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Searching for Christopher/John Buchanan

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Marie

Marie Report 27 Aug 2011 15:51

It just says labourer. The witnesses are John Buchanan and Elizabeth Jane Buchanan.

rootgatherer

rootgatherer Report 27 Aug 2011 15:50

What occupation did Mary's father have on her marriage certificate please? Just in case all this is barking up the wrong treee!!

rootgatherer

rootgatherer Report 27 Aug 2011 15:48

I wonder if this is the Thomas born in Scotland that is with his parents on the 1851 census? (In Scotland Jane and Jean are interchangeable)

Name: Thomas Buchanan
Gender: Male
Baptism/Christening Date:
Baptism/Christening Place: , MIDDLEBIE, DUMFRIES, SCOTLAND
Birth Date: 20 Nov 1843
Birthplace: , Middlebie, Dumfries, Scotland
Death Date:
Name Note:
Race:
Father's Name: Christopher Buchanan
Father's Birthplace:
Father's Age:
Mother's Name: Jean Blacklock
Mother's Birthplace:
Mother's Age:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C11841-4
System Origin: Scotland-VR
Source Film Number: 1067968
Reference Number: 2:163HC75

rootgatherer

rootgatherer Report 27 Aug 2011 15:43

Name: Mary Buchanan
Gender: Female
Baptism/Christening Date: 02 Sep 1866
Baptism/Christening Place: Cartmel, Lancashire, England
Birth Date:
Birthplace:
Death Date:
Name Note:
Race:
Father's Name: Christopher Buchanan
Father's Birthplace:
Father's Age:
Mother's Name: Eleanor
Mother's Birthplace:
Mother's Age:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: I01906-0
System Origin: England-EASy
Source Film Number: 1040300
Reference Number: it 4

Marie

Marie Report 27 Aug 2011 15:41

Fantastic, thank u both for that x

rootgatherer

rootgatherer Report 27 Aug 2011 15:41

Name: Christopher Buchanan
Gender: Male
Baptism/Christening Date: 06 Oct 1861
Baptism/Christening Place: Cartmel, Lancashire, England
Father's Name: Christopher Buchanan
Father's Birthplace:
Father's Age:
Mother's Name: Eleanor
Mother's Birthplace:
Mother's Age:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: I01905-9
System Origin: England-EASy
Source Film Number: 1040300
Reference Number: it 4 p 2


Name: Christopher Buchanan
Gender: Male
Baptism/Christening Date: 03 Aug 1856
Baptism/Christening Place: Cartmel, Lancashire, England
Father's Name: Christopher Buchanan
Father's Birthplace:
Father's Age:
Mother's Name: Eleanor
Mother's Birthplace:
Mother's Age:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: I01905-9
System Origin: England-EASy
Source Film Number: 1040300
Reference Number: it 4 p 4


Name: Christopher Buchanan
Gender: Male
Burial Date: 30 Oct 1857
Burial Place: Cartmel, Lancashire, England
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: I01905-9
System Origin: England-EASy
Source Film Number: 1040300
Reference Number: it 4 p 7

KathleenBell

KathleenBell Report 27 Aug 2011 15:39

Possible death of Christopher's first wife:-

Name: BUCHANAN, Jane
Registration District: Ulverston
County: Lancashire
Year of Registration: 1852
Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar
Volume No: 8E
Page No: 427

Kath. x

rootgatherer

rootgatherer Report 27 Aug 2011 15:34

Meant a second marriage because of the difference in his age and gaps in the ages of the children. Looks like his first wife Jane had died after 1861.

EDIT - sorry that should read that his first wife died between 1851 and 1854.

rootgatherer

rootgatherer Report 27 Aug 2011 15:32

1851

Name: Margaret Buchanan
Age: 4
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1847
Relation: Daughter
Father's name: Christopher Buchanan
Mother's name: Jane Buchanan
Gender: F (Female)
Where born: Carldon, Cumberland, England

Civil parish: Lower Allithwaite
Town: Cartmell
County/Island: Lancashire
Country: England

Street Address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Disability: View image

Registration district: Ulverstone
Sub-registration district: Cartmel
ED, institution, or vessel: 5b
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 18
Piece: 2274
Folio: 103
Page Number: 5
Household Members: Name Age
Christopher Buchanan 35 Shepherd, b. Scotland
Jane Buchanan 31 b. Scotland
Thomas Buchanan 8 b. Scotland
James Buchanan 6 b. Cumberland
Margaret Buchanan 4

Marie

Marie Report 27 Aug 2011 15:32

Do you mean second marriage because of his age ?

Marie

Marie Report 27 Aug 2011 15:30

Robert Beckford and Mary Buchanan were married in Liverpool in 1889.

Marie

Marie Report 27 Aug 2011 15:27

Yes it was John Beckford ! Thanks for that.

Looks like the Caddy bit was right as well, great x

**Ann**

**Ann** Report 27 Aug 2011 15:26

Have you the correct Robert & Mary? The marriage Kathleen found is the only one.

Where was the R/Mary marriage?

Ann

rootgatherer

rootgatherer Report 27 Aug 2011 15:25

1861 - Looks like a second marriage for Christopher? (Correction to surname added on Ancestry by doreengall in 2009)

Name: Christopher Buchinan
[Christopher Buchanan]
Age: 40
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1821
Relation: Head
Spouse's Name: Eleanor Buchinan
Gender: Male
Where born: Dumfries, Scotland

Civil parish: Lower Allithwaite
Town: Cartmel
County/Island: Lancashire
Country: England

Street Address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage: View image

Registration district: Ulverston
Sub-registration district: Cartmel
ED, institution, or vessel: 2
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 98
Piece: 3165
Folio: 25
Page Number: 18
Household Members: Name Age
Christopher Buchinan 40
Eleanor Buchinan 29
Margaret Buchinan 14
Elizabeth Buchinan 6
Eleanor Buchinan 1
John Caddy 73

KathleenBell

KathleenBell Report 27 Aug 2011 15:24

What is Robert's father's name on the marriage certificate? It isn't John, too, is it? I have sometimes heard of a vicar copying the same first name for both fathers or for father and groom, just because of lack of concentration when filling out the certificate.

Kath. x

Marie

Marie Report 27 Aug 2011 15:17

Could be yes, I wonder why he is listed as John on his daughters marriage cert, strange !

Thankyou x

KathleenBell

KathleenBell Report 27 Aug 2011 15:15

Could this be the marriage:-

Name: BUCHANAN, Christopher
Registration District: Ulverston
County: Lancashire
Year of Registration: 1854
Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar
Spouse's last name: Not available before 1912
Volume No: 8E
Page No: 705

On the same page is an Eleanor Caddy.

He doesn't give a middle name on this marriage record.

Kath. x

Marie

Marie Report 27 Aug 2011 15:13

Yes that's them. Yes never thought they could've been married in Lancashire.

KathleenBell

KathleenBell Report 27 Aug 2011 15:08

Is this the right family in the 1881 census:-

BUCHANAN, Christopher Head Married M 60 1821 Dock Porter
Scotland VIEW
BUCHANAN, Eleanor Wife Married F 48 1833
Grange
Lancashire VIEW
BUCHANAN, Elizabeth Daughter Single F 26 1855 Domestic Servant
Cartmel
Lancashire VIEW
BUCHANAN, Christopher Son Single M 17 1864 Brick Maker
Cartmel
Lancashire VIEW
BUCHANAN, Mary Daughter Single F 14 1867 Scholar
Cartmel
Lancashire VIEW
BUCHANAN, John Son Single M 12 1869 Scholar
Cartmel
Lancashire VIEW
BUCHANAN, Thomas Son Single M 6 1875 Scholar
Liverpool
Lancashire VIEW
BUCHANAN, Eleanor A Daughter Single F 2 1879
Liverpool
Lancashire

Address:
106, North Dingle, Kirkdale

RG number: RG11
Piece: 3679
Folio: 107
Page: 41

It looks as if Christopher/John was born before registration started in Scotland so you may not find his birth, and since his wife gives her birthplace as Lancashire, perhaps they married in Lancashire.

Kath. x

Marie

Marie Report 27 Aug 2011 15:03

Hi

I wonder if anyone can help me with this one please, I have a marriage cert for a Robert Beckford and a Mary Buchanan. I am currently trying to trace Marys side of the family back and her father is listed as John Buchanan. I have located what I think are Marys family on the census of 1871, 1881 and 1891 but John is listed as Christopher ?! I suppose it could have been a middle name or something but what I am really keen to find is his birth record or marriage record. I believe he was born in Scotland roughly 1821 and his wife is Eleanor ? Any help would be most appreciated.

Thankyou

Marie x