I want to thank Sarah ND and Leslie B for their time, suggestion and expertise. I took their advice and went to the ScotlandsPeople archive retrieval site and finally found the most likely candidate for my G3 grandfather Alexander Fraser in Dores. I still cannot find a census record of my G2 Duncan Fraser with Alexander and his mom, whom I now believe is one Janet McIntosh, but maybe that is not too strange. I imagine he could easily have been off on some farm chore related activity, like tending the sheep or cattle in a high pasture. The censuses were conducted in the summer after all, right? If this is the right family Duncan would have been 13 or 14 years old and I imagine they would have been working his young butt off. Or he could have been away a some school or such. All just imagination of course. But the few references to my G3 Alexander Fraser, on 2 of Duncan's wedding Banns list Alexander as a Farmer or a Laborer. That would agree with the wedding notice I found for Alexander and Janet, and the baptism notice for Duncan. I think it likely Alexander and Janet were 20 and 15 when married IN 1826. I found A 1841 census in Dores listing them together and being 35 and 30 years old (but no Duncan included). I am also willing to bet one of the baptism witnesses was Janet's father, uncle or brother Andrew McIntosh. There are McIntoshes in the Dores census roles for 1841 too. More looking to do for sure
So don't give up. Keep searching the records.
Now I just need to find birth or baptismal for Alexander Fraser, servant of Torbrek farm and maybe I will find his parents too. Now I am planning a visit for Mid July 2015 to walk the hallowed ground of the Dores - Torbreck Trail and maybe find more.
