Watson & Nelson 1891 .....

brian1968 · Post by **brian1968** » Wed Jul 19, 2006 11:25 am

Can anyone please find any of this family in Scotland in 1891 not sure whereabouts Aberdare is?
Tried the English census no signs of them there

1901
Alice H Nelson abt 1888 South Shields, Durham,
Elizabeth Nelson abt 1885 North Shields, Northumberland,
Elizabeth C W Nelson abt 1899 North Shields, Northumberland,
John W Nelson abt 1887 North Shields, Northumberland,
Sarah Nelson abt 1867 Walker, Northumberland, England
Sarah W Nelson abt 1890 South Shields, Durham,
Thomas H W Nelson abt 1896 Aberdare, Scotland
Mary J Watson abt 1895 Aberdare, Scotland
Thomas H Watson abt 1864 North Shields, Northumberland,

CatrionaL · Post by **CatrionaL** » Wed Jul 19, 2006 11:34 am

Brian

Hullo and a warm welcome to Talking Scot.

Since I had never heard of an Aberdare in Scotland, I went looking on MutiMap. The only Aberdare that came up was in Wales! Could the name on the Census be Aberdour, which is in Fife. Perhaps you could upload the Census to the TS Gallery, for help with reading the name of your ancestors birthplace.

Best wishes

Catriona

brian1968 · Post by **brian1968** » Wed Jul 19, 2006 11:50 am

Thanks
I have uploaded the census image when does it appear

Post by **Jean Jeanie** » Wed Jul 19, 2006 12:29 pm

Hi Brian

Someone from Admin will approve the image and upload it for us to see. This is usually done quite quickly.

Watch this space.............

Jean

JustJean · Post by **JustJean** » Wed Jul 19, 2006 12:34 pm

Here it is...

http://talkingscot.com/gallery/displayi ... p?pos=-672

Best wishes
Jean

Post by **Jean Jeanie** » Wed Jul 19, 2006 12:36 pm

Hi Brian

Looks like Aberdeen to me

Jean

Caroline · Post by **Caroline** » Wed Jul 19, 2006 12:45 pm

Hi Brian,

Did a search on SP and there was a Thomas H W Nelson born in 1896 in Aberdeen and a Mary J Watson born there in 1895 - so looks like it's definitely Aberdeen !

Caroline

brian1968 · Post by **brian1968** » Wed Jul 19, 2006 4:35 pm

Thanks for all your replies but is there no sign of them on the 1891 census

JustJean · Post by **JustJean** » Thu Jul 27, 2006 1:54 am

Hello Brian

If you visit Scotlands People website and buy a few credits you can access the 1891 Scottish census for yourself. You'll find it quite easy to locate your family enumerated as NELSON in Aberdeen. Actually if you search for a 3 year old Alice there should only be one.

Best wishes
Jean

DavidWW · Post by **DavidWW** » Thu Jul 27, 2006 12:27 pm

JustJean wrote:Hello Brian

If you visit Scotlands People website and buy a few credits you can access the 1891 Scottish census for yourself. You'll find it quite easy to locate your family enumerated as NELSON in Aberdeen. Actually if you search for a 3 year old Alice there should only be one.

Best wishes
Jean

The only problem here is that the mother is shown as Head of Household, and a Widow ................ except that if you have a look at http://www.talkingscot.com/gallery/disp ... =72&pos=22
you will see that she was indeed a widow, or at least describing herself as a widow in 1891.

Today's competition is to decipher the words in the "Parents" column

I can't make it all out, but I know enough to be able to deduce the most likely scenario !! Just to make it a wee bit easier, - see also the birth register entry for wee Mary Jane WATSON .... http://www.talkingscot.com/gallery/disp ... =72&pos=16 where it's much easier to decipher the "Parents" column info.

David

PS Note that I rarely post images of register images, preferring to direct folk to where they can be found, but this one is a classic, with, I'm sure, a tale to tell, not least given the name Thomas Hendry WOOD or NELSON

dww