On Saturday 25 Jan 2003 6:33 pm, Petra Mitchinson wrote: > William MITCHINSON and Sarah SCOTT were married at St. Mary, > Carlisle, on 16 Oct 1852. Both their addresses were given as Milburn > Street. They emigrated to Melbourne on the "Miles Barton", which left > Liverpool on 27 Apr 1853. With them was their 10-month-old daughter > Jane Elizabeth, who clearly must have been born before their > marriage. A birthday book belonging to a descendant gives Jane > Elizabeth's birth as 10 Mar 1852. (Perhaps her age on the passenger > list was her age when they booked the ticket?) According to her > daughter's birth certificate in NZ, Jane was born in Carlisle. > > I'm having problems finding Jane Elizabeth's birth. She was not > registered as MITCHINSON. There is only one Jane Elizabeth SCOTT born > in Cumberland in the civil registration indexes for 1852, and that is > in March 1852 in Cockermouth District. There is no matching baptism > in the IGI. > > Sarah SCOTT herself was baptised in Caldbeck on 07 Nov 1830, daughter > of Isaac SCOTT and Jane late SIBSON, who had been married in Caldbeck > in 1829 (all from IGI). But Caldbeck is in Wigton District, not > Cockermouth. > > I thought it might help to find Sarah SCOTT and/or her parents Isaac > and Jane SCOTT on the 1851 census - if the parents lived in > Cockermouth District, that would make it more likely that the birth > of Jane Elizabeth in Cockermouth District is correct. I cannot find > any of them in the Carlisle Part 1 and 2 transcript and index (except > for William MITCHINSON, who lived in Denton Holm). > > Can anybody with an index for the 1851 census for the other parts of > Carlisle, for Caldbeck or for anywhere in Cockermouth District have a > look for the following people please? > > Sarah SCOTT, age 20 - she gives her profession as grocer at her > marriage, but later worked as a dressmaker. She was probably born in > Caldbeck (possibly Hesket Newmarket). Isaac SCOTT, grocer, and his > wife Jane SCOTT - they are likely to be in their 40s. > > Many thanks, > > Petra Petra, My ggggrandmother was a Sarah Scott - a different one. My one married John Iredale at St Michael's Workington on 8Feb1832. She had 4 sisters (Martha, Mary, Ann, Margaret) and two brothers (Isaac b10Sep1816 and John b1May1819). I _think_ her parents were Isaac Scott bap3Feb1765 at Brigham m.16Nov1801 Mary ? I further think that this Isaac's parents were John Scott and Martha. Family memories suggest our Sarah Scott came from Ecclefechan in Scotland and that she had a strong Scottish accent. How that fits with Isaac from Brigham I've no idea. In our family she must have been a personality because two of her grandchildren were called Sarah Scott Iredale. I haven't looked into the Scotts as I had assumed it to be a common Border name and thought I'd get lost. The IGI has another Sarah Scott who married 5Apr1755 Thomas Iredale at Whitehaven, but I don't know if I have any connection with these two. It seems very unlikely. I hope that is some interest. If you find a connection I'd love to hear about it. Edgar