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Grandparents and maybe parents lived in East Lothian but James Alexander as far as I know was born in Fife around Kirkcaldy

head of household

Father Alexander Watt
Mother Margaret Robertson Mair
James Alexander Watt dob1894 approx ..
William Mair Watt dob 1900 approx
John Watt dob ??

Thank you in advance for this you helped me recently with same family
Glenda

Hello Unicorn - you'll need to go to Scotland's People to view the 1911 Scottish census - pay per view but reasonably priced.

William Mair Watt was born in 1900. There is only one hit for this name so you can search year by year to get the match. It was in Kirkcaldy, Fife too.

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Alexander Watt was born in Haddington, East Lothian. His wife Margaret Mair was born in Cupar, Fife
They married in Dirleton, East Lothian in 1892 but at 1901 were living in Kinghorn, Fife

1901
Name: Alexr Jas Watt
Age: 7
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1894
Relationship: Son
Father's Name: Alexander Watt
Mother's Name: Margaret Robertson Watt
Gender: Male
Where born: Abbots Hall, fifeshire
Registration Number: 439
Registration district: Kinghorn
Civil parish: Kinghorn
County: Fife
Address: Kilrie Gates
Occupation: Scholar
ED: 4
Household schedule number: 24
Line: 11
Roll: CSSCT1901_140
Household Members: Name Age
Alexander Watt 46 occ Cart Wright b Haddington
Margaret Robertson Watt 36 b Cupar, Fife
Alexr Jas Watt 7 b Abbotshall, Fife
William Mair Watt 11 Months b Abbotshall, Fife

Father on 1891 census... Occ of Cartwright and Joiner is basically the same
1891 Scotland Census
about Alexander Watt
Name: Alexander Watt
Age: 36
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1855
Relationship: Son
Father's Name: Alexander Watt
Mother's Name: Isabella Watt
Gender: Male
Where born: Invernich, Haddingtonshire
Registration Number: 442
Registration district: Kirkcaldy and Abbotshall
Civil parish: Kirkcaldy and Abbotshall
County: Fife
Address: 1 Vennel
Occupation: House Joiner
ED: 31
Household schedule number: 50
Line: 11
Roll: CSSCT1891_135
Household Members: Name Age
Alexander Watt 62
Isabella Watt 61
Alexander Watt 36
John Watt 26

Anne

Wow thank you all.. Marie Celeste for your advice I think Anne maybe checked Scotlandspeople for me absolutely brilliant Anne and Janice thank you too for input on William Mair .I dont want to sound too happy with you all but cant help it You are the best
Glenda
x

Unicorn,
Like Marie Celeste said Scotlands People can be manipulated to give the exact info that you are looking for.
I did check SP and work the dates ( no purchase is necessary)
With the info from the censuses, it was apparent that Alexander was unmarried at 1891, yet married at 1901 with a son b 1894.
Alexander and Margaret probably married between 1891 and 1894

The 2nd son on the 1901 return was called William Mair Watt..... as 2nd son is usually named for his mother's father.... so I took an educated guess that Alexander Watt married Margaret MAIR
Once confirmed, I manipulated the info again to get the exact year. 1892
Then place.... it wasn't Fife so I checked East Lothian.. again a match.
To establish which parish... highight 5 on the list at a time until you get a match... then check each one of those 5 in turn until the correct one shows a match... DIRLETON.
Even if Margaret's name hadn't been Mair, manipulation using the alphabet (Surname begins with) works too. Each time you get a match, try for the next letter in the name.
It is pretty easy when you know how!

Anne

thanks Anne I will copy and paste this as it is very useful info. Cant thank you enough I will go and try it
Glenda x