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Thanks for that. I think i will go along with the fact this family are my ancestors.

So thank you for helping me with finding all the info.

Cheers

I think there was probably some age-rounding going on in both years. Rounded down to 25 in 1841, when she was maybe 27 or 28, nice round 40 in 1851. I wouldn't worry a huge amount about that.

The "shoe maker" for her husband is very consistent in both censuses, too.

For the name, yes, I understand Janet / Jennet / Jean / Jane - you can't count on consistency with them, in Scotland!

Thank you Yes. Richardson and Mc/MacDowall were the names.

Richardson familyI am a little confused with the Janet Richardson and The Jean Richardson and the difference in the age.. I am not sure but I think in Scotland If you were Jean you could also be addressed as Janet and vice a versa. But Janet and Jean age difference throws me. The father John had abviously died by 1851. The other names and ages fit ok.

Thanks alot for your help.
Cheers

Okay, I figured it out.


1841

Name: John Richardson
Age: 43
Estimated birth year: abt 1798
Where born: Scotland

Name: Jean Richardson
Age: 25
Estimated birth year: abt 1816
Where born: Ireland

Civil parish: Wigtown
County: Wigtownshire
Address: Agnew Crescent
Occupation: Shoemaker

John Richardson 43
Jean Richardson 25
James Richardson 1
Margaret Richardson 2 Mo


1851

Name: Janet Richardson
Age: 40
Estimated birth year: abt 1811
Relationship: Head
Where born: Ireland
Occupation: Pauper Shoe Makers Widow

Parish Number: 901
Civil parish: Wigtown
Town: Wigtown
County: Wigtownshire
Address: North Side High Street

Janet Richardson 40
James Richardson 12
Margaret Richardson 9
Jessie Richardson 4
John Richardson 1


Did I get it right?!

So, there are 166 names on Agnew Crescent in Wigtown in 1841. I still don't know what name we're looking for!

There's no Mac/McDowall, if that's it.

Still don't know what name you were looking for on North Side of High St in 1851, either.

Won't you say??

I am so sorry and apologise for my error. I touched the key beneath the 'W' on the keyboard. Typing error. So sorry for wasting your time hope you forgive me.

Jean

Jean -- is that not exactly what I posted?

Name: Isabella Macdowall
Age: 60
Estimated birth year: abt 1781
Where born: Wigtownshire, Scotland

Civil parish: Wigtown
County: Wigtownshire
Address: North Side Of High St
Parish Number: 901


You said "Agnes" Crescent in your other post. So it's AGNEW? I wasted some time there ...

Please could anybody look in the 1841 Scottish census and see if they can find Isabella MacDowall born abt, 1781 Wigtownshire. Scotland.

Any help will be much appreciated.

Cheers

First Thank You. The Reason I was searching for these addresses.
In 1841 my g.g.greandfather lived at Agnew Cresent, Wigtown. By 1851 his wife was a widow, pauper and had moved with her children to Northside high Street Wigtown. His Yougest child at that time was only one So he must have died between 1849 and 1851. I wanted to know if relatives had taken his family in after he died. Ialso wondered who lived at Agnew Crescent after John's family had moved.

Maybe a coincidence but his eldest son James later mariied a Catherine McDowall in 1863 (in Liverpool) She was also down as from Wigtown on census.

I have also been trying to find Catherines family .

So Thank you for all the help and info you have sent me. I really do appreciate the amount of free help that is offered on this site.

Cheers

Is McDowall the name you're looking for?

There is this one result:

Name: Isabella Macdowall
Age: 60
Estimated birth year: abt 1781
Where born: Wigtownshire, Scotland

Civil parish: Wigtown
County: Wigtownshire
Address: North Side Of High St
Parish Number: 901

Hi Jean - don't you have Ancestry census access?

Scottish census records at Ancestry have addresses included.

You can go to the 1851 Scotland census search page, and search for Wigtownshire, Wigtown, address: Agnes.

Unfortunately there are no results.

Searching in 1841 for Wigtownshire, Wigtown, address: northside, there are no results. For address: high, there are 1026 results.

Okay, I see one that is "High Street South". So yours might be "High Street North"? No, there are no results for that.

So I tried "high north" for address, and that gets 185 results where the address shown is "North Side of High St".

So I guess the question is, what name are you looking for?

Or, if you do have ancestry access, search the 1841 Scotland census for "North Side of High St" in Wigtown and browse the results.

Plaese can anyone tell me is my last request an impossible If so thats fine I will have to try something else.

Regards.

Is there any chance anybody could possibly find out who lived at Agnes Crescent, Wigtown. Wigtownshire, Scotland. in year 1851 also who lived at Northside High Street, Wigtown, Wigtownshire, Scotland in 1841 Please. . I am not sure if tI am asking the impossible this time.

regards

Ok Thanks for that info. It's just dont like troubling you all if I can find away of doing it my self.

Thanks to everybody on this site that offers so much free help.

I got the 1841 census details from:

www.freecen.org.uk (or just google free cen)



The rest of the information is from:

www.familysearch.org (also free)



You can also find original Parish Registers and BMD's on:

www.Scotlandspeople.gov.uk (Pay site ... but reasonable charges)

thanks for the info much appreciated.

Where do you get these result from . aAre they from Scotish People web site?

Thanks

Possible: However, this Catherine's age is a bit out.



Piece: SCT1841/886 Place: Inch -Wigtownshire Enumeration District: 7
Civil Parish: Inch Ecclesiastical Parish, Village or Island: Inch
Folio: 7 Page: 6
Address: Soulseat

Surname First name(s) Sex Age Occupation Where Born Remarks
MCDOWALL James M 50 Ag Lab Wigtownshire
MCDOWALL Grace F 45 Ireland
MCDOWALL John M 18 Cabinetmaker Apprentice Wigtownshire
MCDOWALL Grace F 15 Wigtownshire
MCDOWALL James M 13 Wigtownshire
MCDOWALL Catherine F 9 Wigtownshire
TEMPLETON Francis M 20 Ag Lab Wigtownshire


Father: James McDowall
Mother: Grace Davis

children

JOHN MCDOWALL - International Genealogical Index
Gender: Male Christening: 27 FEB 1822 Old Luce, Wigtown, Scotland
CATHRINE MCDOWALL - International Genealogical Index
Gender: Female Christening: 10 JAN 1832 Stoneykirk, Wigtown, Scotland
JAMES MCDOWALL - International Genealogical Index
Gender: Male Christening: 04 MAR 1828 Inch, Wigtown, Scotland

Thats ok thanks for trying for me. Sometimes it gets quite frustrating they just seem to disappear.

Thanks for all the other info you got for me.

Cheers

You're welcome

Haven't had any luck with Catherine - sorry

Thanks you so much for all that help. That is the family I am looking for now I have to find out when John Richardson died It must have been just after his last child was born so 1850/51.

Thanks again