hi thanks for the responses. William junior was born c1850 and he was a tailor - the first definate sighting i have of him is in the 1881 census in Newcastle by which time he is married with children having married in 1872. I dont know when he came to England, I cant find any suitable William Muirs (tailor) in the 1871 census for England. I found a possible one as a lodger in Edinburgh he gives his birthplace as Dalkeith - I had been fairly sure this must be him but I have just spent a couple of hours tracing a family with a son William born Dalkeith and have found the father IS William (from the marriage of a brother) but he is named as an AG Lab which spoils my plan somewhat. There are several possible Williams in the censuses with William as father but none is a chemist. As I mentioned before, I am concentrating on Edinburgh as thats where the family say they were from, but as we know this cannot always be relied upon. However I have searched William Muir chemist for the whole of Scotland and have come up with none. Heather> From: copywriter@tesco.net> Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2008 22:23:32 +0100> To: sct-edinburgh@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [SCT-EDINBURGH] chemist> > what age was your William Muir (jnr)at marriage, what was his > occupation and do you have him on any other censuses?> > "druggist" is another possible search term and chemist could be > spelled differently.> > > > Judy> On 25 Oct 2008, at 20:53, york4546 wrote:> > >> > Hello everyone,> >> > I'm new to this list and was hoping someone could help me with a > > question.> >> > My g g grandfather William Muir married in 1872 in Newcastle Upon > > Tyne but he was from Scotland, my grandfather always said from > > Edinburgh.> >> > On his marriage certificate he states his father to be William Muir > > a chemist. On searching the scottish census I have found that > > chemist isnt that common an occupation and there are no Muir > > chemists in either the 1861 or 1871 censuses.> >> > My question is, has anyone any ideas as to an alternative as to > > what he may have described his occupation.> >> > I have been trying to think of all things eg, could he have been a > > chemical labourer rather than a chemist or would William have meant > > his father was a chemist in the way would know it now.> >> > Any ideas would be most appreciated.> >> >> > _________________________________________________________________> > Discover Bird's Eye View now with Multimap from Live Search> > http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/111354026/direct/01/> >> > -------------------------------> > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SCT-EDINBURGH- > > request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > > in the subject and the body of the message> > > -------------------------------> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SCT-EDINBURGH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message _________________________________________________________________ Win an Xbox 360 or £200 Top Shop Vouchers http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/115454062/direct/01/