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James Clark Edwards

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Jocelyn

Jocelyn Report 8 Apr 2009 01:57

Hi, I'm trying to trace my great grandfather - James Clark Edwards. The LDS site has info that he was born 5 Nov 1859 at Stonehaven, Scotland, which was submitted from someone's family tree data but I've been unable to verify this through Scotlandspeople records. Can anyone give me some advice as to where I might go from here? He married Anne Robertson Bennet 2 Dec 1881 at Glamis, Scotland and they migrated to Australia. Thanks

Lewella

Lewella Report 8 Apr 2009 02:04

Could be that he was the illegitimate son of James Edwards and his "servant" Catherine Clark


1861 Scotland Census
about James Edwards
Name: James Edwards
Age: 1
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1860
Relationship: Boarder
Gender: Male
Where born: Stonehaven, Kincardineshire
Registration Number: 250
Registration district: Arbuthnott
Civil Parish: Arbuthnott
County: Kincardineshire
Address: Farm House Of Old Cake
ED: 4
Household schedule number: 10
Line: 9
Roll: CSSCT1861_34
Household Members:
Name Age
James Edwards 46
James Edwards 9
Catherine Clark 23
James Edwards 1

Jocelyn

Jocelyn Report 8 Apr 2009 02:18

How intriguing! - could that mean that his birth wasn't registered?

Lewella

Lewella Report 8 Apr 2009 02:22

A distinct possibility. Whereabouts in Australia did he end up?

Jocelyn

Jocelyn Report 8 Apr 2009 02:35

They went to Maryborough, Qld in 1882 where they had 5 children, then went to Otago, NZ, where they had another 5 children.

Lewella

Lewella Report 8 Apr 2009 02:43

Ah, I see that he died in 1938. Does his death certificate disclose any parents' details?

Jocelyn

Jocelyn Report 8 Apr 2009 02:52

His parents names on the death certificate are James Edwards and Catherine Edwards nee Clark so that ties in with the census. On his marriage certificate his parents are listed as William Edwards and Catherine Clark - both deceased in 1881