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looking for information on William Matheson who married Barbara Campbell Scotland. Their son William Matheson was born 1826 and was my ancestor. his death certicate says he was born in (Rothshire? Rosshire?) he died 1900 in new zealand

There is this marriage on Family Search

WILLIAM MATHESON Pedigree
Male Family

Marriages:
Spouse: BARBARA CAMPBELL Family
Marriage:
07 JUN 1827 Fodderty, Ross And Cromarty, Scotland

And this birth

WILLIAM MATHESON Pedigree
Male

Event(s):
Birth:
30 JUN 1828
Christening:
07 JUL 1828 Dingwall, Ross And Cromarty, Scotland

Parents:
Father: WILLIAM MATHESON Family
Mother: BARBARA CAMPBELL

Possible family 1841

Name: William Matheson
Age: 35
Estimated birth year: abt 1806
Gender: Male
Where born: Ross and Cromarty, Scotland

Civil Parish: Dingwall
County: Ross and Cromarty
Address: George Str
Occupation: Shoemaker
Parish Number: 62
Household Members:
Name Age
William Matheson 35
Barbara Matheson 35
William Matheson 13
Helen Matheson 11
John Matheson 9
Ronalda Matheson 6
Charles Matheson 3
Colin Cameron 15


and 1861

Name: William Matheson
Age: 55
Estimated birth year: abt 1806
Relationship: Head
Spouse's name : Barbara Matheson
Gender: Male
Where born: Dingwall, Ross-Shire
Registration Number: 62
Registration district: Dingwall
Civil Parish: Dingwall
County: Ross and Cromarty
Address: George Street
Occupation: Police Officer
ED: 3
Household schedule number: 68
Line: 16
Roll: CSSCT1861_8
Household Members:
Name Age
William Matheson 55
Barbara Matheson 53 B Fodderty, Ross-Shire
Charles Matheson 23

that looks like the right family but no parents listed for either of them

You can check parish records on the Family Search sites or Scotlands People. The later is pay to view

A possible Barbara Campbell from the Family Search Beta site

birth: 09 Sep 1806 — FODDERTY, ROSS AND CROMARTY, SCOTLAND
residence: Rocr, Scotland
parents: William Campble

record title: Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950
name: Barbara Campble
gender: Female
birth date: 09 Sep 1806
birthplace: FODDERTY,ROSS AND CROMARTY,SCOTLAND
father's name: William Campble
indexing project (batch) number: C11065-2
system origin: Scotland-ODM
source film number: 9

In 1851 I thnk they are mistranscribed as Matthews and William's birthpalce is unclear

Name: William Matthews
Age: 49
Estimated birth year: abt 1802
Relationship: Head
Spouse's name: Barbara Matthews
Gender: Male
Where born: F??, Ross-Shire
Parish Number: 62
Civil Parish: Dingwall
County: Ross and Cromarty
Address: George Street
Occupation: Shoemaker??
ED: 3
Page: 13 (click to see others on page)
Household schedule number: 38
Line: 11
Roll: CSSCT1851_14
Household Members:
Name Age
William Matthews 49
Barbara Matthews 51
Ronalda Matthews 16
Charles Matthews 13

ronalda is quite an uncommon name so i would say yes thats the right family

This is also on Family Search

WILLIAM MATHIESON Pedigree
Male

Event(s):
Birth:
12 JUN 1801 Fodderty, Ross And Cromarty, Scotland
Christening:

Parents:
Father: WM. MATHIESON Family

Jason, as William and Barbara died after statutory registration began in Scotland in 1855, you should look on Scotlandspeople for their deaths. The death entries will give their parents names if the informant knew the details. Credits cost £6 for 30 - 1 credit to view search results and 5 to view / download register entry. Look for Barbara's first as females are indexed using both married and maiden surnames. Her death entry should say if she "married to" or "widow of" William. When entering the surname if you put in Math*son it will give you results for Matheson and Mathieson.


EDIT
Sorry, I should also have said for Barbara if you use Barb* as again this allows for spelling variations.