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| William Shearer Died 3 April 1844 Thurso. This date may come from a MI and there is possibly a family burial plot in Troston cemetery I have been unable to find his death certificate or discover who his parents were or when he was born with any certainlty William at the time of his marriage in 1795 was Tenant of Forss and Overseer to Capt James Sinclair of Holborn Head , Laird of Forss. (I am told that Shearer was a Sept of the Sinclair Clan) Married Janet Milne born 23 March 1775 , daughter of Alexander Milne and Jean Kynock of Fyfie Aberdeen. Proclamation of Banns in Thurso on 15 Nov 1795; Marriage in Reay on 27 Nov 1795 witnessed by William Milne of Holbornhead and William Manson of Pennyland. |
| Forss House Hotel |
| Barrock Street Thurso |
| Janet Street Thurso |
| 1841 Census Piece: SCT1841/41 Thurso-Caithness Enumeration District: 4 Civil Parish: Thurso Folio: 0 Page: 14 Address: Cowgate maybe in the Barrock St area of Thurso. ) SHEARER William head M 30 Shoemaker Caithness SHEARER Barbara wife F 30 Caithness SHEARER William son M 8 Caithness (William Alexander Campbell Shearer born 1832 ) SHEARER Donald son M 7 Caithness (Donald Francis Campbell Shearer born 1834) SHEARER George son M 5 Caithness (George Campbell Shearer born 1836) SHEARER Francis C. son M 3 Caithness died in infancy SHEARER Catherine dau F 1 Caithness (Catherine Campbell Shearer) SHEARER Margaret visitor? F 60 Caithness Margaret Shearer was possibly his aunt, un married daughter of William and Janet born 1 Nov 1814 1841 Census James Shearer Brother to William . He witnessed the marriage of William & Barbara in 1831 Piece: SCT1841/41 Place: Thurso-Caithness Enumeration District: 5 Civil Parish: Thurso Ecclesiastical Parish, Village or Island: Folio: 0 Page: 6 at Forss SHEARER James M 45 Blacksmith Caithness - Betty F 45 Caithness ( Elizabeth) - Isabella F 17 Caithness - Margaret F 15 Caithness - Jacobina F 14 Caithness - Janet F 12 Caithness - Donald M 10 Caithness - Walter M 8 Caithness - Betsy F 7 Caithness ( Elizabeth) - William M 5 Caithness - John M 3 Caithness CAMPBELL John M 20 Apprentice Blacksmith Outside Census County (1841) Census 1881 Janet Street, Thurso. SHEARER William widowed 73 head Leather Merchant SHEARER James unmarried 34 son Draper born 1847. MILLER Mary Ann unmarried 35 servant |
| ( It is difficult to be certain which Donald and Margaret Campbell she belonged to. There is a marriage entry for Donald Cambell of Tongside and Margaret Campbell at Halkirk 25 Feb 1800.. However according to IGI. the Barbara born of that union , one of 9 children, was christened 21 Sept 1810. I also have a certificate for Donald Campbell , a wright( carpenter ) of Wick and his wife Margaret Campbell baptising a child Barbara on 21 Nov 1806.) Marriage Thurso Ref: 041/5, Frame 1367 October 28 1831. William Shearer, Shoemaker in Forss to Barbara Campbell in Thurso. Witnesses James Shearer, smith in Forss and James Gunn, mason in Brims,( his brother in law ) |
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| Children were James Shearer b 16 Oct 1796 Thurso who married Elizabeth Ross in 1824 had, 9 children and was a Blacksmith in Forss, died 23 May 1870. Janet Shearer b 23 March 1798 Thurso married James Gunn , mason. 4 Dec 1827 see 1841 William Shearer Chr 17 Dec 1799 died in infancy George Shearer Chr 17 Dec 1799 died in infancy Donald Shearer b 10 Nov 1800 Halkirk possibly a farmer in Wick & married Janet Harrold George Shearer b 17 Dec 1805 Joiner in Thurso married Catherine Nichol William Shearer b 2 Aug 1807 shoemaker married 1831 to Barbara Rose Campbell,( see below) Soloman Shearer b 10 Oct 1810 Margaret Shearer b 1 Nov 1814 Thurso |
| Francis born 18 May 1838 died in infancy |
| Janet Campbell Shearer b 14 Feb 1842 |
| a work in progress Dont forget Genealogy is definitely addictive |
| They almost all moved away from Caithness into England, all except for James who stayed in the family home in Janet Street Thurso and Margaret who married the local Vet Donald Sutherland |
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| William Shearer and Barbara Rose Campbell of Thurso. William was a shoemaker and leather merchant in Thurso . He married Barbara Rose Campbell who, according to her death certificate, was daughter of Donald Campbell, carpenter and wood merchant and Margaret Campbell nee Campbell . Barbara died August 1880 age given as 73.which would make her birth date around 1807 |
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