smith/smyth genealogy .....

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allsmyths
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smith/smyth genealogy .....

Post by allsmyths » Fri Apr 29, 2005 11:23 pm

could some one please look up the 1861/1871 census of campbeltown
argyll shire for a malcolm smith and his family i think his fathers name was peter smith/smyth and his mothers name might have been elizabeth or betsy.i am informed he had 3 brothers. i dont know which area in campbeltown they lived. i have spent 2 years searching the irish records because i thought he was irish one should not assume things in genealogy
hopefully some kind person will steer me right this time many thanks and my best wishes : :?:

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Post by AndrewP » Fri Apr 29, 2005 11:47 pm

The 1871 census gives two Malcolm Smiths in Campbeltown. One age 9, the other age 43. These can be found online at www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk and you should find their complete households there.

Hopefully, the 1861 census will come online later this year, or early next year.

All the best,

Andrew Paterson

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Post by WilmaM » Fri Apr 29, 2005 11:50 pm

You can search the 1871 cenus yourself now :)

Scotlands people - www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk now have the 1871 census online.

~If you need any help or hints as to the best way to search do ask, there are many experts here .
Wilma

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Post by nelmit » Sat Apr 30, 2005 1:04 am

Hello,

I take it you have seen this family on the IGI:

Children of Peter SMITH and Betsy MCTAGGART
1. EDWARD SMITH - International Genealogical Index
Gender: Male Birth: 08 NOV 1864 Campbeltown, Argyll, Scotland

2. JOHN SMITH - International Genealogical Index
Gender: Male Birth: 27 AUG 1857 Campbeltown, Argyll, Scotland

3. MALCOLM SMITH - International Genealogical Index
Gender: Male Birth: 11 MAY 1861 Campbeltown, Argyll, Scotland

4. CHARLES SMITH - International Genealogical Index
Gender: Male Birth: 08 NOV 1864 Campbeltown, Argyll, Scotland

Annette M

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Post by DavidWW » Sat Apr 30, 2005 11:04 am

Note for all

Substantial info given in a reply to the post on the SGS DG....... so no need for others to do much here.

Can anyone recall this situation previously on this DG on on the previous GROS SP DG, as I recognised it immediately which is why I was able to supply so much info directly?

The previous post may have dealt with the sister of the 4 boys, - Fiona, - the informant or registrar on that birth register entry got the mother's maiden name wrong, but her later marriage confirms the parents as Peter SMITH and Betsy McTAGGART.

A neat little lesson popped up via Betsy's death register entry. Throughtput all the records, bar her death register entry, she is shown as Betsy, but in the death register entry, the informant was the Governer of the poor house, and he obviously decided that she should be referred to as Elizabeth :!:

Davie