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James Hay highly unlikely but you might know

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**Liz in Scotland**

**Liz in Scotland** Report 14 Aug 2011 13:05

Hi gypsydescendant,

No, you won't get any more info. than you have on the OPR.
It looks to me like they were both living in the Parish but not from it, but I could be wrong...........as they normally say............'from this Parish' of 'Of this Parish'

gypsydescendant

gypsydescendant Report 14 Aug 2011 12:45

Thank you I am a member of tribal pages I have a website that links to it I will take a look there aswell to see if these Hay`s are the ones I am looking for it is so difficult when theirs no record anywhere of the parents

Eringobragh1916

Eringobragh1916 Report 14 Aug 2011 12:39

www.tribalpages.com
Has a Deuchar Family Tree with Hays (Essie and Nevay) in it ...
I have no idea how to use this site...but may be worth a look.

gypsydescendant

gypsydescendant Report 14 Aug 2011 12:36

Iam looking at the Scotlands people copy I downloaded so I dont know if I would get more info if I applied for the actual record but it says and I quote Anno 1830
June 5 James Hay Blacksmith and Catharine Brown daughter of the late John Brown Mason both in this Parish June 19
other people who married on this page have got written in this Parish or in the Parish of Longforfarshire or Parish of Dundee

**Liz in Scotland**

**Liz in Scotland** Report 14 Aug 2011 12:27

On his marriage cert. it should tell you (or usually does) which Parish both the bride and groom belonged to

Liz

Potty

Potty Report 14 Aug 2011 12:23

No, they may have known their ages, but the enumerators who filled out the sheets which we see, were instructed to round adults ages down to the nearest five. Most of them did, but some did not.

gypsydescendant

gypsydescendant Report 14 Aug 2011 12:20

Yes I have just had a look at the 1841 cesus record I have and all the adults are either 0 or 5 except for children there ages are listed 1 to 14 on the page I have does this mean that the adults may not have know there age?

Potty

Potty Report 14 Aug 2011 12:16

Ages on the 1841 were rounded down to the nearest 5, so he could have been anything from 30 to 35!

Have you looked at the actual image of his marriage on scotlandspeople? That is an image of the original parish record which you can download or print.

rootgatherer

rootgatherer Report 14 Aug 2011 12:14

Remember that ages were rounded down to multiples of 5 for the 1841 census. So someone whose age is given as 30 could be anywhere between 30 and 34 years of age.

gypsydescendant

gypsydescendant Report 14 Aug 2011 12:13

I thing that one of these marriages will probably be one I will need but with James being born early 1800s they may be grand parents of James but I am keeping this record I just cant be sure because I would be looking for repeating christian names

Eringobragh1916

Eringobragh1916 Report 14 Aug 2011 11:57

These may be of some help...

1. JAMES HAY - International Genealogical Index
Gender: Male Marriage: 05 DEC 1767 Eassie And Nevay, Angus, Scotland

2. ISOBELL HAY - International Genealogical Index
Gender: Female Marriage: 24 JAN 1736 Eassie And Nevay, Angus, Scotland

3. JOHN HAY - International Genealogical Index
Gender: Male Marriage: 22 MAY 1768 Eassie And Nevay, Angus, Scotland

gypsydescendant

gypsydescendant Report 14 Aug 2011 11:55

1804 may be at bit to early as his death says 43yrs old in 1851 I know that only goes on what the informant says but the 1841 census says 30 yrs in 1941 and I would imagine that James or Catherine would have given this age I also realise that some people didnt know how old they were This is fantastic info that everyone is giving me I would not have a clue where any of these places are as I am in Australia I am sure between us we can track down either the birth or the right parents for James

Eringobragh1916

Eringobragh1916 Report 14 Aug 2011 11:52

The Hay's were in the "Eassie and Nevay" Parish Angus back in the 1600's


Margaret Hay spouse to John Nevay of that ilk, par. of Methie 13 Jan 1615

Eassie and Nevay is a parish, which lies in Angus Council Area, some 6 miles (10 km) southwest of Kirriemuir and 8 miles (13 km) southwest of Forfar in Angus.

It is located in the old county of Forfarshire, which disappeared following the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1974.

**Liz in Scotland**

**Liz in Scotland** Report 14 Aug 2011 11:50

There was also a James born in Parish of Eassie

JAMES HAY
Birth:
Christening:
02 FEB 1804 Eassie And Nevay, Angus, Scotland


Parents:
Father: JAMES HAY
Mother: JEAN OGELVY

gypsydescendant

gypsydescendant Report 14 Aug 2011 11:46

fairy godmother that is the right census record

rootgatherer

rootgatherer Report 14 Aug 2011 11:39

Not all parish records give the names of the bride and groom's fathers - it varies from parish to parish. The actual image may not give you any more detail than you have.

Kirriemuir is closer to the parish of Eassie than Dundee.

gypsydescendant

gypsydescendant Report 14 Aug 2011 11:34

I have only looked at what scotlandspeople shows online as a parish record and there is only Catherine Brown`s fathers name not James`s father I dont know if I apply for the actual record if there would be anymore info than that as I am not used to scotlands records

Mel Fairy Godmother

Mel Fairy Godmother Report 14 Aug 2011 11:28

So it is this one?

1841 Scotland Census
about James Hay
Name: James Hay
Age: 30
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1811
Gender: Male
Where born: Angus, Scotland

Civil parish: Dundee
County: Angus
Address: Perth Road
Occupation: Black Smith
Parish Number: 282
Household Members: Name Age
James Hay 30
Catherine Hay 25
Mary Hay 5
James Hay 2
Catherine Paterson 60


If you have the marriage of him what is his fathers name???

gypsydescendant

gypsydescendant Report 14 Aug 2011 11:27

would Kirriemuir be the a part of Dundee or Eassie his death record says Ph of Eassie I believe that means Parish of Eassie ?

gypsydescendant

gypsydescendant Report 14 Aug 2011 11:23

My James is the blacksmith according to James Hay jr marriage cert he has given ihis fathers occupation as blacksmith