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it would be lovely to come across someone researching my great g/dad, by census 1851 he was 25yrs born inverurie aberdeenshire scotland, 1861 he is 36yrs coalminer, 1871 he is 55yrs (age gone up 20yrs) & died 1871 aged 50yrs, so a mystery he is, no parents on his death cert, wed by banns, ive been looking since 1992 , , his age is up & down in census, & he was younger i believe ,than robina Fife his wife,, they wed 1844, but i just cant find him in 1841 census, so has ive said, wouldnt it be wonderful, if somebody has been searching for a brother to their line , my direct line,&iam stuck , any Gordons researching inverurie please, :-)

Hello Valerie - use the "Search" facility, top right hand corner of this page to see if anyone else on this site has him in their tree - you should also post on "Find Ancestors" rather than "Chat" where you will get plenty of help

Ann X

Good Luck in your search Valerie :-)

He is in 7 trees on Mundia.com
His wife is named as Robina Allan.
No parents for him.
Edit
Trees also on Familysearch,Pedigree Resource File

Have you discounted this one? A bit younger than the census ages given for your man.

23/02/1829 GORDON JAMES WILLIAM GORDON/JANET SANGSTER M INVERURIE /ABERDEEN 204/00 0040 0046

AnnCardiff is correct - you should post on Find Ancestors where more helpers will see your request.

Where did you get the info re a marriage in 1844 to Robina Fife?

This is the only marriage of a James Gordon to a Robina on ScotlandsPeople, 1837 - 50.

12/08/1846 GORDON JAMES ROBINA ALLAN/ M CLACKMANNAN /CLACKMANNAN 466/00 0070

This is the couple who married in 1846 - whether or not they're "yours". William and Mary are maybe James's parents? (Ancestry has them transcribed as son and daughter of James & Robina, which obviously is not correct.)


1871 Scotland Census about Robina Gordon
Name: Robina Gordon
Age: 49
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1822
Relationship: Wife
Spouse's name : James Gordon
Gender: Female
Where born: Clackmannan, Clackmannanshire
Registration number: 468
Registration District: Tillicoultry
Civil Parish: Tillicoultry
County: Clackmannanshire
Address: 20 Town Foot
Occupation: Cool Miners Wife
ED: 6
Household Schedule Number: 119
Line: 3
Roll: CSSCT1871_80
Household Members:
Name Age
James Gordon 55 - Aberdeenshire
Robina Gordon 49
James Gordon 21
William Gordon 78
Janet Gordon 15
Mary Gordon 70

I noticed James's place of birth is Aberdeen on all census returns from 1851 through to 1871. Occupation is a coal miner.

Coal miners usually came from mining families

As there were no mines in Aberdeen, how did he become a coal miner in Clackmannan?
I wonder if he moved to the area as a child or an adult?

Edit:
It may be worth checking poor relief records in Clackmannanshire to see if he or anyone else made an application on his behalf

If you were to get a image of his marriage from scotlandspeople, it should show his parents on it.

George,
As the marriage was 1846, it is on an OPR
Parents are listed on statutory records..from 1855 onwards

I tried... and failed!
I looked at the 1841 census in Clackmannan.
There was only one other Gordon family who lived in Tillicoultry where the head of household was NOT born in the county.
This was the family of William Gordon ( bc1817) and Margaret Binnie who married in 1839.
William was also a coal miner

I tracked this family, they lived in Clackmannan, Paisley Renfrewshire and Cambusnethan Lanarkshire.
They may have emigrated to the US after 1861 as that;s where some their children were at 1880
This man was known as William Russell Gordon but after locating him on 2 census returns his place of birth is consistent..... Kinross

hello everyone, thank you for all your replies, also my error james Gordon married robina Allan by proclamation of banns 25 jul 1846 devon clkmn, & wed 12 aug 1846, .the 1871 census has brother william gordon has 78, error should be 18yrs, ,also mary sister 10yrs -

i have looked at the possibly of william Gordon & janet Sangster, being james parents, & william the father was a man servant to the gordons of inverurie , ,& his son was born there, , but it would have made him only about 17yrs when he wed at clackmannan, & robina 8 years older, the children were all named after grand parents , going down the family, my direct line is always the son james gordon but in this couple william was the 1st born & then janet ,
thank you all for your help

ps meant to add i have my tree on one world connect & ancestry, so any o thers , ive found ,only have my info too

ps meant to add i have my tree on one world connect & ancestry, so any o thers , ive found ,only have my info too

Valerie,
William Gordon and Janet Sangster
I assume that this is the 1841 census that you are referring to above

1841 Scotland Census about William Gordon
Name: William Gordon
Age: 42
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1799
Gender: Male
Where born: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Civil Parish: Inverurie
County: Aberdeenshire
Address: Manas
Occupation: M S
Parish Number: 204 **

Household Members:
Name Age
James Gordon Eig 28
Elizabeth Cruga Cordon 24
Hugh Cordon 2
Elizabeth Cordon 5 Mo
William Gordon 42 MS
Ann Cordiner 44
Jean Nichol 35
Mary Hutton 30
Jean Sangster 27
Janet Smith 40
Margaret Thompson 16
Christian Hogarth 37
Jean Gordon 30


If that is William, then this is his wife and kids..

1841 Scotland Census about Jannet Gordon
Name: Jannet Gordon
Age: 46
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1795
Gender: Female
Where born: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Civil Parish: Inverurie
County: Aberdeenshire
Address: West Porter Lodge
Occupation: Ind
Parish Number: 204 **
Household Members:
Name Age
Jannet Gordon 46
Ann Gordon 17
George Gordon 10
Hellen Gordon 7

1841:
Son William?

1841 Scotland Census about William Gordon
Name: William Gordon
Age: 13
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1828
Gender: Male
Where born: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Civil Parish: Inverurie
County: Aberdeenshire
Address: Conglass
Occupation: M S Ag Lab
Parish Number: 204
Household Members:
Name Age
James Stephen 45
Elisabeth Stephen 35
Lessel Stephen 10
Alexr Smith 25
John Watt 25
Alexr Reid 20
George Geils 20
William Gordon 13 ** MS and Ag Labourer
Alexr Reed 11
Ann Adam 20
Cathrin Spark 20

The family are together at 1851 at same address where Janet is found at 1841

1851 Scotland Census about William Gordon
Name: William Gordon
Age: 53
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1798
Relationship: Head
Spouse's Name: Janet Gordon
Gender: Male
Where born: Newhill, Aberdeenshire
Parish Number: 204
Civil Parish: Inverurie
County: Aberdeenshire
Address: West Porter Lodge
Occupation: House Servant
ED: 2A
Page: 6 (click to see others on page)
Household Schedule Number: 17
Line: 1
Roll: CSSCT1851_46
Household Members:
Name Age
William Gordon 53 b Newhills, aberdeen
Janet Gordon 55 b Old Machar
Anne Gordon 26 dau b Inverurie
William John Gordon 23 son B Inverurie
Helen Gordon 16 dau b Inverurie
Eliza Blaikie 48 Servant.

The son called James b 1829 does not appear in the family household on either census year.
At 1841, he would have been about 12yrs old yet I cannot locate any James Gordon working in Inverurie in this census year?

thank you all for your time , , i do have a copy copy, of the banns (proclamation) 25th jul 1846, then says married 12 aug 1846, , devon clackmannanshire, i was told there was only banns for the marriage, i dont want to get just the same record ,to what i have, because it would be a waste of time & money, with no parents, James Gordon is such a common name, ,so hard to pin point to one place, ,
;-)