1861 census lookup please/ possibly Edinburgh

[Pamela]

I am looking for Edward Black and his wife Jane.[nee Alexander] Edward was supposedly a poet. They were born late 1700`s very early 1800`s.
Many thanks. Pamela

[nelmit]

I am looking for Edward Black and his wife Jane.[nee Alexander] Edward was supposedly a poet. They were born late 1700`s very early 1800`s.
Many thanks. Pamela

Hello Pamela,

Not sure if I have the correct Edward.

I did a search of Scotlands people and there is one match of a 30 year old Edward Black living in the same household as a Jane in 1861.

If it's the same person he was living here (from FREECEN) as a 10 year old in 1841-

Piece: SCT1841/685 Place: St Cuthbert's -Midlothian Enumeration District: 04
Civil Parish: St Cuthberts Ecclesiastical Parish, Village or Island: -
Folio: 159 Page: 1
Address: John Watson's Public Institut

There is a marriage of an Edward Black to a Jane Alexander in 1854 in Edinburgh.

EDWARD BLACK
Male

Marriages:
Spouse: JANE ALEXANDER
Marriage: 14 JUN 1854 Saint Cuthberts, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
I'm fairly sure they are probably all the same person but obviously he is a lot younger than your Edward Black.

Regards,
Annette M

[Pamela]

Hi Annette. Thanks for your help. i think that would be mine as Jane was Jane Alexander, I had guessed he birth year as she was one og about 15 children, the eldest being born in the 1780`s. i dont know where she is in the line. Did she have any children on the census entry? Cheers Pamela

[nelmit]

Hi Annette. Thanks for your help. i think that would be mine as Jane was Jane Alexander, I had guessed he birth year as she was one og about 15 children, the eldest being born in the 1780`s. i dont know where she is in the line. Did she have any children on the census entry? Cheers Pamela

Hello Pamela,

You can check if they had any children by looking at the entry on SP. I just did a search for the couple.

I certainly don't see any children for them on the IGI.

Regards,
Annette M

[ellenavon]

Hi there

According to Ancestry, the Edward Black with wife Jane is a surveyor.
there are no children showing with them in either 1861 or 1871.

1861 @ 50A Frederick St, 3rd Flat, Edinburgh St George:

Edward Black, 30, Surveyor, b. Edinburgh, St Cuthberts
Jane Black, 29, Wife, b. Edinburgh, St Cuthberts
Rachel Redpath, 62, Visitor, b. Wamphrey, Dumfriesshire
Agnes Dunbar, 22 Servant

1871

Edward + Jane + a servant.

Regards

Ellen.

[Pamela]

Thank you Ellen. It would seem that they didnt have children. Cheers Pamela