james gunn

banshee · Post by **banshee** » Sat Oct 28, 2006 12:16 pm

james gunn born 1810 scotland don,t no what where,died 1856 in sunderland co durham,married a christian heslop in 1847 at lamberton toll ,christian heslops previous marriage was to a robert windrum in 1842 at the same.stuck on family tree for james gunns parents would appreciate all the help I can get.

cheers Denis

LesleyB · Post by **LesleyB** » Sat Oct 28, 2006 12:19 pm

Hi Denis
...welcome to Talking Scot

Have you found your James Gunn in the 1851 census? That should give his place of birth and so maybe point you in the right direction.

Best wishes
Lesley

LesleyB · Post by **LesleyB** » Sat Oct 28, 2006 2:48 pm

Hi all
Received in a PM from Denis, just incase any of you are looking for him:

in hartlepool in 1851 census just say,s born in scotland can,t find anything about james prio to 1847.

So, no clues there then.....

1841? county/in county?? That would at least be something to go on...looks like he was in Bewickshre for his marriage so a good chance he was in Scotland for 1841.

Quite a few James Gunns aged 30 in Scotland for the 1841 on Freecen (www.freecen.org.uk) - what was his given occupation in 1851?

Best wishes
Lesley

banshee · Post by **banshee** » Sat Oct 28, 2006 3:13 pm

james gunns occupation was a stone mason

LesleyB · Post by **LesleyB** » Sat Oct 28, 2006 5:14 pm

There is one on freecen who is a "Mason Journeyman " age given as 35, so anywhere between ages 35-39 He appears to be married with kids (difficult to tell with the 1841!) so may not be your guy but still might be worth a look.

Best wishes
Lesley

banshee · Post by **banshee** » Sat Oct 28, 2006 5:47 pm

LesleyB wrote:There is one on freecen who is a "Mason Journeyman " age given as 35, so anywhere between ages 35-39 He appears to be married with kids (difficult to tell with the 1841!) so may not be your guy but still might be worth a look.

Best wishes
Lesley

is that the scotish census or the english because I can,t find him anywhere in 1841 he was on the 1851 census in hartlepool co durham and died in 1856 he was a stone mason I hope its the right one been looking for two years now thanks very much for your help if you can think of anything else please let me know.

best regards Denis

LesleyB · Post by **LesleyB** » Sat Oct 28, 2006 6:09 pm

Hi Denis
That particular one is in Scotland.
Its on freecen - www.freecen.org.uk
Scroll to the bottom of page and click "search the database"
Type in his name, date of birth 1810 +/- 5years

- you will see there are quite a number of them (James Gunn) - only one is a mason, but that does not mean he is your guy, just worth checking out maybe.

Best wishes
Lesley

banshee · Post by **banshee** » Sat Oct 28, 2006 6:12 pm

LesleyB wrote:Hi Denis
That particular one is in Scotland.
Its on freecen - www.freecen.org.uk
Scroll to the bottom of page and click "search the database"
Type in his name, date of birth 1810 +/- 5years

- you will see there are quite a number of them (James Gunn) - only one is a mason, but that does not mean he is your guy, just worth checking out maybe.

Best wishes
Lesley

try that now thanks