1851 lookup - Airdrie or New Monkland, please? .....

[catbug]

Hello,

Would anyone with access to the 1851 census in Airdrie or New Monkland possibly be able to do a look up for me as there is no image on SP. If not, does anyone have any ideas how I can access the info online? This is the search result I got on SP:-

1851 GALLACHER HUGH M 10 AIRDRIE OR NEW MONKLAND /LANARK 651/00 002/00 011 No Image

Any help at all would be hugely appreciated as I am trying to determine whether this is the Gallacher family I have been looking for for some time, with little or no success.

Thanks ,
Cat

[w.stevely]

i checked the 1851 cencus index and found Hugh living with the family in Mew Monklands parish under Gallocher,James 57,Mary 34,Mary 11,Hugh 10,Margret 9,Richard 2,William 2,hope this is of some help to you
Willie

[catbug]

Hello Willie,

Thanks very much for looking that up for me - it's much appreciated. I'm still not sure if it's the correct family as they have been proving very, very difficult to find (even with help I've had previously) but it is a possibility so your reply was very helpful .

Thanks again,

Cat

[Jack]

Hi Cat,
With Willie's help - and it seems a pretty full household.
James' age is not easy to read with any certainty - it could be 37, 38, or even 57, 58.
One index i looked at has him as 37, another as 57....my first thought was 58.
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1851 cens 651 (640) Ed 2 p 11 (New Monkland)
15 Stirling Street, Airdrie.
James GALLOCHER, head, marr, 38?, coal miner, b Ireland
Mary GALLOCHER, wife, marr, 34, ----------------b Ireland
Mary GALLOCHER, daur, 11, -------------------b Ireland
Hugh GALLOCHER, son, 10, -----------------b Ireland
Margret GALLOCHER, daur, 9, -------------b Ireland
Richard GALLOCHER, son, 2, ------------b Ireland
William GALLOCHER, son, 2, -----------b Ireland
Sarah McKINLAY, servant, u/m 22, general servant, b Ireland
Elisabeth DUNN, visitor, marr, 20, traveller, night lodger, b Glasgow, LKS
John WANDZ, visitor, marr, 24, ditto, b Ayr, AYR
Martha ----, visitor's wife, marr, 20, ditto, b Ireland
John KING, visitor, u/m 22, ditto, b England
Ann RUSSELL, visitor, u/m 23, ditto, b Glasgow, LKS
Andrew DUNBAR, visitor, u/m 42, general labourer, b Paisley, RFW
Francis O'DONNAL, visitor, u/m 20, dealer in delfe, b Ireland
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Jack

[catbug]

Hi Jack,

Thanks very much for that, it's much appreciated . You helped me with this family before, I don't know if you remember? It was some time ago but I'm still not having much luck with them! It was Hugh I was looking for and he doesn't seem very sure of his age on all the documents I have, being born anywhere between 1838-1842. This family in the 1851 census seemed like a good bet, especially as his parent's names match, but in the only census I have for him (1871) he says he was born in Bishopton, Renfrewshire. However, every Hugh G*l*her I have found in the correct age bracket in the 1861 census is born in Ireland. I still don't know what is going on, even after all this time . He later gives his occupation as a "travelling weight tester", so I suppose he could be anywhere if 'travelling' is meant literally (I only say that because the first time I saw Journeyman written on a document I thought it meant traveller!). Unfortunately he died in the 1870's so I can't get any more census info for him. Just one of my many brick walls - I don't think any of my family want to be found, lol .

Thanks again for all your help,
Cat