By 1881 they'd moved to Sheffield. They married in 1872 and both give Kelso addresses on their marriage certificate. Like I said, I've traced Margaret's family OK but am having a problem with James Henderson - I don't know where he was born. On one England census it just says Scotland and on the other it gives pob as Glasgow for both of them - I know that's not Where Margaret was from so have no reason to believe James was from there either. Shelagh Quoting J A Olsen <Copywriter@tesco.net>: > Has 1871 been indexed? I think that's still a case of wading through the > reels. So you might be better with someone looking them up in 1881. Given > that you are looking for a James and Margaret HENDERSON, a simple lookup > might send you on a wild goose chase anyway. > > Also, are you sure they were in Kelso, they could easily have moved to Gala > for work and gone 'home' for the births. If you post the Kelso address, > whoever looks them up in 1881 could check that as well and maybe find some > extra relatives. All sorts of possibilities I think; > > Judy > > > > ---------- > >From: "Shelagh Garside" <sgarside@sgarside.plus.com> > >To: SCT-ROXBURGH-L@rootsweb.com > >Subject: [SCT-ROX] 1871 Census Lookup Request - Kelso > >Date: 30, Sat Oct, 2004, 7:56 pm > > > > > My g-g-grandparents, James Henderson and Margaret (Maggie) Howieson, were > > married in Galashiels in 1872. There marriage certificate gives both their > > addresses as Kelso and their first 2 children were born in Kelso. > > > > Could someone please look up James Henderson for me please? I've been able > > to track Maggie's family quite a long way back but am completely stuck with > > James. James would have been born around 1849 and his parents were David > > Henderson (deceased by 1872) and Mary Ann Ward. I'm particularly interested > > to know where James was born. > > > > Thanks - Shelagh > > > > > > > > ==== SCT-ROXBURGH Mailing List ==== > > The ROXBURGH NAMES list is updated every three months and all members > > recieve approx two weeks notice of each update. > > > > ============================== > > Search our Immigration Records and view names from multiple ports > > ranging from 1500s - 1900s. Over 23 million records to view. Learn more: > > http://www.ancestry.com/s13967/rd.ashx > > > > > ==== SCT-ROXBURGH Mailing List ==== > 'Here's tae us, wha's like us? Damn few and thair a' deid.' > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > > > >