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Andrew Blackie

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Meili

Meili Report 17 Apr 2014 08:27

Looking for the baptism of my Scottish GGF Andrew Blackie born about September 1854 in Gilmerton, Midlothian.

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 17 Apr 2014 08:32

If it isn't on..............

https://familysearch.org/

..................you'll need to purchase credits for Scotlands people. It is not a subscription site.

AnnCardiff

AnnCardiff Report 17 Apr 2014 09:42

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Name: Andrew Blackie
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1871
Gender: Male
Age: 17
Birthplace: Midlothian
Registration District: Lasswade
County: Midlothian
Birth Year (Estimated): 1854
GS Film number: 104058

Marked As Answer Marked as Answered

alviegal

alviegal Report 17 Apr 2014 10:11

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1861

First Name ANDREW
Last Name BLACKIE
Relationship STEP SON
Condition -
Gender Male
Age 8
Year Of Birth 1853
Occupation SCHOLAR
Birth Town LIVERTON
Birth County MIDLOTHIAN
Birth Place SCOTLAND
House Name HUNTERFIELD
Street -
Parish NEWBATTLE
Town -
City -
Registration District NEWBATTLE
County Midlothian
Country SCOTLAND
Archive Reference RG09

JOHN ARCHIBALD HEAD 23 1838 TEMPLE
Transcription
CATHERINE ARCHIBALD WIFE 21 1840 ?
Transcription
MARGARET JACK WIFE 44 1817 LIVERTON
Transcription
WILLIAM BLACKIE STEP SON 15 1846 DALKEITH
Transcription
JAMES BLACKIE STEP SON 13 1848 DALKEITH
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WALTER BLACKIE STEP SON 10 1851 LIVERTON
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MARY BLACKIE STEP DAUGHTER 5 1856 LASSWADE
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ELISABETH BLACKIE STEP DAUGHTER 3 1858 NEWBATTLE
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JOHN BLACKIE STEP SON 17 1844 DALKEITH
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MARGARET PENMAN HEAD 51 1810 NEWBATTLE
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JAMES MCNEILL HEAD 56 1805 TRANENT
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JOSEPH MCKINLAY BOARDER 22 1839 RUTHERGLEN
Transcription
JAMES ROSS SON 19 1842 WEST LINTON
Transcription
MARGARET ROSS GRAND CHILD 9 1852 TEMPLE



1871 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
First Name ANDREW
Last Name BLACKIE
Relationship SON
Condition UNMARRIED
Gender Male
Age 17
Occupation MINER
Year Of Birth 1854
Birth Town LIBERTON
Birth Place SCOTLAND
Birth County MIDLOTHIAN
House Number 1
House Name OLD ROW
Street -
Parish LASSWADE
Town -
City -
County Midlothian
Country SCOTLAND
Registration District LASSWADE
Archive Reference RG10

WALTER BLACKIE SON 19 1852 DUDDISTON
Transcription
MARY BLACKIE DAUGHTER 15 1856 LASSWADE
Transcription
JAMES MCNEIL HEAD 66 1805 TRANENT
Transcription
MARGARET MCNEIL WIFE 53 1818 GILMERTON

ArgyllGran

ArgyllGran Report 17 Apr 2014 13:38

Where have you found the information that he was born in Gilmerton, Carole?

Per ScotlandsPeople, these are all the Andrew Blackie (or variation) births in Midlothian 1855 - 65 - none are in Gilmerton The Newington or Newton births would be the nearest geographically, but the dates aren't near 1854:

1861 BLACK ANDREW M ST GEORGE EDINBURGH CITY/MIDLOTHIAN 685/01 0233

1864 BLACK ANDREW M LEITH NORTH EDINBURGH CITY/MIDLOTHIAN 692/01 0386

1861 BLACKIE ANDREW HOPE M NEWINGTON EDINBURGH CITY/MIDLOTHIAN 685/05 0311

1864 BLACKIE JOHN ANDREW M ST GILES EDINBURGH CITY/MIDLOTHIAN 685/04 1135

1861 BLAKE ANDREW THOMSON M NEWTON /MIDLOTHIAN 696/00 0007

Pre-1855,(1845-54) there are these, but again, none in or near Gilmerton, and none in 1854:

13/06/1847 BLACK ANDREW ROBERT BLACK/JANET GOURLAY FR1099 (FR1099) M CURRIE /MIDLOTHIAN 682/00 0040 0199

30/11/1851 BLACK ANDREW ROBERT BLACK/MARION BORTHWICK FR4137 (FR4137) M LEITH NORTH EDINBURGH CITY CITY/MIDLOTHIAN 692/01 0100 0307

Do you have any idea what his parents' names were?
17/05/1846 BLAIKIE JAMES ANDREW ----- M ST CUTHBERT'S BLOTTER EDINBURGH CITY/MIDLOTHIAN 685/0S 09MR 0000 No Image

17/05/1846 BLAIKIE JAMES ANDREW WILLIAM GARDEN/BLAIKIE MARGARET CATHERINE BIGGAR FR9400 (FR9 M ST CUTHBERT'S EDINBURGH CITY CITY/MIDLOTHIAN 685/02 0360 0268

Meili

Meili Report 17 Apr 2014 14:59

Thanks for responding, I appreciate it - he always told his children that he was born at Gilmerton although the 1861 & 1871 census show Liberton.
He had 4 brothers and 2 sisters and I've found the baptisms for all but him and his brother before him!
A couple of times a year I go to Scot People to search in case it's been added.
The family moved around Edinburgh until his father Walter died and his mother Margaret Jack remarried.
He quite possibly is listed under John Andrew or Andrew John as his middle name was Jack.
I posted my query in case there were descendants of the only bro to stay in Scotland, James, who may have the family Bible or other paperwork.
regards, Carole

GlasgowLass

GlasgowLass Report 17 Apr 2014 15:07

Andrew is most likely be the son of Walter Blackie and Margaret Jack.
Family search does not show their marriage
Only the births of William, James and Mary are on FS

William baptised 1846 Dalkieth
James baptosed 1848 Dalkeith
Mary BORN 8 Apr 1855 registered in Lasswade

Assuming these are his siblings, Andrew must have been born earlier than Sep1854
( Mary born just 7months after this estimate)

Margaret Jack remarried James McNeil in Newbattle on 31 Dec 1860

1861 Scotland Census about Andrew Blackie
Name: Andrew Blackie
Age: 8
Estimated birth year: abt 1853
Relationship: Stepson
Mother's name: Margaret Jack
Gender: Male
Where born: Liberton, Edinburgh
Registration Number: 695
Registration district: Newbattle
Civil Parish: Newbattle
County: Midlothian
Address: Hunterfield
Occupation: Scholar
ED: 8
Household schedule number: 13
LINE: 12
Roll: CSSCT1861_133
Household Members:
Name Age
James Mcneill 56
Margaret Jack 44
John Blackie 17
William Blackie 15
James Blackie 13
Walter Blackie 10
Andrew Blackie 8
Mary Blackie 5
Elisabeth Blackie 3

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 17 Apr 2014 16:56

To find links on GR..........look in 'search all member trees'.....under the 'search' button

ArgyllGran

ArgyllGran Report 17 Apr 2014 18:41

Just for the record, as GlasgowLass said it didn't show on FamilySearch -
Walter & Margaret's marriage:

08/10/1842 JACK MARGARET WALTER BLACKIE/FR1325 (FR1325) F NEWBATTLE /MIDLOTHIAN 695/00 0050 0257

Meili

Meili Report 19 Apr 2014 13:03

Thanks everyone, I'll keep hoping I'll find the birth/baptism one day; I know he existed and was born the 5th of 7 children so that's better than a brick wall.

Gee

Gee Report 19 Apr 2014 14:40

There are baptism's for:

Mary - 8th April 1855 Lasswade , Elizabeth - 16th May 1857 Newbattle, William - 14th June 1846 Dalkeith and James - 17th July 1848 Dalkeith

Dates entered are full DOB



No others are showing at Ancestry


I presume this his death?


Australia Death Index, 1787-1985

Name:Andrew J Blackie

Death Date:1909

Death Place:New South Wales

Father's Name:
Walter

Mother's name:
Margaret

Registration Year:1909

Registration Place:West Wallsend, New South Wales

Registration Number:11462