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John SEMPLE
(Abt 1749 – )
Janet GRAY
(Abt 1751– )
John CURRIE
(1767 –1846)
Margaret BEAUMONT
(1765 – Bef 1862)
Alexander SEMPLE
(1796 –1874)
Agnes CURRIE
(1799 – Bef 1851)
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Alexander SEMPLE
(1835 – Bef 1880)

 

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1. Ann Watson SHEARER

Alexander SEMPLE 1 2 3 4
  • Born: 9 February 1835, Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Scotland 2 3 4
  • Christened: 19 February 1835, Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Scotland 2
  • Marriage (1): Ann Watson SHEARER on 4 December 1863 in Edinburgh Parish, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
  • Died: Bef 1880
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bullet  Recorded Events in His Life

  • He resided at Old Whitehill in Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Scotland on 6 June 1841. 3

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  • He appeared on the 1841 Census of Scotland on 6 June 1841 in Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Scotland. 3 5

1841 Census of Scotland - Piece: SCT1841/609
     Place:  Ochiltree-Ayrshire
     Enumeration District:  4
     Civil Parish:  Ochiltree
     Ecclesiastical Parish, Village or Island:  Ochiltree
     Parish Number:  609
     Folio:  4
     Page:   8

Address: Old Whitehill

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                                  Estimated
Surname  First name   Sex   Age   Birth Year   Occupation     Where Born   Remarks

SEMPLE   Alexander     M     40    abt 1801    Labourer       Ayrshire
SEMPLE   Agness        F     40    abt 1801    -              Ayrshire
SEMPLE   Margaret      F     15    abt 1826    -              Ayrshire
SEMPLE   Mary          F     10    abt 1831    -              Ayrshire
SEMPLE   Alexander     M      5    abt 1836    -              Ayrshire
SEMPLE   Robert        M      3    abt 1838    -              Ayrshire
SEMPLE   James         M      1    abt 1840    -              Ayrshire   

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  • He resided at Main Street, Town of Newton in Newton on Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland on 30 March 1851. 4

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  • He appeared on the 1851 Census of Scotland on 30 March 1851 in Newton on Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland. 4

Alexander Semple   Head     Wid   M   54   Thatcher            Ayrshire Coylton
Margaret    "      Daur     U     F   26   Straw Hat Maker        "     Stair
Mary        "      Daur     U     F   20          "               "     Ochiltree
Alexander   "      Son      U     M   16   Grocer (App)           "        "
Robert      "      Son      U     M   13   Iron Monger (App)      "        "
James       "      Son      U     M   11   Scholar                "        "
Elizabeth McEwen   Lodger   U     F   18   Hand Sewer             "     Maybole

  • He worked as an apprentice grocer on 30 March 1851 in Newton on Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland. 4
  • He worked as a mason on 7 April 1861 in Houston and Killellan, Renfrewshire, Scotland. 6
  • He appeared on the 1861 Census of Scotland on 7 April 1861 in Houston and Killellan, Renfrewshire, Scotland. 6 William Hamilton       36
    Janet Hamilton       40
    Ann Mckean       18
    Jane Hamilton       10
    John Hamilton       6
    Janet Hamilton       4
    Elisabeth Hamilton       2
    William Steel Hamilton       11 Day
    Alexander Semple       26
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Alexander married Ann Watson SHEARER, daughter of Solomon SHEARER and Elizabeth WATSON, on 4 December 1863 in Edinburgh Parish, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland. (Ann Watson SHEARER was born on 28 March 1839 in Thurso, Caithness, Scotland, christened on 11 April 1839 in Thurso, Caithness, Scotland and died before 1920.)


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bullet   Sources   bullet

  1. Kirsty M. Haining.
  2. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, International Genealogical Index (R) [database on-line] (Copyright © 1980, 2002), Parish Records, Batch No. C116094  (Ochiltree, Ayr, Scotland), 1819 –1855.
  3. National Records of Scotland and brightsolid Online Publishing Ltd., ScotlandsPeople (https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/), 1841 Census of Scotland; digital images (Edinburgh, Scotland: General Register Office for Scotland. Reels 1–151. © Crown copyright), Alexander Semple household, Old Whitehill, Parish of Ochiltree (609), Ayrshire, Scotland, enumeration district (ED) 4, page 8.
  4. National Records of Scotland and brightsolid Online Publishing Ltd., ScotlandsPeople (https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/), 1851 Census of Scotland; digital images (Edinburgh, Scotland: General Register Office for Scotland. Reels 1– 217. © Crown copyright), Alexander Semple household, Main Street, Parish of Newton on Ayr, Town of Newton, Ayrshire, Scotland.
  5. FreeCEN (https://www.freecen.org.uk/), 1841 Census of Scotland (FreeCEN search engine, layout and database Copyright © 2003-2012 The Trustees of FreeCEN. Scottish Census Data - Crown Copyright © General Register Office for Scotland. Reproduced with the permission of the Controller of HMSO and Queen's Printer for Scotland), Alexander Semple household, Old Whitehill, Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Scotland, Parish 609, Enumeration District 4, page 8.
  6. Ancestry.com, 1861 Scotland Census [database on-line] (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006). Original data: Scotland. 1861 Scotland Census. Reels 1–150. General Register Office for Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland.


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