James Tawse's death

[Bob Haining]

I'm hoping someone will be able to help as I've hit the "Brick wall" looking for the death of James Tawse and his wife Jane m/s Thomson. What I have is:

James Tawse (OPR spelling is Tawes, the only time that it is spelled that way).
Birth - 15 August, 1812 Leochel and Cushnie, Aberdeen OPR 214/00 0010 0290
Marriage - 17 October, 1847 Leochel-Cushnie, Aberdeen to Jane Thomson Leochel- Cushnie, Aberdeen
Jane's birth 28 December, 1822 Leochel and Cushnie, Aberdeen
1841 census, James is with his father Samuel
1851 to 1881 census James is a farmer/crofter living in South Brideswell, Leochel- Cushnie, Aberdeen with wife Jane.
Unable to find either James nor Jane on the 1891 census.

Any help finding these two deaths would be appreciated.
Bob

[killearnan]

Two random thoughts....

a. Could they have emigrated somewhere? One of the cases I had ~ turned out the family has left Scotland for the US/Canada when most of the children were in their late teens to late 20s and the parents in their mid 50s-ish; I'm descended from the oldest daughter, who had married and so stayed in Scotland when the rest of the family left....and my branch of the family had no oral tradition/family stories of the parental migration

b. If they had children ~ have you found all of the children in 1891? I've several times found a person with an easily misspelled/mistranscribed name in a census with a daughter whose married name was less likely to be hard to find. Also, I'd look for all their children in 1901 ~ just in case

[Bob Haining]

I knew I'd forget something while I was writing this post.

Their youngest son emigrated to Canada in 1882, I did check the immigration into Canada.

I haven't checked all of their children in the 1891 census, thanks for the suggestion, I'll do that.

Bob

[nelmit]

Have you checked the death entry in 1888 of a James Tawse at Aberdeen?

There is also a death indexed of a Jean Tawse/Thomson in 1878. Since she isn't with James in 1881 so I think this could be her even though the age is out.

Regards,
Annette

[Bob Haining]

Annette,

I had checked the 1888 death of James Tawse, wrong person, he was single and wrong parents.

James and Jane were together on the 1881 census, but I did check the Jean Tawse/Thomson, she is a Jean Tawse married to a John Thomson.

Correction to my previous post-it was James and Jane's older daughter, Jane that was married to George Wilson that immigrated to Canada on November 6, 1882, not a son. I know I shouldn't write these notes when I should be in sleeping. They immigrated with 9 children, so thought that possibly her parents might have come with them. I checked al 10 pages of the passenger list, checking for misspelling of the name Tawse, but no luck.

[nelmit]

Ok....trying to redeem myself here

A search of the IGI brings up this death -

Name: James Tawse
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 24 Dec 1889
Event Place: Culross, Bruce, Ontario
Gender: Male
Age: 79
Birth Date:
Birthplace: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Birth Year (Estimated): 1810

I see this is where the Wilson family were living in 1891.

Regards,
Annette

[Bob Haining]

Annette,

I took a look in Ancestry.ca for this death, it is for a James Delmar Tawse 1902-1982, but thanks very much for looking for this elusive couple.

I'm still checking the 1891 census, looking for their children, hopefully I'll find them with a misspelled surname.

[nelmit]

Annette,

I took a look in Ancestry.ca for this death, it is for a James Delmar Tawse 1902-1982, but thanks very much for looking for this elusive couple.

I'm still checking the 1891 census, looking for their children, hopefully I'll find them with a misspelled surname.

Hi Bob,

The James Tawse you found at Ancestry is not the person I found at http://www.Familysearch.org Have another look at my info - James Tawse born about 1810 Aberdeenshire died on 24th December 1889 aged 79 years at Culross, Bruce, Ontario.

If you search the 1891 Canada census for Jane Ann Wilson born 1870 you will find one living at Bruce East, Ontario in 1891. Also indexed at Bruce East is a Jane Wilson born 1849 and a George born 1846 both Scotland. Hopefully if you look at that census you will find they are the people you are looking for. Unfortunately I don't have access to the records.

Regards,
Annette

[trish1]

Hi Bob,

The James Tawse you found at Ancestry is not the person I found at http://www.Familysearch.org Have another look at my info - James Tawse born about 1810 Aberdeenshire died on 24th December 1889 aged 79 years at Culross, Bruce, Ontario.

If you search the 1891 Canada census for Jane Ann Wilson born 1870 you will find one living at Bruce East, Ontario in 1891. Also indexed at Bruce East is a Jane Wilson born 1849 and a George born 1846 both Scotland. Hopefully if you look at that census you will find they are the people you are looking for. Unfortunately I don't have access to the records.

Regards,
Annette

There is a J Tause and Mrs Tause (transcription spelling) aged 70 and 61 travelling to Canada on the Grecian - arriving 26 Aug 1883. I am not doing very well transcribing the occupation or most other items!
You should find it on ancestry Bob - under the spelling Tause.

Trish

Edit: The death found by Annette is indexed on ancestry as James Louse - but the image is definitely Tawse. The informant (who is also the registrar) is George Wilson
The date of death is confusing as it seems to be crossed through - looks perhaps to be 7th Dec 1889 - the registration date is given as 15 Dec 1889.

[Bob Haining]

A BIG thank you to Annette and Trish.

There was a bonus on the immigration, the name under Mrs. Tawse was a Geo Thomson, That is Jane (Thomson) Tawse brother.

Thanks again for the great help.