Reverend
Alexander
Gunn
Born about in Watten, Caithness, Scotland, United Kingdom
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Alison (Murdoch) Gunn
— married
3 Oct 1837 in Wick, Caithness, Scotland, United Kingdom
Father of
Elizabeth A Gunn, Alexander James Gunn, Janet Brown Gunn, Alice Murdoch Gunn, Robert I Gunn and Mary Gunn
Died [date unknown]
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 13 Mar 2018
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This profile is part of the Watten, Caithness One Place Study.
Biography
Alexander Gunn is a member of Clan Gunn.
Reverend Alexander Gunn was the minister at the parish of the Free Church in Watten.
In 1837 Alexander married Alison Murdoch in Pulteney, Wick. The marriage was performed by Reverend Robert Phin. Alexander was serving as a minister in Watten at the time of his marriage.[1]
Alexander was named as the father of Alice Gunn on her baptism record.[2]
In 1851 Reverend Gunn is recorded as living in Watten with his wife and children at their home in Wester Watten. Three house servants were living with them: Margaret Calder, Jane Gow and Daniel Mowat.[3]
Census
- Alexander Gunn in the 1851 Scotland Census
- Name: Alexander Gunn
- Age: 41
- Estimated Birth Year: abt 1810
- Relationship: Head
- Spouse: Allison Gunn
- Gender: Male
- Where Born: Watten, Caithness
- Parish Number: 42
- Civil Parish: Watten
- County: Caithness
- Address: Wester Watten
- Occupation: Minister Of Face Church Watten
- ED: 4
- Page: 12
- Household Schedule Number: 53
- Line: 19
- Roll: CSSCT1851_9
- Household Members:
- Alexander Gunn (age 41)
- Allison Gunn (age 38)
- Elizabeth A Gunn (age 12)
- Alexander I Gunn (age 10)
- Janet Brown Gunn (age 7)
- Alice Gunn (age 4)
- Robert I Gunn (age 2)
- Mary Gunn (age 2 Mo)
- Margaret Calder (age 20)
- Jane Gow (age 16)
- Daniel Mowat (age 15)
- Alexander Gunn in the 1861 Scotland Census
- Name: Alexander Gunn
- Age: 51
- Estimated Birth Year: abt 1810
- Relationship: Head
- Spouse's Name: Allison Gunn
- Gender: Male
- Where born: Watten, caithnessshire
- Registration Number: 42
- Registration district: Watten
- Civil parish: Watten
- County: Caithness
- Address: Free Church Manse
- Occupation: Minister Of Watten F Ch
- ED: 3
- Household schedule number: 20
- Line: 1
- Roll: CSSCT1861_6
- Household Members - Relationship
- Alexander Gunn (age 51) Head
- Allison Gunn (age 48) Wife
- Janet Brown Gunn (age 17) Daughter
- Alice Gunn (age 14) Daughter
- Robert I Gunn (age 12) Son
- Mary Gunn (age 10) Daughter
- James Wm Gunn (age 6) Son
- Elizabeth Bruce (age 24) Servant
- Jane Gunn (age 14) Servant
- Margaret Sutherland (age 24) Servant
- Alexander Gunn in the 1871 Scotland Census
- Name: Alexander Gunn
- Age: 61
- Estimated Birth Year: abt 1810
- Relationship: Head
- Spouse's Name: Alison Gunn
- Gender: Male
- Where born: Watten, caithnessshire
- Registration Number: 42
- Registration district: Watten
- Civil parish: Watten
- County: Caithness
- Address: Village Of West Watten (free Church Mause)
- Occupation: Minister Of Watten (frce Church
- ED: 2
- Household schedule number: 105
- Line: 1
- Roll: CSSCT1871_8
- Household Members - Relationship
- Alexander Gunn (age 61) Head
- Alison Gunn (age 58) Wife
- Mary Gunn (age 20) Daughter
- James Wm Gunn (age 16) Son
- Christina Taylor (age 19) Servant
- Alexander Clark (age 13) Servant
Sources
- ↑ https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/31720404?searchTerm=watten The Colonist], 7 February 1838. Accessed via Trove.
- ↑ "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XBML-ZRG : 10 February 2018), Alice Murdoch Gunn, 13 Jan 1847; citing , reference , index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 990,557.
- ↑ 1851 Scotland Census, Parish: Watten; ED: 4; Page: 12; Line: 19; Roll: CSSCT1851_9; Year: 1851, accessed 12 March 2017.
- ↑ Ancestry.com. 1851 Scotland Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Original data: Scotland. 1851 Scotland Census. Reels 1-217. General Register Office for Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Ancestry.com. 1871 Scotland Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007. Original data: Scotland. 1871 Scotland Census. Reels 1-191. General Register Office for Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland.
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