james moore ( muir)

katrina42 · Post by **katrina42** » Sun Mar 30, 2008 11:48 pm

hi can any one help find out where abouts in ireland this james came from,and anything about his irish roots,he came to scotland not sure when but got married in ayr 10/12/1848 to a margaret reid from ayr.thank you

LesleyB · Post by **LesleyB** » Sun Mar 30, 2008 11:59 pm

Hi Katrina
If your James married in Scotland, did he then stay here and perhaps die in Scotland? If so, his death may be worth following up as his parents names may be given - this is, if the death informant knew them.

How about the 1851 census - have you found him there? His place of birth my be given, though more often than not the place of birth may be stated as just "Ireland" whcih is always disappointing. However, his age (or the age he said he was...) should be given which may help a bit with an estimated date of birth.

His children's names may give clues to his parents' names too.

Best wishes
Lesley

nelmit · Post by **nelmit** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 11:34 am

katrina42 wrote:hi can any one help find out where abouts in ireland this james came from,and anything about his irish roots,he came to scotland not sure when but got married in ayr 10/12/1848 to a margaret reid from ayr.thank you

Hello Katrina,

Like Lesley said, census records can sometimes show place in Ireland. I found him in 1851 (place of birth Ireland) and 1861 (place of birth Ayr ):?

I'm finding it really difficult to find him after that. Do you know when and where he died? Did he marry again after Margaret's death in 1861?

Regards,
Annette

katrina42 · Post by **katrina42** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 1:13 pm

hi his son james muir married an elizabeth mclelland on 22/11/1867 and on the marriage cert mother margaret muir nee reid was dec, she died on 2/4/1861 at 199 hight st ayr, the cert was signed by her husband but i can find no reference of a death of a james moore ( muir ) in ayrshire.this may have given some clue as to where he went and also where he was born in ireland.regards katrina

rye470 · Post by **rye470** » Thu Apr 10, 2008 9:05 pm

Hi Katrina,

Probably a long shot but you never know!!!!!!!!!!!!

My husband's name is Moore and for the longest time I was stuck at his Grandfather's marraige. I knew his GGrandfather was a Walter Moore, but could find nothing. I also tried 'Muir'. Nothing, until I accidently input Mair instead of Muir. BINGO.

Might be worth a try!

Regards,

Christine.

katrina42 · Post by **katrina42** » Fri Apr 11, 2008 1:30 pm

HI,i did that and it brought nothing so i tried his son and it brought up moore,muir is the family name,i think moore was an error because his name is spelt moore on his sons wedding cert, but muir on his wife margaret's death cert.so confusing but will keep trying both.i am a desendent from that line and i am muir,but have seen many errors in census records so far.thank you i will try that one too.kind regards.katrina

katrina42 · Post by **katrina42** » Thu May 01, 2008 1:34 pm

Hi james did remarry an ayrshire woman and from that certificate i have found out his father was called Daniel muir , another headache as Daniel apparently hailed from Ireland , but i don't know where he married a jane park and his occupation was a weaver.

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