Family History Research: by Lorna Flint Laughton

Alexander SHERRIFF

Male Abt 1850 - Yes, date unknown


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  • Name Alexander SHERRIFF  [1
    Birth Abt 1850  Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Birth Abt 1850  Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    • Since he was age 11 when the census was taken on April 7, 1861, his birth year was calculated as circa 1850.
    Census 7 Apr 1861  Selkirk, Selkirkshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    • He was enumerated as age 11, and born in Edinburgh. He was living with his parents, his brother, William Sherriff, and sisters, Margaret, Elizabeth and Jane Sherriff on Bogus Close. Their house had 2 rooms with one or more windows. They were enumerated as living next to the Established Church Manse.
    Census 2 Apr 1871  Selkirk, Selkirkshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    • He was enumerated as age 21, born in Edinburgh, Midlothian, unmarried, and a journeyman tailor. He was living with his parents, his sisters, Margaret, Elizabeth, Jane and Agnes Y. Sherriff, his neice, Ann Sherriff, and a boarder, Andrew Grieve. They lived at 23 High Street in a house of two rooms with one or more windows.
    Reference Number 21.1 
    _TODO Open 
    • Born c. 1850 son of Alexander & Margaret (Cairns) Sherriff in Edinburgh. Age 11 on April 7, 1861.
    _UID 606B2453217D400BB74E1DE85EF83146025A 
    Death Yes, date unknown 
    Person ID I10814  Everyone
    Last Modified 1 Mar 2018 

    Father Alexander SHERRIFF,   b. 1824, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Jun 1876, Selkirk, Selkirkshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 52 years) 
    Mother Margaret CAIRNS,   b. Abt 1822, Jedburgh, Roxboroughshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Apr 1903, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 81 years) 
    Marriage Banns Bef 29 Nov 1847  Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    • They had "been three several times duly and regularly proclaimed in the parish Church of Saint Cuthbert's, in order to Marriage, and no objections offered".
    Marriage 29 Nov 1847  Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 5
    Family ID F318  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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  • Sources 
    1. [S915] Laughton, Lorna Flint, A00814, 10 May 2007, Number 89. Enumerator: Alexander Hope., A00814. (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S916] Laughton, Lorna Flint, A00815, 10 May 2007, No. 105 [109?], A00815. (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S707] Clerk of St. Cuthbert's Church, Edinburgh, Scotland, A00617, 28 May 2005, Marriages book page 316, A00617. (Reliability: 4).

    4. [S350] Eric Thomson, A00285, (September 1981. Edinburgh, Scotland.), 11 Feb 2002, A00285. (Reliability: 3).

    5. [S910] Registrar, Government of Scotland, A00809, 22 Apr 2007, A00809. (Reliability: 4).



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