Law births in Glasgow.....

perseus · Post by **perseus** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 11:39 am

Looking for births for Sarah Jane Law c 1833 and Mary Law c 1835 in Glasgow .The

y may have been catholic.
Parents Joseph Law & Elisabeth Harriman

Post by **SarahND** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 3:45 pm

Welcome again!

Did the family stay in Scotland? Just wondering if you have found them in any censuses in either England (given your other post) or Scotland. I don't see anything obvious, but I haven't looked very hard yet.
Regards,
Sarah

perseus · Post by **perseus** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 6:41 pm

Hi Sarah
The other thread I posted re Joseph Law sw Scotland is connected( or so I was told).
It seems that joseph Law bart was the grandfather of Joseph b 1809 the father of the 2 girls. Joseph was born in sedgley. he married Elisabeth Harriman in Wolverhampton in 1831. I have censuses for Joseph Law & Elisabeth Harriman from 1841 when they were in Leicester. They stayed in Leicester and raised their family. Richard, their 4th son was my gr grandfather. This is my family line through my father.
There were lots of Laws in Staffordshire at this time which makes me wonder hao true the story I have is. However I di wonder why Joseph & Elizabeth went to Glasgow. Was it because of family connections?!!!!
Don't know if this is of any help, but appreciate your interest.
I would so love to find their births.

Post by **SarahND** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 7:12 pm

Hi again,
I assume this is the family in Leicester in 1841:
1841 Mill Lane, The Newarks, Burough of Leicester, Leicestershire
Joseph Law, 30, Locksmith, born outside county
Elizabeth Law, 25, born outside county
Sarah Law, 8, born outside county
Mary Law,, 7, born outside county
Joseph Law, 5, born outside county

Although in this census they are all simply indicated as being born in another English county, in 1851 I see that both Sarah and Mary are supposed to have been born in Glasgow. So now I know where you got the info

Did Sarah marry a John Jebbutt around 1860? Just wondering, since she is not with the family and that is the only Sarah of the right age born in Scotland in the neighbourhood in 1861.

Will keep pondering this. Have you searched for their births on Scotland's People? (Link at the top of the page)

Regards,
Sarah

P.S. later. I see from FreeBMD Marriage Index that the marriage was 1st quarter 1858 and that his name is John Jebbett. Yes, I know I'm going forwards instead of backwards!

But I like to get as much info as possible in all directions. You never know what may help! As you will have seen, there are no obvious births on Scotland's People. Do you know that they were Catholic, or are you guessing from the Bishop story? If they were, that might explain why they are not registered with the Church of Scotland.

perseus · Post by **perseus** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 9:08 pm

Hi Sarah

You do indeed have the right family.

I have all joseph & Elisabeth's children baptised in the Holy Cross R C church in Leicester, except for the obvious.
All of Joseph& Olive's children had catholic baptisms too.

The split between the bishop and his son came about, as I've been led to believe, because the bishop was not catholic and he did not accept that his son became a catholic , or that Olive was pregnant. (How do they know these details when i can't even find them)

Of course there should be a birth for Joseph c 1770 because he would not have been catholic then. However there is a query over what religion the bishop was! Did the church of scotland have bishops?

What has been interesting in my searches is the trouble caused by religion within the Law family...some, who married outside the catholic church were not well thought of and I believe that there were many splits within the family. Richard, my gr grandad seemed to have very strong views and was a devoted, possibly obsessive, catholic.
He died in 1831 so I never knew him. I have met with an older cousin who did know him as a very young child. My grandad was his youngest child( one of 13!!!)

Sorry I'm rambling.

I have just looked at the site you gave me re catholic records, and I did send details and asked for a search but at that time my money was returned. i think it may have been that records were being digitalised. I guess I need to try again.

Thanks again Sarah

Perseus

Post by **SarahND** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 9:20 pm

perseus wrote:He died in 1831 so I never knew him. I have met with an older cousin who did know him as a very young child.

I hope you meant 1931

Or do people live for centuries in your family?

If so, you should have the time to figure this all out!

Sarah

perseus · Post by **perseus** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 9:38 pm

Hi sarah

A freudian slip, do you think? I do this more often than is healthy!

Glad to see you're paying attention!!!!

Perseus

I did have a great aunt who lived to 104. and my grandad managed 96!
So you never know!!!

Though I have a friend whose Grandma was 101 and her sister ( the grandma's) was 106. They were scots from aberdeenshire!!!!