Meg, James Halcrow who was the son of Thomas Halcro and Isabella Mathieson married Margaret Groundwater on 11th April 1878 in Orphir and they appear in the 1881, 1891 & 1901 Orphir census. In 1901 they are living at Highbrake, Orphir George Gray, Orkney ----- Original Message ----- From: "Meg Greenwood" <scotquester@bartnet.net> To: <ORKNEY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, August 29, 2008 5:02 AM Subject: [ORKNEY] James Halcro, US 1880 Census Michigan > Think I've identified the James HALCRO found in the 1880 US census in > Sparta, Kent county Michigan.. His information says hes a White Male, > Single, Farmer age 42 born Scotland. Parents both born Scotland. That > would make his birth year about 1838. Other questions were asked in the > 1880 census but not all applied, so there are a lot of blanks. > > There are 2 candidates for him in the IGI ...one born Orphir June 1843 > to Thomas HALCRO and Isabella MATHIESON. Another in Evie and Rendall was > born Dec 1833 parents Thomas HALCRO and Margaret BROWN. The census has > one clue about his birth month which should not have been given. Every > one on this page gave their birth month. The question was only intended > for those infants born in 1880, but the enumerator didn't understand it > right, and asked the question of everyone. James gave DECEMBER as his > birth month making him most likely the Evie and Rendall one . Looks > like James shaved off almost 5y of his age, he should have been 46 1/2y > not 42 in June, 1880. > > Anyone know of this James HALCRO and can say he IS or is NOT the US one > ? A lot of HALCRO/Ws came into Michigan and stayed a decent length of > time, some traveling on westward, many staying indefinitely. Have been > tracking HALCROs and HALCROWs in the US and other continents. Meg > Greenwood / Oklahoma USA > ------------------ > List Archives, information on contacting list administrator, Subscribing > and UnSubscribing can be found at: > > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/SCT/ORKNEY.html > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ORKNEY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >

George - thank you for these notes on James HALCRO. I checked further and find I had called Corinne, Registrar in Orphir, she sent me Death Registration details for James HALCROW. He did indeed stay in Orphir all his life, so the other James, the one from Evie and Rendall born 1833 looks more and more to be the likely candidate for the Scot in Kent, Michigan in 1880. The US lost its 1890 census and the transcriptions at Ancestry do not find him in the 1900 census, its most likely a mis-spelling of the HALCRO surname which tends to cause fits to read. I see Halero, Halers, Haliro and with the HALCROW spelling, I find Haleron and Halcron to further confuse identities. Will do a bit more searching in Sparta, 1900 to see if he's still there, but immigration patterns say he's most likely gone west. MEG 1921 Deaths - "James Halcro, Crofter, widower of Margaret Groundwater, died at Highbreck, age 77 on May 14, 1921 of Bronchitis. Father was Thomas Halcro, mother was Isabella Mathieson." ================================ >