Hello Val I believe I found your husband's family in the 1881 census as follows: Dwelling: Gorton Lee Census Place: Lasswade, Edinburgh, Scotland Source: FHL Film 0224014 GRO Ref Volume 691 EnumDist 4 Page 23 Marr Age Sex Birthplace James HUME W 69 M Dalkeith, Edinburgh, Scotland Rel: Head Occ: Farmer 330 Ac Ara Emp 5 Men 6 Women 3 Boys Alexander HUME U 36 M St Cuthberts, Edinburgh, Scotland Rel: Son Occ: Farmer Robert HUME U 59 M Cockpen, Edinburgh, Scotland Rel: Brother Occ: Agrl Servant Catherine PEDDIE W 64 F Dalkeith, Edinburgh, Scotland Rel: Sister Occ: Housekeeper Isabella BLACK U 17 F Lasswade, Edinburgh, Scotland Rel: Servant Occ: Servant If you check the IGI at the Family Search http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/frameset_search.asp?PAGE=igi/search_IGI.asp&clear_form=true I found the children of James Hume and Margaret Gilchrist as follows: 1. HELEN HUME - International Genealogical Index Gender: Female Birth: 04 JUL 1842 Edinburgh Parish, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland 2. JANE HUME - International Genealogical Index Gender: Female Birth: 21 JUL 1840 Edinburgh Parish, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland 3. ALEXANDER HUME - International Genealogical Index Gender: Male Birth: 25 AUG 1846 Edinburgh Parish, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland 4. THOMAS HUME - International Genealogical Index Gender: Male Christening: 13 SEP 1838 Edinburgh Parish, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland A further search in the IGI shows that Thomas Hume and Helen Redpath had the following children, three of which are named in the 1881 census ie James, Robert and Catherine. |: 1. CATHARIN HUME - International Genealogical Index Gender: Female Christening: 22 SEP 1816 Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland 2. ROBERT HUME - International Genealogical Index Gender: Male Christening: 30 OCT 1803 Cockpen, Midlothian, Scotland 3. ROBERT HUME - International Genealogical Index Gender: Male Christening: 14 JUN 1821 Cockpen, Midlothian, Scotland 4. THOMAS HUME - International Genealogical Index Gender: Male Christening: 25 DEC 1807 Cockpen, Midlothian, Scotland 5. WILLIAM HUME - International Genealogical Index Gender: Male Christening: 18 MAY 1806 Cockpen, Midlothian, Scotland 6. ALEXANDER HUME - International Genealogical Index Gender: Male Christening: 13 MAY 1810 Cockpen, Midlothian, Scotland 7. JAMES HUME - International Genealogical Index Gender: Male Christening: 31 MAY 1812 Cockpen, Midlothian, Scotland I think this is your family, I suggest you do a marriage search for Alexander Hume at the scotlandspeople site and go from there. If you need any further help I am going onto the site later tonight and will look for you. Coreen in Campbell River ----- Original Message ----- From: "Val Hume" <VHume@Shaw.Ca> To: <MIDLOTHIAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, January 02, 2005 4:43 PM Subject: [MLN] HUME Family history > New Year's Greetings from Canada. > > I am hoping that someone out there might be able to help me. > I am trying to find the parents and siblings of my husband's gg > grandfather. > > His name was > Alexander Hume > born August 25, 1846 > Old Dalkeith Rd > Parish of St. Cuthbert > Edinburgh > > I would really appreciate any information that could be found. > Thank you, > > Valerie Hume > Surrey, British Columbia > Canada > > > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.298 / Virus Database: 265.6.7 - Release Date: 12/30/04 > >