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thank you ann

i have gone an updated rootschat also

hi thank you .
potty all on rootschat i do say he died young which is the info i was given from my husbands sister.but once the death cert came it states he was 80 years old so as with a lot of stories passed down the info was wrong.
i wasn't intentionally trying to deceive any one just going on what i had at the time.
i have emailed the site you mentioned and they have no info for me.
i have asked hubby's sisters relatives to try and find out his wife's surname so i can maybe get his marriage cert.
sorry for the confusion.
im very thankfull for all your help.
i only receieved his death cert this week and it doesnt give place of birth or parents or any info at all like that.
like i say i am sorry for the confision
julie

Apologies.
I have deleted my last two threads in error.
I misread Julie's request and thought she was looking for Joseph born 1860ish.
I didn't realise she had a 30yr span on his birth.
Joseph found by mel on the 1861 census was born in Glasgow, son of Robert Nixon and Ann Sison.
Robert was from Edinburgh and Ann Sison was from Kendal, Westmorland The family are on the 1851 census in Kendal.
As per Mel, they are in Glasgow at 1861.

at 1871 there is no sign of Joseph and his parenrs. His sister has married and 13yr old brother Thomas is in her Glasgow household.
Mother Ann re surfaces in 1881, together with Thomas and another son named John b 1863 Glasgow?
No sign of Joseph on any other census other than 1861.

Anne

Anne

googling, I picked up your previous post on rootschat. On there you say that Joseph died Young and yet the death cert says he was 80!

From rootschat posting:

joseph nixon born scotland left scotland to arive in dominica (not the republic)
he arives in dominica and is a wealthy man he meets and has children with a black woman .
he dies early and leave his oldest son clifford his estate and money.
however this is lost when clifford himself dies young again no dates except
i do know cliffords daughter was born around 1941 in dominica


This site mentions Giraud Nixon - maybe the site owner could help or point you in the right direction.

http://www.lennoxhonychurch.com/article.cfm?id=376

Only two Joseph Nixon of approx the right age coming up in the 1851 Scottish census and both of them were born in England, one in 1849 with parents Joseph and Ann, both born England. They are visitors with a Hugh and Margaret Patterson and family. No occupation is given for Joseph snr.

The other was born 1842; parents Joseph and Jane. All the family born England.

Scottish BMDS didn't start till 1855 so you would need more info on him to find his baptism on parish records on Scotlands People.

Can you get a copy of his marriage cert to Philomene ,this may help

hi i now how his birth date from his death cert from dominica he was 80 yrs old in 1927 so that puts his birth around 1847.

so im looking for a
joseph nixon born scotland (although this is family hearsey)
in 1847 ish
who went to dominica and met and married a philomeme .(dont have surname yet)

so need a break in this,

what i need to find is a joseph nixon traveling to dominica in the right time frame.
its so frustrating but fun at same time

:-D

thank you very much
i have read the above during my search
they are extremly interesting.
the problem is that i know a resonable bit about the nixons in dominica my husbands sisters mother is josephs nixons granddaughter
however his grandchildren know nothing about his date of birth or scottish roots and this is what i wish to research.

it is most definatly dominica small island
my husbands father is from there
and his sisters mum is also from there
joseph nixxon lived in either wesley or Calibishie

That looks interesting RR.

I suppose a miner could have been a gold miner or diamond miner??????????????????????????

Not a help perhaps but it is another snippet which may be interesting

http://eccourts.org/sittings/coa/2012/DominicaApril2012.pdf

Anelta Nixon v Gabriel Nixon et al as Administrators [Civ. Ap. No. 13 of 2010]
of the estate of Giraud Nixon, deceased Monday 30th April, 2012
Strike out Order of a Single Judge

and mention here ( google Giraud nixon Dominica)

http://www.lennoxhonychurch.com/article.cfm?id=376

can you confirm - is it Dominica or Dominican Republic - two different places - Dominica is a very small Carribean Island, very poor - went there on a cruise - Dominican Republic is a popular holiday destination

not sure as the joseph nixon in dominica had land and money
unless he earned it before getting there once there he had social standing.
i do thank you though i will look and see its reaally kind of you.
trying to think how he could dof made the money

Travelling alone and he was a Miner.

There is this but it is 1911................

UK Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960
about Mr Joseph Nixon
Name: Mr Joseph Nixon
Port of Departure: Durban, South Africa
Arrival Date: 27 May 1911
Port of Arrival: Southampton, England
Ports of Voyage: Beira
[Natal]
[Port Elizabeth]
[Cape Town]
Ship Name: Kenilworth Castle
Search Ship Database: View the 'Kenilworth Castle' in the 'Passenger Ships and Images' database
Shipping Line: Union-Castle Mail Steamship Company Ltd
Official Number: 118433

That one is the only Joseph Nixon born Scotland I could find on the census. You really need someone with a Scotlands People sub as that site is all pay to veiw.

His father Robert was a Brush Maker if it is the right one.

Mel

mel do you know if this Joseph left to go abroad or specifically to Dominica

hi no my husband and his sister have different mums
its her mums side sshe is researching.

i was sent this information from a library i asked for help from in dominica
this is what they sent.

Mr. Joseph Nixon was married to Mrs. Philomene Nixon and their children were Clifford, Giraud and Ignelia Nixon.

Joseph died on March 17, 1927. Ignelia had a daughter name Clarissia.

Giraud children were Annison and Gabriel Nixon.

Clifford was married to Marie-Therese had two sons, Patrickson and Greton Nixon.

Philomene Nixon died on September 12, 1950.

it seems like a lot of info and i have tried desperately to use i have been waiting six weeks for his death cert i have applied for ito get his date of birth and place
but as joseph left Scotland to go to Dominica and we wish to trace his scottish roots i thought it might be an idea to ask on here.
someone may have a Joseph who immigrated in there tree.
thank you for repliing

Maybe??

1861 Scotland Census
about Joseph Nixon
Name: Joseph Nixon
Age: 11 Mo
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1860
Relationship: Son
Father's Name: Robert Nixon
Mother's name: Ann Nixon
Gender: Male
Where born: Glasgow, Lanarkshire
Registration number: 644/2
Registration district: High Church
Civil parish: Glasgow St James
County: Lanarkshire
Address: 30 Little Dovehill St
ED: 63
Household schedule number: 35
Line: 8
Roll: CSSCT1861_99
Household Members: Name Age
Robert Nixon 40
Ann Nixon 36
Maryann Nixon 13
Thomas Nixon 3
Joseph Nixon 11 Mo

If he is in a GR tree, you will be able to find him by looking in 'search trees'

How did you find his exact DOD?

When were the children born?

Doesn't your husband have the same ancestors as his sister?