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CHRISTOPHER ATKINSON
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Helen | Report | 9 May 2008 14:51 |
Hi Maureen - I'm trying to find the record of John's birth and am getting nowhere fast! I'm wondering - is Berwick on Tweed classed as Scottish or English? I've always assumed that it would be registered in Scotland as the place of birth is given as Scotland, but I see from some of the census returns, Berwick is Northumberland, England - I didn't think that happened till the mid 1880's. Perhaps I should be looking in the English births. Did you get your information re Berwick from the English or the Scottish census? |
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Helen | Report | 8 May 2008 08:08 |
HI Maureen - I realize that part of the information is missing but I'm not sure how much confidence to put in that information anyway. I think the only way forward is to get the birth certificate & take it from there. |
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GlitterBaby | Report | 7 May 2008 23:10 |
Helen, |
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Helen | Report | 7 May 2008 23:09 |
Thanks for all that info - the later ones I have and they are correct, but the earlier ones I hadn't found and they've enabled me to put some more pieces of the jigsaw together. I still haven't found Christopher, but at least I feel I'm getting closer! Thanks again. |
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Helen | Report | 7 May 2008 23:04 |
Thanks for that - I don't have the birth cert as I'm just picking up where someone-else left off & I've only searched the census returns so far, but I can see that that must be the next port of call. Thanks |
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GlitterBaby | Report | 7 May 2008 17:47 |
Do you actually have the birth cert for John as usually scottish birth certs show the date of marriage of the parents. |
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GlitterBaby | Report | 6 May 2008 23:33 |
1901 is this one a possible? |
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GlitterBaby | Report | 6 May 2008 23:19 |
1871 poss |
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Helen | Report | 6 May 2008 23:06 |
Can anyone help me with information about Christopher Atkinson, born probably around 1840 or so as his son John Atkinson Laing was born in 1863 in Berwick on Tweed. I believe Christopher was married to Isabella Laing and I understand they went to Canada sometime in the 1880's. However I cannot find them in any census prior to this. Can anyone fill in a few gaps? |