Calderwoods of Scotland?

Question

My paternal line stretches into Scotland, but I always seem to hit a rock after the couple Alexander Calderwoods and Mary Barr (Anderson?). I also use Ancestry and am basically cloning my info there into profiles here. This is the couple, I believe, who migrated from Scotland to the United States and settled in Vermont.

Comments

Hi Kriystle, nice to meet you... welcome to WikiTree :)

When you are able, please also clone your sources from your Ancestry profiles onto your WikiTree profiles (the sources didn't make it over yet).

That way efforts won't be duplicated here by others, collaboration will be easier, and the information will be supported.  People trying to help find your next ancestors will be able to refer to the sources you post and possibly find better results for you.

I hope this is helpful,

-Keith

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I don't know how to actually get links for sources as most end up being some sort of picture and over there all that needs to be done is clicking a button to accept a source.

Answer 1

Is this a possibility?

Alexander Calderwood

Male

14 Nov 1800

Baptism

23 Nov 1800

Stewarton, Ayr, Scotland

 James Calderwood  

Mary Sim  

James Calderwood

Marriage Date:

1 Dec 1787

Marriage Place:

Stewarton,Ayr,Scotland

 

Mary Sim  Ancestry.com. Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, IncAncestry.com.

 Scotland, Select Marriages, 1561-1910 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. ., 2014.

Really though these are just indexes, for the marriage you might get more information if you could find it on http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/

(unfortunately they charge)

 

Comments

Possibly/probably. Just wish I could get a bit further than that.

Answer 2

Alexander Calderwood

United States Census, 1860

Name	Alexander Calderwood
Event Type	Census
Event Year	1860
Event Place	Albany, Orleans, Vermont, United States
Gender	Male
Age	60
Race	White
Race (Original)	[Blank]
Birth Year (Estimated)	1800
Birthplace	Scotland
Page	129
Affiliate Name	The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Affiliate Publication Number	M653

HOUSEHOLD	ROLE	GENDER	AGE	BIRTHPLACE
Alexander Calderwood		M	60	Scotland
Mary Calderwood		F	54	Scotland
Andrew Calderwood		M	23	Scotland
John Calderwood		M	20	Scotland
Thomas Calderwood		M	18	Vermont
David Calderwood		M	16	Vermont
Margaret Calderwood		F	10	Vermont

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findagrave:  http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=calderwood&GSfn=alexander&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=49&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=82141895&df=all&

 

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Alexander Calderwood

United States Census, 1850

Name	Alexander Calderwood
Event Type	Census
Event Year	1850
Event Place	Craftsbury, Orleans, Vermont, United States
Gender	Male
Age	47
Race	White
Birth Year (Estimated)	1803
Birthplace	Scotland
House Number	406

HOUSEHOLD	ROLE	GENDER	AGE	BIRTHPLACE
Alexander Calderwood		M	47	Scotland
Mary Calderwood		F	44	Scotland
James Calderwood		M	19	Scotland
William Calderwood		M	17	Scotland
Alexander Calderwood		M	13	Scotland
Andrew Calderwood		M	12	Scotland
John Calderwood		M	10	Scotland
Thomas Calderwood		M	8	Vermont
David Calderwood		M	4	Vermont

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Mary Barr

mentioned in the record of Alexander Calderwood

Name	Mary Barr
Gender	Female
Husband	Alexander Calderwood
Son	Alexander Calderwood

Other information in the record of Alexander Calderwood

from Scotland, Births and Baptisms

Name	Alexander Calderwood
Gender	Male
Christening Date	20 Jun 1835
Christening Place	, DUNLOP, AYR, SCOTLAND
Birth Date	25 May 1835
Father's Name	Alexander Calderwood
Mother's Name	Mary Barr

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this image lists Alex jr's place of birth as Kilmarnock, Scotland:

https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VXRS-DXQ

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Alexander Calderwood

mentioned in the record of Alexander Calderwood and Mary Barr

Name	Alexander Calderwood
Spouse's Name	Mary Barr
Event Date	16 May 1826
Event Place	Dunlop,Ayr,Scotland

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link to marriage record:  https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XT29-29V

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Free Reg has a little more detail for the baptism.
 

Ayrshire
Dunlop
Church of Scotland Parish Church
Baptism date 20 June 1835
Birth date 25 May 1835
Person forename Alexander
Person sex M
Person abode Bankend
Father forename Alexr
Father surnameCALDERWOOD

Mother forename Mary
Mother surnameBARR

Notes baptised by Mr Dickie

 Other children indexed  on Free Reg are

William born  in May 1833, Andrew b Dec  1837  John b April 1840.

 (Abodes were Brockwell for William and Mosside for Andrew and John so it sounds as they moved around within the same Parish. Bankside was a farm then according to Wiki and Mosside is a farm that is now in the postal district of Stewarton ; they are only 4 km apart ) http://freereg2.freereg.org.uk/   

This site  also has some records (not all parishes by any means) but would have to be checked parish by parish. http://www.ayrshireroots.co.uk/index.html

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How about info on the elder Alexander Calderwood's birth place and parents?

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Alexander Calderwood' is an open profile, so anyone who is experienced with the formatting of sources can help add the applicable sources directly to the profile, if you'd like. I have the marriage source, but from my tablet I am unable to properly copy and paste other sources links.