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Ah don't worry about the learning curve. Us lot will eddicate you real good. Just read the posts, sift through the info, match it to what you already have and you will get there. Don't forget you may argue with us. Sometimes the info given just does not fit, and sometimes you are looking at things from a different perspective.

thanks everyone.

I did not realise the puzzle issue, or the fact that Grace is interchangable in Scotland...

It's a real bonus, thank you so much....

info from marriage record of John and Grace


John son of George Robertson (Farmer) and Jean ms Laird married Grace daughter of John McDonald (Fisherman) and Margaret ms McDonald

Checked out Sarah Robertson's birth cert parents were John and Grace (interchange able in Scotland with Grishal, Grizal, Grizel) ms McDonald .....they married Burray 30/06/1839

Marriage listing

20/06/1839 ROBERTSON JOHN GRACE MACDONALD/ M South Ronaldsay and Burray /ORKNEY

Census info in case you don't already have it

1861

Name: Alexander Robertson
Age: 8
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1853
Relationship: Son
Father's Name: John
Mother's Name: Girshal
Gender: Male
Where born: Burray, County of Orkney
Registration Number: 29
Registration district: South Ronaldsay and Burray
Civil parish: South Ronaldsay and Burray
Town: Burray
County: Orkney
Address: Greenvale
ED: 1C
Household schedule number: 53
Line: 12
Roll: CSSCT1861_4
Household Members:
Name Age
John Robertson 50
Girshal Robertson 41
Margaret Robertson 18
Jane Robertson 15
Barbra Robertson 10
Alexander Robertson 8
William Robertson 5
James Robertson 2
Sarah Robertson 2 Mo

1871

Name: Alexander Robertson
Age: 17
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1854
Relationship: Son
Father's Name: John
Mother's Name: Grace
Gender: Male
Where born: Burray, Orkney
Registration Number: 29
Registration district: South Ronaldsay and Burray
Civil parish: South Ronaldsay and Burray
County: Orkney
Address: Greenvale
Occupation: Fishermanson
ED: 11
Household schedule number: 56
Line: 7
Roll: CSSCT1871_6
Household Members:
Name Age
John Robertson 60
Grace Robertson 32.................think this should read 52
Alexander Robertson 17
William Robertson 14
James Robertson 12
Sarah Robertson 10

You need to get certificates. Probably birth for Alexander to find out if you have his parents correct and then as I said marriage for him and emily.

With such common names it is easy to choose incorrectly when looking at so many options.

You need to start with an absolute proved fact. Something which you have documented/certificated officially and work back from there. You might have a certificate for one of Alexander's children which gives his name and place of birth. So you find the next certificate that proves who Alexander's parents were, or his marriage and put the pieces of the jigsaw together.

Hope that lot is understandable. In summary, you need to prove what you have found.

Charlotte, What I have given you with the Sophia, George Emily Alexander is the marriages information. Marriages at certain times were recorded between four to six on a page. It is like a puzzle and you have to know which couple actually married, or find that out by searching for children of the marriage.

In this case there is no argument because you know that Emily married Alexander. You can disregard the other two names entirely.

If you would like to buy their marriage certificate, which may give you additional family information, go to http://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/

This is the cheapest way to buy certificates.

the 1911 census says emily is born in swindon but 1901 def says she was born cardif. any ideas?

in the 1901 census alexander robertson 46 says born isle of burray, orkney. do you think this coulod be wrong and he could be the person above registered in glamorgan? i am a bit confused byt this branch of my tree...

that has to be them !!! so, sorry not good at this, but is sophia and george visitors if this is a census?

they def had a few children, harriet, is my great grandmother who i knew as she died well into her 90's. She actually outlived her son, my grandfather.
Just alexander is as far as i could get without getting stuck. think his father is John born 1811 but know nothing of emily's folks.

Thanks so much you have been great, and clearly much better at searching than me :-) so BIG thanks x

Oh lookee here. And who will we pair up with this little lot.

Sophia Bowden 1883 Cardiff (1837-1974) Glamorgan, Monmouthshire

Emily Edith M Love 1883 Cardiff (1837-1974) Glamorgan, Monmouthshire

George Bowten Richmond 1883 Cardiff (1837-1974) Glamorgan, Monmouthshire

Alexander Robertson 1883 Cardiff (1837-1974) Glamorgan, Monmouthshire


Name: Alexander Robertson
Year of Registration: 1883
Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar
District: Cardiff (1837-1974)
County: Glamorgan, Monmouthshire
Volume: 11a
Page: 344

emily love seems to have been born Wales Cardiff Glem.
Wonder how they ended up meeting then? thinking alexander must have moved to wales as other children born in wales from the marriage.

ah thank you for taking the time to look for me. I found that record now but see what you mean about emily! :-)
I don't know the area's at all either. think it may need a trip to orkney to see what it's all about.

Hi Charlotte, Sorry I should have put in the source of the information. That was very remiss of me. Here is the web address. It is from the LDS Family History Search IGI thingy. It's free which is a bonus. You may have more luck knowing the geographical area. I struggled with working out which records matched your information. Had to use Google maps in the end. And no I'm not related, just helping.

http://www.familysearch.org/eng/default.asp

Good luck.

PS Must admit I had no luck with Emily. There are lots of possibilities but need to know where she was born.

oh wow,

May i ask where you found this. are you a relation? I am really struggling with this branch of my tree, thank you so much

ALEXANDER ROBERTSON
Male

Birth: 13 FEB 1843 South Ronaldsay, Orkney, Scotland


Parents:
Father: JOHN ROBERTSON
Mother: GRACE MCDONALD


-Source Information:
Batch No.: Dates: Source Call No.: Type: Printout Call No.: Type:

C110294 1820 - 1854 0990513 Film 6902046

Hi. I am looking for relations to john robertson 1811 of stroma county of caithness, married Girshal ?
had son alexander robertson 1853 of isle of burray orkney, married emily love b. 1864.
anything would be great. with thanks