Thomas McLaurin & Lydia Help required.

[perisama]

Stuck on these.. Thomas b 1795-1800. Scotland
Married Lydia born in Sheffield.... They had son John.
His dad was Douglas and Grandad Thomas.

Trying to find ANY records.. All info came from a friend's aunt's memory??
There may be a link as yet with my Maclaurin/McLaren families but can't fnd anything. Please help x

[pennydog]

Could this be them in the 1841 census - H0107-195-9/21-10 (records held by the NA, crown copyrigth)
Thomas age 40 gardener born Scotland
Lydia age 40 no place of birth given
William age 10
Edwinn (sic) age 8
Thomas age 5
Charles Edward age 2
All children born Derbyshire, all surnames McLaurin (FMP)
Address Coldwell, Eckington, Renishaw, Derbyshire.
Hope this helps.

[elaine webb]

Hi Perisima,

I stumbled on your family by accident as I started searching on the Scotland census and ended up on the English Census. Anyway, I found:

1841 England Census
Thomas b abt.1799 Scotland, occupation Gardener
Lydia b.1799 Sheffield

children:
William b.1831 Eckington, Sheffield
Edwin b.1833 " "
Thomas b.1836 " "
Charles Edward b 1839 Eckington, Sheffield

Ref details - HO107 piece 195 fol 20 page 10.

1851 England Census is as follows:

Thomas, head, b 1799 Scotland, occupation now Grocer
Lydia, wife b.1799 Eckington, Sheffield
Thomas, son, b 1836 " " - Grocer's Assistant
John,nephew,b 1841 London
Charles,son, b1839 Eckington, Derbyshire.

Reference details - HO107 piece 2148 Folio 243 page 25

Hope this helps

Elaine

[elaine webb]

Hi again,

Quick update - by the 1861 census Lydia is a widow aged 65 occupation grocer, living with one son - Charles aged 22 also a grocer, still in Eckington.

Bye for now

[perisama]

Thank you , I will pass all this on.
I still haven't connected our families together yet, but I need to knock down my own brickwalls first with brothers and sons that may connect with my friend's people... if I give you some details could you bash them down too???

[perisama]

My friends say thank you but they are also looking for Thomas' birth and marriage ... ?

[pennydog]

Assuming Thomas married Lydia before the birth of William ie 1831, the way to find it will be via parish records, as too, the childrens births. As for Thomas's birth you will need to find out where in Scotland he was born and consult the church records there (sorry do not know much about Scottish records).

[elaine webb]

Perisama,

You could try Scotlandspeople website, you can search the parish records but it's a pay per view site so you'd have to register and buy some credits. It helped me when I searched for some of my Scottish ancestors.

Good luck,
Elaine