hi Sheila
The original images of the 1841 census (and all the other census between 1851 - 1901) can be found online at
www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk , a pay per view site. I think transcriptions of the '41 are also available on ancestry and freecen is
free..
www.freecen.org.uk
That Landale family can be found there, on freecen, but now I've looked at them there, sad to report, I don't think they are the right ones. Not seeing any clerics.
just a "spirit dealer"...who some might say was a similar occupation, but not for our purposes!!
Do you know how I would search for Episcopalian Clergy?
You'd need to get access to the book by Bertie:
BERTIE, David M, "Scottish Episcopal Clergy 1689-2000" (Edinburgh: T & T Clark, 2000)
It may be available at a good reference library or a large Library near you. It's just a hunch on the Episcopalian thing, as I said. It's based the use of the word "clergyman", on the family names, and the link to India ....and I may be completely wrong. I've seen a couple of families at about the same time, also Edinburgh area, also involved in overseas trade, also with "clergy" connections and also reasonably well off, who were Episcopalian - your lot seem to fall into a similar category, so may be of the same church. It was quite "fashionable" at that time for the upwardly mobile to be Episcopalian... again, the marriage entries of any of the children may
state the church and save a bit of guesswork!
If you cannot find the book anywhere near you get back to us here, as I for one am occaisionally near a couple of libraries which I know have the book.
Again, I may be off on a tangent...but given your man's occupation in the 1881, this household in Edinburgh in 1841, on freecen, which contains a Landale, is interesting, and I wonder if there is some kind of connection?
GRAHAM William M 40 Physician Midlothian
GRAHAM Jane F 25 England
LANDALE Christina F 18 Midlothian
GRAHAM Henry M 30 Indigo Planter Midlothian
GRAHAM Robert M 9 Outside Census County (1841)
GRAHAM Katherine F 7 Outside Census County (1841)
GRAHAM William M 6 Outside Census County (1841)
GRAHAM Jane F 4 Outside Census County (1841)
GRAHAM Jessie F 2 Outside Census County (1841)
MURRAY Mary F 40 Female Servant Outside Census County (1841)
TAYLOR Margaret F 25 Female Servant Outside Census County (1841)
WHITEFORD Sarah F 20 Female Servant Midlothian
Also on the Wills on ScotlandsPeople (free to search) is this entry, again I wonder if there is a connection, but maybe not.....?
Landale Walter 15/12/1892
Indigo Planter, 11 Mayfield Terrace, Edinburgh, d. 14/09/1892 at Edinburgh, testate Will Edinburgh Sheriff Court Wills
Another thing to bear in mind - at the time of George's death, who was the death informant? Often the death informant, perhaps a son, daughter or even wife, does not accurately remember the parent names...so they may be correct, but they may be variatons on a theme, so perhaps keep an open mind on that one for now, too.
Best wishes
Lesley
) None of Georges other children married.
and I will share this with her, perhaps she will have more luck. She is in Scotland and info might be easier to come by.
Silly of me to make assumptions.