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I have a Ewen MacPherson born 1833 Kilmuir, Invernesshire. Unfortunately I do not have his parents and/or siblings. He married a Jessie Cant and they had 10 children, the first , James, being born October 1859. James in turn married a Rose Flavell and as they lived in England I have been able to gain census information on this part of the family. It is when the family lived in Scotland that things have come to a halt.

I would be grateful if anyone with Scotlands people subs would be able to help with any information on Ewen MacPherson's family or any census information at all. Many thanks.

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Name: Ewan Mc Pherson
Gender: Male
Christening Date: 19 Aug 1834
Christening Place: ARDERSIER,INVERNESS,SCOTLAND
Birth Date: 19 Jul 1834
Father's Name: Ewan Mc Pherson
Mother's Name: Cathrine Gunn

Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C11091-2 , System Origin: Scotland-ODM , GS Film number: 990663

Name: Ewen Mcpherson
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1881
Gender: Male
Age: 48
Birthplace: Inverness
Registration District: Benbecula
County: Invernessshire
Birth Year (Estimated): 1833

GS Film number: 203428

There are no subs for ScotlandsPeople, it works on buying credits.

Possible in 1841

Piece: SCT1841/112 Place: Kilmuir -Inverness-shire Enumeration District: 9
Civil Parish: Kilmuir Ecclesiastical Parish, Village or Island: Stienscholl
Folio: 9 Page: 6
Address: Stienscholl

MCMILLIAN John M 40 Cotter Inverness-shire ?surname
MCPHERSON Margret F 40 Outside Census County (1841)
MCPHERSON Angus M 15 Inverness-shire
MCPHERSON Ewen M 10 Inverness-shire


Ancestry has John's surname as McPherson.

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Name: Jessie F Cant
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1861
Gender: Female
Age: 28
Birthplace: Invernessshire
Registration District: Inverness
County: Invernessshire
Birth Year (Estimated): 1833

GS Film number:

Jessie 1841

Piece: SCT1841/107 Place: Urquhart&Glenmoristn-Inverness-shire Enumeration District: 2
Civil Parish: Urquhart&glenmoristn Ecclesiastical Parish, Village or Island: -
Folio: 2 Page: 5
Address: Kilmichael

CANT James M 40 Wool Carder Outside Census County (1841)
CANT Ann F 35 Outside Census County (1841)
CANT James M 12 Outside Census County (1841)
CANT Alexander M 9 Outside Census County (1841)
CANT George M 6 Outside Census County (1841)
CANT William M 4 Inverness-shire
CANT Jessie F 15 Outside Census County (1841)
CANT Ann F 1 Inverness-shire
MENZIE John M 34 Excise Outside Census County (1841

Thank you so much you wonderful people. At least now I have some information to work on. Many thanks. Of to get ready to visit friend so will be offline now. Thanks again.

Is this your James in 1891 please?

James Macpherson
Age: 31
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1860
Relation: Head
Spouse's Name: Rose Macpherson
Gender: Male
Where born: Spotland, Moray, Scotland
Civil Parish: Camberwell
Ecclesiastical parish: Christchurch
Town: Peckham
County/Island: London
Country: England
Street address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Education:

Employment status:

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Registration district: Camberwell
Sub registration district: Peckham
ED, institution, or vessel: 49
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 484
Folio: 28
Page Number: 50
Household Members:
Name Age
James Macpherson 31
Rose Macpherson 29
Francis P Macpherson 9
May J Macpherson 6
Rose J Macpherson



If that's your James then I don't think he was the first of 10 children. I think this is him with his parents


1861

James McPherson
Age: 1
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1860
Relationship: Son (Child)
Father's name: Ewen McPherson
Mother's name: Janet McPherson
Gender: Male
Where born: Elgin, Morayshire
Registration Number: 135
Registration district: Elgin
Civil Parish: Elgin
County: Moray
Address: Birnie Road
ED: 17
Household schedule number: 25
LINE: 1
Roll: CSSCT1861_19
Household Members:
Name Age
Ewen McPherson 30, b. Isle of Skye
Janet McPherson 29
Ewen McPherson 9
Margaret McPherson 6
Phlip McPherson 4
James McPherson

Janet Cant
Gender: Female
Marriage Date: 1 Nov 1852
Marriage Place: Edinkillie,Moray,Scotland
Spouse: Evan Mcpherson
FHL Film Number: 990797


They must have been living in different parishes?

Janet Cant
Gender: Female
Marriage Date: 4 Apr 1852
Marriage Place: Dallas, Moray, Scotland
Spouse: Evan Mcpherson
FHL Film Number: 1482989
Reference ID: 2:2660K17

1871

Evan Macpherson
Age: 40
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1831
Relationship: Head
Spouse's name : Jessie Cant or Macpherson
Gender: Male
Where born: Kilmuir, Invernesshire
Registration Number: 135B
Registration district: Elgin Landward
Civil Parish: Elgin
County: Moray
Address: New Elgin
Occupation: Carter
ED: 4
Household schedule number: 30
LINE: 1
Roll: CSSCT1871_25
Household Members:
Name Age
Evan Macpherson 40
Jessie Cant or Macpherson 39
Philip Macpherson 14
James Macpherson 11
Isabella Macpherson 8
John Macpherson 4
Maryann Macpherson 1

A birth certificate for any of the children born after 1860. Will give the date and place of the parents marriage

Name: Jessie Mac Pherson
Gender: Female
Birth Date: 25 Apr 1855
Birthplace: KINGUSSIE AND INSCH,INVERNESS,SCOTLAND
Father's Name: Ewen Mac Pherson
Mother's Name: Jessie Falconer

Maybe?

His mother's death

1902 MACPHERSON JANET CANT F 71 ELGIN /MORAY 135/00 0131

Sent Janet / Jessie's death registration by PM

If you can access English censuses, you should be able also to access Scottish ones, apart from 1911, which is on Scotland's people ONLY.

A copy of the marriage cert, which you can download from SP will tell you the names of both of his parents - if known

Credits cost, I believe, only £7.00 for 30

Name: Philip Jervis Mackie Mc Pherson
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 19 Oct 1856
Birthplace: NEW SPYNIE,MORAY,SCOTLAND
Father's Name: Ewen Mc Pherson
Mother's Name: Jessie Cant

Thank you all once again. I feel I am now making progress. It has been a long haul but you folk have been a wonderful help. Sorry for late reply but have spent all day with 91 yr old aunt and wasn't able to come online.

If the parents married in 1852, there will be no marriage certificate as statutory registration didn't begin in Scotland until 1855. The best you can hope for is an entry in the parish registers.

If they died in Scotland after 1855, the death registration will name both parents including the mother's maiden if the informant knows the details.

1841

Jannet Cant
Age: 9
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1832
Gender: Female
Where born: Scotland
Civil Parish: Auldearn
County: Nairnshire
Address: Newlands Of Clune
Parish Number: 121
Household Members:
Name Age
James Paul 55
William Paul 19
Margret Paul 18
Jannet Cant 9

From a tree on Ancestry


Janet Jessie Cant
Birth 1832 in Auldearn, Nairnshire, Scotland
Death 11 Sep 1902 in Elgin, Moray, Scotland


Spouse & Children
Ewen MacPherson1831 – 1889

Ewen MacPherson1852 – 1868

Margaret MacPherson 1854 – 1891

Phillip Jervis Mackie MacPherson 1856 – 1929

James MacPherson 1859 – 1912

Isabella MacPherson 1862 – 1951

Jessie MacPherson 1866 – 1934

John Macpherson 1867 – 1875

Mary Ann MacPherson 1869 – 1915

Alexander MacPherson 1872 – 1881

John Martin MacPherson 1875 – 1957

1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
(Block), Land Street, Elgin, Moray, Scotland

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Household Members
First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Gender Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
Ewen McPherson Head Married Male 41 1840 Day Labourer -
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Janet McPherson Wife Married Female 49 1832 Cowfeeper Nairnshire, Scotland
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Jessie McPherson Daughter - Female 14 1867 - New Elgin, Morayshire, Scotland
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John McPherson Son - Male 5 1876 Scholar New Elgin, Morayshire, Scotland
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Mary A McPherson Daughter - Female 11 1870 Scholar New Elgin, Morayshire, Scotland


Be very careful with this family as these names are all very common in Scotland.