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Christopher

Christopher Report 23 Sep 2021 17:22

Hi

I have five births below from Thomas McEwan and Bridget Semple (or Name Variants)

I suspect they are linked to Thomas McEwan and Bridget Semple (in my tree which I harvested from a Death Certificate - Charles McEwan 1857 dod) but can't find any digital records past the baptism details. It has been suggested that they may have gone overseas (I can't find any death records)

I wanted someone with international access to check names in the Americas and Australia to see if there were any hits (they may have some parent names in DC's)
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Scotland Roman Catholic Parish Baptisms Transcription (Find My Past) says

Thomas McEwan
Sex Male
Birth year 1809
Birth date 18 Feb 1809
Baptism year 1809
Baptism date 19 Feb 1809
Denomination Roman Catholic
Baptism place Glasgow
Parish St Andrew
Diocese Glasgow
County Lanarkshire
Country Scotland
Father's first name(s) Thomas
Father's last name McEwan
Mother's first name(s) Bridget
Mother's last name Semple
Volume 02
(looks like Pedlar?, for Father occ. Sponsors, Patrick MacGraddie, Molly Semple)

First name(s) Robert McEwen
Sex Male
Birth year 1821
Birth date 24 Jun 1821
Baptism year 1821
Baptism date 20 Jul 1821
Denomination Roman Catholic
Baptism place Edinburgh
Parish St Mary's Cathedral
Diocese St Andrews & Edinburgh
County Midlothian
Country Scotland
Father's first name(s) Thomas
Father's last name McEwen
Mother's first name(s) Bridget
Mother's last name Semple
Volume 03
(Sponsors, Hamilton Morrice, Rose Tonar)

First name(s) Arthur McEwen
Sex Male
Birth year 1806
Birth date 06 Sep 1806
Baptism year 1806
Baptism date 10 Oct 1806
Denomination Roman Catholic
Baptism place Edinburgh
Parish St Mary's Cathedral
Diocese St Andrews & Edinburgh
County Midlothian
Country Scotland
Father's first name(s) Thomas
Father's last name McEwen
Mother's first name(s) Bridget
Mother's last name Semple
Volume 02
(occ. Pedlar. Sponsors, Robt. McEwen, Elenor MacEwen)

First name(s) John MacEwan
Sex Male
Birth year 1813
Birth date 22 Mar 1813
Baptism year 1813
Baptism date10 Apr 1813
Denomination Roman Catholic
Baptism place Edinburgh
Parish St Mary's Cathedral
Diocese St Andrews & Edinburgh
County Midlothian
Country Scotland
Father's first name(s) Thomas
Father's last name MacEwan
Mother's first name(s) Bridget
Mother's last name Simple
(Sponsors, Peter Murray, Margaret Simple)

First name(s) Mary McEwan
Sex Female
Birth year 1811
Birth date 08 May 1811
Baptism year 1811
Baptism date 09 Jun 1811
Denomination Roman Catholic
Baptism place Paisley
Parish St Mirin
Diocese Paisley
County Renfrewshire
Country Scotland
Father's first name(s) Thomas
Father's last name McEwan
Mother's first name(s) Bridget
Mother's last name Symple
Volume 01
(Sponsors, Charles McEwan, Nancy McOneghy)

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 23 Sep 2021 17:35

Have you tried looking yourself on the familysearch site?


ArgyllGran

ArgyllGran Report 23 Sep 2021 17:45

Possible death of Robert? [ NO - see ErikaH's post below.)

No age shown, so you'd have to see the image on Scotlands People (6 credits).

MCEWEN
ROBERT
M
Death date: 30/6/1821
Edinburgh, St Mary's Cathedral

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 23 Sep 2021 17:53

The one posted by the OP was baptised in July

ArgyllGran

ArgyllGran Report 23 Sep 2021 18:13

Oh yes, so he was

ArgyllGran

ArgyllGran Report 24 Sep 2021 14:11

That's a Church of Scotland burial, whereas the baptisms are all RC.

May or may not matter, but casts doubt.

EDIT:
This was in response to a burial in 1833 at the High Church , Glasgow for an Arthur McEwen born c1807, posted by ErikaH and now deleted, per her post below..

I'm mentioning it for elimination purposes.

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 24 Sep 2021 14:12

I've deleted. The record didn't specify a denomination

Maddie

Maddie Report 26 Sep 2021 13:40

is this the record you found


Name: Charles McEuen
Birth Date: abt 1801
Death Date: 20 Nov 1857
Death Place: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Age at Death: 56
Gender: Male
Cemetery: Christ Church
FHL Film Number: 1976712

bapt at the age of 17

Name: Charles McEuen
Baptism Age: 17
Event Type: Baptism
Birth Date: abt 1801
Baptism Date: 1 Apr 1818
Baptism Place: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Denomination: Roman Catholic
Organization Name: Church of the Transfiguration

Name: Chas Mcewen
Gender: Male
Ethnicity/ Nationality: American
Age: 50
Birth Date: abt 1801
Place of Origin: United States of America
Departure Port: Cowes, England and Le Havre, France
Destination: USA
Arrival Date: 8 Sep 1851
Arrival Port: New York, New York, USA
Ship Name: Franklin
Search Ship Database: Search for the Franklin in the 'Passenger Ships and Images' database



ArgyllGran

ArgyllGran Report 26 Sep 2021 14:27

This will be the death record Christopher mentioned:

MCEWAN
CHARLES
58
mmn SEMPLE
1857
564/1 141
Greenock New or Middle

He was a bell-hanger and gas-fitter, married.
Address: 41 Market Street, Greenock.
His father was a farmer.
Cause of death: " Morbus cordis for years"

Informant: Thomas Nimmo, brother-in-law (not present).


So this looks like him in 1851:

Charles Mcewan
in the 1851 Scotland Census
Name: Charles Mcewan
Age: 50
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1801
Relationship: Head
Spouse: Mary Mcewan
Gender: Male
Where born: Ireland <<<<<<<<<<<<<<
Parish Number: 564
Civil Parish: Greenock West
County: Renfrewshire
Address: 12 High Vennel Lambs Land
Occupation: Gas Fitter Journeyman
ED: 83
Page: 9
Household Schedule Number: 28
Line: 7
Roll: CSSCT1851_119
Household Members:
Name Age
Charles Mcewan 50
Mary Mcewan 48
Maryann Mcewan 20
Charles Mcewan 19
Theresa Mcewan 7
Joseph Mcewan 4
Charlotte Hardey 32
Catherine Oneil 20


Widow and children in 1861:

Mary Mcewen
in the 1861 Scotland Census
Name: Mary Mcewen
Age: 60
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1801
Relationship: Head
Gender: Female
Where born: Ireland <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
Registration Number: 564/1
Registration district: Greenock Middle
Civil parish: Greenock Middle
County: Renfrewshire
Address: 7 Market Street
Occupation: Draper
ED: 15
Household schedule number: 48
Line: 21
Roll: CSSCT1861_76
Household Members Age Relationship
Mary Mcewen 60 Head
Mary A Mcewen 30 Daughter
Charles Mcewen 26 Son
Teanesa Mcewen 17 Daughter
Joseph Mcewen 14 Son


As Charles was born in Ireland, chances are that his parents married there.

No record on irishgenealogy.ie, of either Charles's birth or his parents marriage.

Maddie

Maddie Report 26 Sep 2021 14:49

ok thans

from a tree on ancestry
charles
Birth
ABT 1801 • Ireland

1801

(AGE)
Birth of daughter Mary Ann McEwan(1831–)
abt 1831 • Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland

1831

30
Birth of son Charles McEwan(1831–)
10 Feb 1831 • Glasgow, Lanark

1831

30
Birth of daughter Teressa McEwan(1844–)
abt 1844 • Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland

1844

43
Birth of son Joseph McEwan(1846–1920)
23 Aug 1846 • Greenock, Renfrewshire

1846

45
Death
26 JUN 1857 • Greenock, Renfrewshire.

parents

Thomas Mcewan (Farmer by profession)

Birth Ireland

Death Unknown



Bridget Semple

Birth Ireland

Death Unknown

spouse and children


Mary Smith

1803–1875
Mary Ann McEwan

1831–
Charles McEwan

1831–
Teressa McEwan

1844–
Joseph McEwan

1846–1920

not very helpful