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Wendy

Wendy Report 14 Oct 2010 16:31

Wow! Thanks Gael! I would never have thought to look in the US! He came to Australia when he was in his 20's, will have to look and see the earliest I can place him here and check the dates. We don't know how/when he got here, either. He did come alone, though. Half of his kids were registered Stuart, the other half registered Stewart, and only the last few years have we all found each other! Pretty sure he was illiterate! LOL. The OS stuff is all new to me, so I will enjoy looking at both recommended. Thanks to you both, so much!

Gael

Gael Report 13 Oct 2010 10:19

There's this Stewart [looks to me like Stuart] on the 1850 Census in USA on this site

http://pilot.familysearch.org

You can go into the image and have look for yourself. He is with Mary age 22

Name: James Stewart
Residence: Boston, ward 12, Suffolk, Massachusetts
Age: 23 years
Calculated Birth Year: 1827
Birthplace: Nova Scotia
Gender: Male
Race (original):
Race (expanded):
Death Month:
Death Year:
Film Number: 443558
Digital GS Number: 4200024
Image Number: 00133
Line Number: 8
Dwelling House Number: 872
Family Number: 1046
Marital Status:
Free or Slave:
Collection: United States Census, 1850

mgnv

mgnv Report 13 Oct 2010 09:20

?Any help at:
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~canns/

Wendy

Wendy Report 13 Oct 2010 07:47

Looking for records for Halifax, NS. James Stewart/Stuart b C1827, father Peter b C1800 (blacksmith), mother Flora Cochrane b C1805. These details came from James' marriage certificate in Aust. Listed birthplace as Halifax, Nova Scotia, BC. I have looked at sites recommended on some of these posts, LDS online, looked at census, (found a potential Peter, but says carpenter). It is before civil regos, so I think I probably need a researcher in Canada to look through church records. Anyone one got a good one they can recommend? It's driving me MAD!!!
Thanks, Wendy