Thank you, Nivard. I have that information. What I'm looking for is where there are clusters of the name Kearsleys found in Scotland. For example, I know there are some around Glasgow and some around Edinburgh. Alexandra -----Original Message----- From: lanark-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:lanark-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Nivard Ovington via Sent: Saturday, April 16, 2016 8:23 AM To: lanark@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [Lanark] Twenty most common names in Scotland From SURNAMES OF THE UNITED KINGDOM: A CONCISE ETYMOLOGICAL DICTIONARY BY H E N R Y H A R R I S O N 1918 KEARSLEY (Eng.) Bel. to 1 Kearsley (Lancs), 1501 Keresley [the older form here quoted presupposes the genit. of M.E. ker, a moss (v. under Kerr), rather than M.E. kerse, O.E. caerse, cress - + M.E. ley, O.E, leah, a lea] 2 Kearsley (Fell), Northumberland Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) On 16/04/2016 16:04, Alexandra Haslip via wrote: > Did I see, in passing, an email which talked about where clusters of a > particular surname might be found in Scotland? I'm working with very > little information on a 3Xgreatgrandfather who came from Scotland, but > I have no idea where to start looking for him. His surname was > "KEARSLEY" or a variant Kersley. Thanks for any help. (& I love this > list. It's active & > interesting.) Alexandra --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus ------------------------------- WHEN REPLYING to a post please remember to snip most of the earlier message. Be sure the reply to address shows as LANARK@Rootsweb.com. You may contact the List Admin at lanark-admin@rootsweb.com or click on the following link to the list information page online: http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/intl/SCT/LANARK.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LANARK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2016.0.7539 / Virus Database: 4545/12042 - Release Date: 04/16/16

Scotland census transcripts on Ancestry KEARSLEY 1871 x 2 1881 x 11 1891 x 7 1901 x 1 Of those in 1881 There are 11 hits 5 males 4 out 5 were born in England 1 born Aberdeen (son of the above) 6 females 5 born Scotland 1 born England KERSLEY 1 hit in the census in 1861 x 1 born England The NT surname profiler shows the largest concentrations around Lancashire, Northumberland in 1881 UK Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) On 16/04/2016 16:40, Alexandra Haslip wrote: > Thank you, Nivard. I have that information. What I'm looking for is where > there are clusters of the name Kearsleys found in Scotland. For example, I > know there are some around Glasgow and some around Edinburgh. Alexandra > --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

Thank you, Nivard. Any statistics for the early 1700s? He was born in 1718 and emigrated to the US in 1738. Alexandra -----Original Message----- From: Nivard Ovington [mailto:ovington.one@gmail.com] Sent: Saturday, April 16, 2016 9:14 AM To: Alexandra Haslip; lanark@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [Lanark] Jonathan Kearsley Scotland census transcripts on Ancestry KEARSLEY 1871 x 2 1881 x 11 1891 x 7 1901 x 1 Of those in 1881 There are 11 hits 5 males 4 out 5 were born in England 1 born Aberdeen (son of the above) 6 females 5 born Scotland 1 born England KERSLEY 1 hit in the census in 1861 x 1 born England The NT surname profiler shows the largest concentrations around Lancashire, Northumberland in 1881 UK Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) On 16/04/2016 16:40, Alexandra Haslip wrote: > Thank you, Nivard. I have that information. What I'm looking for is where > there are clusters of the name Kearsleys found in Scotland. For example, I > know there are some around Glasgow and some around Edinburgh. Alexandra > --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2016.0.7539 / Virus Database: 4545/12042 - Release Date: 04/16/16

No statistics as such as there simply aren't any On scotlandspeople No KEARSLEY in OPRs (1538 to 1854) First births of 81 in 1871 First (male) marriage of 31 in 1882 First death of 26 in 1879 Wills & Testaments 4 hits earliest 1894 No KERSLEY in OPRs (1538 to 1854) First birth of 17 in 1909 First (male) marriage of 11 in 1908 First death of 23 in 1881 So unless there is an alternative spelling I do not see a Scottish connection Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) On 16/04/2016 22:11, Alexandra Haslip wrote: > Thank you, Nivard. Any statistics for the early 1700s? He was born in 1718 > and emigrated to the US in 1738. Alexandra > --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus