I am wondering if someone would be good enough to look up William & Matilda AIRD. I have them at Bothwell Lanark in 1871. They still appear to be in Lanark in 1891 and 1901 although I have only referenced them on Scotlandspeople, not paid for a sighting. There are numerous William Airds but my one is spouse of Matilda. I have children named Allice, Matilda & Thomas AIRD although Matilda was married to a Thomas NIVEN earlier and had children Agnes b 1847,William b 1848 & Thomas b 1851 to that relationship. It is possible that these children go by the name of AIRD in subsequent census. Thank you in anticipation Margaret Christchurch, NZ

hi Margaret, No Alice AIRD coming up unfortunately, under any spelling, so she died, married or moved out of Scotland. You don't state where these children of the former marriage were born. There are 4 WILLIAM NIVENs & 1 THOMAS in the Lowland Scottish 1881 born within 3 years of your sons' dobs. [Because the age given on a census can be misleading you can't assume that the one closest in age is yours.] The 4 WILLIAMs are recorded as having been born in Alexandria [Dunbartonshire], Ireland, Lochmaben [Dunfermline] and Edinburgh respectively. None were born in LKS. I have only found 1 THOMAS NIVEN and he's listed as being born b.c.1849 Whitburn [West Lothian] do you recognise any of these? if any, or all, are of interest, let me know and i'll send them. Margaret, and all those reading this, when posting an enquiry, it's a great idea to list all persons being sought, alongside all reasonable known data, as you did listing the kids of the previous marriage [1]year + age, [2]place of birth or origin - of every known member of the family. [3] relationship to Head [4] Occupation can be a great guide too. It makes all the difference to the person seeking them and who is likely to be unfamiliar with the family particularly if it turns out to be a fairly common name. :-) happy hunting le durachd fionnghal --- Margaret Jenkin <[email protected]> wrote: I have children named > Allice, Matilda & Thomas AIRD although Matilda was > married to a Thomas > NIVEN earlier and had children Agnes b 1847,William > b 1848 & Thomas b 1851 to that relationship. ___________________________________________________________ Want ideas for reducing your carbon footprint? Visit Yahoo! For Good http://uk.promotions.yahoo.com/forgood/environment.html

Thank you for your efforts fionnghal Thomas Aird Niven was b Jan 1851 in Cramond MLN. The family were on a farm there for 2-3 decades but after Matilda married Wm AIRD she obviously went to his county. He possibly went under the AIRD in later census. Thanks again Margaret > hi Margaret, > No Alice AIRD coming up > I have only found 1 THOMAS NIVEN and he's listed as > being born b.c.1849 Whitburn [West Lothian] > > >