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    1. [CUL-COP] 1851 census look-up please - SCOTT
    2. Petra Mitchinson
    3. 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

    01/25/2003 11:33:53