John’s paternal family tree - narrative

Events

Parents

Families

Attributes

Pedigree

1. Colvin, Magnus
   1. Jameson, Ann Dickson
      1. Colvin, Jacobina
      2. Colvin, Jeremiah
      3. Colvin, James
      4. Colvin, Annie
         1. Yates, George
      5. Colvin, Jemima

Ancestors

Source References

1. Ancestry.com: 1891 Scotland Census
   1. • Citation:

        http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1891scotland&h=75055&ti=5538&indiv=try&gss=pt

      • Source text:

        Birth date: abt 1861 Birth place: Shelland, Sandwick Residence date: 1891 Residence place: Dunrossness, Shetland, Scotland

   2. • Date: 5 Apr 1891
      • Page: 1891 Census: Magnus Colvin, wife Ann and three children; Uppertown, Dunrossness; ED 1, Household schedule 56, line 11 Roll CSSCT1891_1
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      • Citation:

        1891 Census: Magnus Colvin, wife Ann and three children: Image is from National Records of Scotland, census 003/2 1/ 13, page 13 of 19.

2. Ancestry.com: 1881 Scotland Census
   1. • Citation:

        http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1881scotland&h=928327&ti=5538&indiv=try&gss=pt

      • Source text:

        Birth date: abt 1862 Birth place: Sandwick, Shetland Residence date: 1881 Residence place: Dunrossness, Shetland, Scotland

   2. • Date: 3 Apr 1881
      • Page: 1881 Census: Magnus Colvin with wife Ann and four children: Sandwick & Cunninsburgh; ED 1, Household Schedule 61, line 7, Roll cssct1881_1
      • 
      • Citation:

        1881 Census - image from National Records of Scotland, Census 003/2 1/ 12 page 12 of 17.

        The Census record states that the hamlet is "Gord" - I've assumed that this is Gord in Sandwick and NOT Gord in Quendale. There are other Colvin families here.

3. Ancestry.com: 1901 Scotland Census
   1. • Citation:

        http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1901scotland&h=2945721&ti=5538&indiv=try&gss=pt

      • Source text:

        Birth date: abt 1861 Birth place: Dunrossness, Zetland Residence date: 1901 Residence place: Lerwick, Shetland, Scotland

   2. • Date: 31 Mar 1901
      • Page: 1901 Census: Magnus Colvin, mason's labourer, with wife Ann and daughter: Lerwick, ED 5, Household schedule 8, line 24, roll CSSCT1901_2
      • 
      • Citation:

        1901 Census: Magnus Colvin with wife Ann and daughter Ann: image comes from National Register of Scotland Census 005/1 5/ 2 page 2 of 44.

        If this is correct (there were three Magnus Colvins born in 1828!) then the man who has spent his lifetime as a fisherman, with a family of fishermen, has, in his 70s, moved to the main town and found work as a mason's labourer. Sad!!

4. Ancestry.com: 1861 Scotland Census
   1. • Citation:

        http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1861scotland&h=2010253&ti=5538&indiv=try&gss=pt

      • Source text:

        Birth date: abt 1861 Birth place: Sandwick, Zetland Residence date: 1861 Residence place: Sandwick and Cunningsburgh, Shetland, Scotland

   2. • Date: 7 Apr 1861
      • Page: 1861 Census Magnus Colvin, wife Ann and three children, with sister Catherine; Sandwick and Cunningsburgh; ED 1, Household schedule 28, Line 1, Roll CSSCT1861_1
      • 
      • Citation:

        1861 Census Magnus Colvin - Census record from National Records of Scotland, Census 003/ 21/ 7, page 7 of 17. Other Colvin families here, occupation fishing. Catherine Colvin is designated as "servant".

5. Ancestry.com: Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950
   1. • Date: 1 Jan 1861
      • Page: Birth of Ann Colvin: Dunrossness; Father Magnus Colvin, mother Ann Jameson
6. General Register Office, National Archives: England & Wales, Death Index:1916-2005
   1. • Date: about Apr 1936
      • Page: Death of Annie Colvin: South Shields, Volume 10a, Page 704; birth date about 1861
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7. Tony Gott: North Isles Family History: Shetland
   1. • Date: 1 Jan 1861
      • Page: Birth of Ann Colvin
   2. • Date: 17 Nov 1920
      • Page: Marriage of Annie Colvin and George Yates
      • Citation:

        Marriage of Annie Colvin and George Yates: Married by William Fotheringham, witnesses George Gifford and Christina Johnson

8. General Register Office for Scotland & the National Archives of Scotland.: Scotland Statutory Registers - Births
   1. • Date: 1861
      • Page: Birth of Ann Colvin: Sanwick and Cunningsburgh; Ref 003/ 2/ 1; mother's maiden name Jameson
9. Ancestry.com: 1871 Scotland Census
   1. • Date: 2 Apr 1871
      • Page: 1871 Census: Magnus Colvin, fisherman, with wife Ann and three children; living with cousin Oliver; Sandwick Parish, Gord; ED 2, Household schedule 81 line 13, Roll CSSCT1871_1
      • 
      • Citation:

        1871 Census, Magnus Colvin with Oliver Colvin and others - image from National Records of Scotland, Census 003/2 1/ 16 page 16 of 17

10. National Records of Scotland: 1911 Scotland Census
    1. • Date: 2 Apr 1911
       • Page: 1911 Census: Annie Colvin, her mother Ann and Catherine? Leask: Scalloway, Census 010/1 5/ 2 page 2 of 12
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       • Citation:

         1911 Census: Annie Colvin with her mother Ann and Catherine? Leask - Leask connection to her brother-in-law George?

11. Janice Halcrow: Shetland Newspaper Transcriptions Janice Halcrow, Shetland Newspaper Transcriptions
    1. • Date: 17 Nov 1920
       • Page: Marriage of Annie Colvin and George Yates: Lerwick, Publication date 20 Nov 1920