Genealogy Chat

This is the family from the 1841:

Mary McKay 40
John McKay 15
Alexander McKay 15
William McKay 10
Eliza McKay 10
Wemyss McKay 5
Joseph McKay 5

and I think this is probably the same family in 1851 - the children's names are all the same (except for William who isn't there), although the ages are a bit out:

1851 Scotland Census
about John Mackay
Name: John Mackay
Age: 50
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1801
Relationship: Head
Spouse's Name: Mary Mackay
Gender: Male
Where born: Rogart Parish, sutherlandshire
Parish Number: 685/1
Civil parish: Edinburgh St Andrew
Town: Edinburgh
County: Midlothian
Address: 22 George Street
Occupation: Children Pensioner Messenger To Insuarance An
ED: 5
Page: 20 (click to see others on page)
Household schedule number: 67
Line: 10
Roll: CSSCT1851_180
Household Members: Name Age
John Mackay 50
Mary Mackay 50
John Mackay 24
Alexander Mckay 21
Eliza Mackay 18
Weingess Mackay 14
Joseph Mckay 11
Anne Robertson 18

Edit: just checked the children'sPOB and all except Joseph were born in Ceylon (1841 says Scotland for them all).

Potty
This is the 1841 Barracks Census. I don't know what the qu means either. But we cannot presume that all these children belong to Mary and I don't even know if this is my William - just a line working on. There is no Alexander on these census pages that I have found!
No twins further down the line that I am aware of.
Cynthia
Yes this is another possibility as birth dates could be a few years out and there are many transcript errors. William and Catherine were married at St. Augustine (RC) in Manchester later moved to Chorlton cum Medlock.

Potty
Thank you but don't think the 1851 Census is mine - William would have been 19 (and born Scotland) but his father was Alexander and would have been around 40 ish at least.

I didn't think the 1851 was yours either, Carol. Just posting it to perhaps rule out the William in the 1841 but, as you say, Mary might not have been his mother.

Sorry my replies either take a while to get here or they don't appear at all and I have to re-type.

Cynthia
Yes this is another possibility and William and Catherine were married at St Augustine RC - later in Chorlton cum Medlock.
Potty
This is the 1841 Baracks census. Not sure all the children belong to Mary.
Not sure this is my William - just a line working on.
No knowledge of any twins further down the line so far.

Having trouble with the site - logging off for a couple of hours and then will log on again.

There have been difficulties with the site for a while now Carol......just keep trying :-D


It crossed my mind that the enumerator would have possibly heard McKay pronounced as "Mc-eye" which put me onto that one. It's a poor transcription and, as I said has been shown as both McKei (?) and McKee.

Hope this helps. Cx

Just a thought.......

Have you tried the surname MACKIE ?

I have tried many variations on the name.
William could well have been in Manchester in 1851 but unfortunately many of the enumeration pages for the Deansgate area are unreadable due to damage so there are a great number of gaps in the transcribed census.