear in the family -
I would assume Adam is son of James and Bathia.
John
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