David Swanson [12024]
(Abt 1777-After 1841)
Christina [12025]
(Abt 1780-After 1841)
Andrew Munro [2503]
(Bef 1775-Bef 1841)
Margaret Mackay [2504]
(Abt 1772-Between 1844/1851)
Charles Swanson [7760]
(Abt 1808-Between 1841/1851)
Johan Munro [7761]
(1808-1887)
Robert Findlater Swanson [7762]
(1840-After 1901)

 

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Spouses/Children:
Jessie [7764]

Robert Findlater Swanson [7762] 1

  • Born: 10 Oct 1840, Durness, SUT 1
  • Marriage: Jessie [7764] between 1875 and 1877
  • Died: After 2 Apr 1901

bullet  Events

• He worked as a shoemaker.

• 6 Jun 1841 census: age 6months, (son) in David Swanson's household at Sangomore, Durness, SUT. 2

• 30 Mar 1851 census: age 10, son of Johanna Swanson at Sangomore, Durness, SUT. 3 Wrongly shown as age 16 in ancestry.co.uk transcript.

• 7 Apr 1861 census: age 20, son of Johan Swanson at Sangomore, Durness, SUT. 4 Wrongly shown as age 16 in ancestry.co.uk transcript.

• 2 Apr 1871 census: age 29, shoemaker, visiting Neil McKay at Hope Ferry, Durness, SUT, Scotland. 5

• 3 Apr 1881 census: age 40, married son of Johan Swanson at Sangomore, Durness, SUT. 6

• 5 Apr 1891 census: age 50, shoemaker, head of household at Sangomore, Durness, SUT. 7

• 31 Mar 1901 census: age 60, crofter, head of household at Sangomore, Durness, SUT. 8


Robert married Jessie [7764] between 1875 and 1877. (Jessie [7764] was born about 1846 in Eddrachillis, Sutherland and died after 2 Apr 1901.)


Sources


1 LDS Batch C110482 Durness 1764-1854.

2 1841 census of Scotland, Sutherland, Volume 48 Durness, enumeration district (ED) 3, page 14, household of David Swanson (Sangomore);
[all born Sutherland, no relationships shown]
David Swanson 64 [head]
Christy Swanson 60 [wife]
Doliana Swanson 34 [daughter]
Cathrine Swanson 30 [daughter]
Charles Swanson 32 [son]
Johana Swanson 30 [Johan Munro, daughter-in-law]
Charles Swanson 3 [grandson]
Robert Swanson 6 MO [grandson]
Christy Gessie 2
Effey McKenzie 10

3 1851 census of Scotland, Sutherland, Volume 48 Durness, enumeration district (ED) 4, page 9, schedule no. 3, household of Johana Swanson (Sangomore);
Johana Swanson 34 head, Tongue
Charles Swanson 13 son, Durness
Robert Swanson 16 son, Durness
Margret Swanson 8 daughter, Durness
Alexander Swanson 5 son, Durness
Charles Swanson 2 son, Durness

4 1861 census of Scotland, Sutherland, Volume 48 Durness, enumeration district (ED) 4, page 14, schedule no. 63, household of Johan Swanson (Sangomore);
Johan Swanson 39 head, tenant of a lot [small piece] of land, Tongue
Charles Swanson 22 son, mason, Durness
Margaret Swanson 18 daughter, domestic servant, Durness
Robert Swanson 16 son, farm labourer, Durness
Alexander Swanson 14 son, scholar, Durness
David Swanson 12 son, scholar, Durness

5 1871 census of Scotland, Sutherland, Volume 48 Durness, enumeration district (ED) 7, page 3, schedule no. 4, household of Neil McKay (Hope House, Durness);
Neil Mckay 40 ferryman, Durness Sutherland
Mary Mckay 32 wife, Tongue Sutherland
Charles Cameron 19 nephew, ag.labourer, Durness
Betsy Munro 15 servant, domestic servant, Tongue
Alexander Mckay 25 visitor, shepherd, Rogart Sutherland
Robert Swanson 29 visitor, shoemaker, Durness

6 1881 census of Scotland, Sutherland, Volume 48 Durness, enumeration district (ED) 4, page 1, schedule no. 1, household of Johan Swanson (Sangomore);
Johan Swanson 72 W farmer of 3½ acres, Tongue
Robert Swanson 40 M son, shoemaker, Durness
Jessie Swanson 34 M daughter-in-law, Eddrachillis
Charles Swanson 32 U son, fisherman, Durness
Alexander Swanson 4 grandson, Durness
Johan Harris 3 grand-daughter, Glasgow
Marion Swanson 2 grand-daughter, Durness
Charlotte Swanson 11months, Durness

7 1891 census of Scotland, Sutherland, Volume 48 Durness, enumeration district (ED) 4, page 14, schedule no. 66, household of Robert Swanson, shoemaker (Sangomore);
Robert Swanson 50 head, shoemaker
Jessie Swanson 43 wife
Alexander Swanson 14 son
Marion Swanson 12 daughter
Charlotte Swanson 10 daughter
Johan Swanson 8 daughter
William Swanson 6 son
Margaret Swanson 2 daughter
Charles Swanson 41 U brother, fisherman

8 1901 census of Scotland, Sutherland, Volume 48 Durness, enumeration district (ED) 4, page 1, schedule no. 2, household of Robert Swanson, crofter (Sangomore);
Robert Swanson 60 M crofter
Jessie Swanson 52 wife
Alexander Swanson 24 U son, fisherman
William Swanson 16 son, carter on croft
Margaret Swanson 11 daughter
Charles Swanson 52 U brother, fisherman

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