James Gunn (1825)

Born Jan 1825 in Watten, Caithness, Scotland, United Kingdom

Biography

This profile is part of the Watten, Caithness One Place Study.

James Gunn is a member of Clan Gunn.

James Gunn (or Rose) was born in January 1825 and baptised in Watten, Caithness, on 3 October 1825.^[1]

James's birth was illegitimate and his parents were required to admit their sin of fornication before the Watten kirk sessions in 1825.^[2]

In 1841 James was living with his mother and Alexander Rose in Bilbster in the parish of Wick, Caithness. James's trade was "agricultural labourer". Although no records have been found yet to support this, it would be reasonable to assume that Alexander and Isobel were related and that Alexander was probably James's maternal grandfather.^[3]

Baptism

Name: James Gunn Or Rose

Gender: Male

Age: 0

Birth Date: Jan 1825

Baptism Date: 3 Oct 1825

Baptism Place: Watten, Caithness, Scotland

Father: James Gunn

Mother: Isobel Rose

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Census

James Gunn in the 1841 Scotland Census

Name: James Gunn

Age: 15

Estimated Birth Year: abt 1826

Gender: Male

Where born: Caithness, Scotland

Civil parish: Wick

County: Caithness

Address: Bilbster

Occupation: Ag Lab

Parish Number: 43

Household Members

Alex Rose (age 80)

Isabel Rose (age 35)

James Gunn (age 15)

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Sources

1. ↑ "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XBMG-3PF : 12 February 2020), James Gunn or Rose, 1825.
2. ↑ Minutes of the Watten Kirk Session, 1825, CH2/364/4. Accessed via Scotland's People.
3. ↑ 1841 Scotland Census, Parish: Wick; ED: 4A; Page: 22; Line: 1500; Year: 1841. Accessed via Ancestry.com.
4. ↑ Ancestry.com. Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Original data: Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013.
5. ↑ Ancestry.com. 1841 Scotland Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Original data: 1841 Scotland Census. Edinburgh, Scotland: General Register Office for Scotland. Reels 1-151. General Register Office for Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland.