--=======465E7EAF======= Content-Type: text/plain; x-avg-checked=avg-ok-7AAA5F03; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Unfortunately, there is no Thomas SPENCE in Wick or any part of Caithness in the 1881 census... Sorry about that... Plenty in other areas though - do you know his wife's name? Margaret >Subject: SPENCE - Pulteney Town >Content-Type: text/plain; x-avg-checked=avg-ok-7AAA5F03; charset=US-ASCII >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > >Anne, >Since he said in 1896 that he was domiciled in Pulteneytown, you might also >find him there in the 1891 and/or 1901 censuses. I would start there before >the 1861. And since the 1881 is so accessible and searchable, it would also >be worth a check. I don't have a copy, but perhaps some kind soul on the >List could have a look in the 1881 CD for you right now (hint, hint, nudge, >nudge). > >In a message dated 28/6/02 7:08:36 PM Pacific Daylight Time, >SCT-CAITHNESS-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: > ><< Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2002 04:34:01 +1000 > From: "Alastair Duncan Banks" <alastair_banks@optusnet.com.au> > To: SCT-CAITHNESS-L@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <000e01c21e09$3639ece0$316a31d2@oemcomputer> > Subject: Re: SPENCE - Pulteney Town > Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="iso-8859-1" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > Anne > > Pulteneytown is part of Wick in Caithness. > > If he was born there in 1856, you might find him in the 1861 Census for the > Parish of Wick. > > Alastair > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "thistledown" <thistledown76@btinternet.com> > To: <SCT-CAITHNESS-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, June 27, 2002 11:50 PM > Subject: SPENCE - Pulteney Town > > > > New to this list and searching for my GG Grandfather Thomas Spence who has > > stated on his daughter's 1896 Forfarshire birth certificate that his > > domicile was Pulteney Town and that his occupation was a Quarry Labourer. > > Any help or advice on how to find any information on this Thomas Spence or > > any of his relatives would be greatly appreciated. > > This Thomas Spence was, unfortunately for anyone trying to trace him, a > > traveller and although I have discovered everything about the last eight > > years of his life (1925-1933), his lifestyle is causing great difficulty > in > > discovering anything about his earlier years. My belief is that he was > born > > about 1856 and my hope is, that the information he has given on my > > Grandmother's birth certificate was at last fact rather than fiction and > > that Pulteney Town or somewhere in Caithness is actually where he may have > > been born! > > Any one out there who can help me or point me in the right direction? > > Anne > > (Desperate) >> --=======465E7EAF======= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-avg=cert; x-avg-checked=avg-ok-7AAA5F03 Content-Disposition: inline --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.372 / Virus Database: 207 - Release Date: 20/06/02 --=======465E7EAF=======--