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A. Baird Carswell

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A. Baird Carswell

Birth
Strathmiglo, Fife, Scotland
Death
28 Aug 1892 (aged 75)
Scotland
Burial
Canisbay, Highland, Scotland Add to Map
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Baird became a journeyman blacksmith and an engineer. An alternate form of the surname is Carsewell.

A. Baird Carswell in the Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950
Name: A. Baird Carswell
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 28 Aug 1817
Birth Place: Strathmiglo, Fife, Scotland
Father: David Carswell
Mother: Catherin McVicar
(David Carswel married Catharine MacVicar on 6 May 1811 in Dundee, Angus, Scotland. Catherine MacVicar b. 12 June 1791; bap. 19 June 1791 Perth, Perthshire, Scotland; daughter of Archibald MacVicar and Nelly Campbell)

Baird Carswell married Isabel Flockhart on 13 January 1838 in Auchtertool, Fife, Scotland.

Baird Carswell in the 1861 Scotland Census
Age: 43
Estimated Birth Year: about 1818
Gender: Male
Where born: Strathmiglo, Fifeshire
Registration district: Canisbay
Civil parish: Canisbay
County: Caithness
Address: Mey
Occupation: Engineer
Household Members (Name) Age Relationship
Baird Carswell 43 Head
Isabella Carswell 46 Wife
James Carswell 19 Son
Isabella Carswell 11 Daughter
Archibald Carswell 9 Son
Catharine Carswell 6 Daughter (Catherine "Katie" Carswell; mother of James Sharp)
Robert Carswell 4 Son

The 1851 census indicates Baird and Isabella also had a son William Carswell. He began by 1861 as a servant apprentice blacksmith on a nearby farm and grew in skill to become an engine blacksmith working in Perth (b. about 1845 Perth, Perthshire; m. Susan Haggart 28 Feb 1873 Redgorton Registration District, Perth, Scotland; their children included: Archibald Carswell (b. 7 June 1873 Redgorton, Perthshire), Agnes F Carswell (b. about 1875 Perth, Perthshire), David Carswell (b. about 1877 Perth, Perthshire), Isabella F Carswell (b. 1879/1880 Perth, Perthshire), Ann Haggart Carswell (b. 24 May 1881 Perth, Perthshire) and Jessie J Carswell (b. about 1886 Perth, Perthshire)). Susan is indicated as a widow by being listed as Mrs. Susan Carsewell, 27 Cross Street, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland in the 1890 directory, so William died before 1890.
Baird became a journeyman blacksmith and an engineer. An alternate form of the surname is Carsewell.

A. Baird Carswell in the Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950
Name: A. Baird Carswell
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 28 Aug 1817
Birth Place: Strathmiglo, Fife, Scotland
Father: David Carswell
Mother: Catherin McVicar
(David Carswel married Catharine MacVicar on 6 May 1811 in Dundee, Angus, Scotland. Catherine MacVicar b. 12 June 1791; bap. 19 June 1791 Perth, Perthshire, Scotland; daughter of Archibald MacVicar and Nelly Campbell)

Baird Carswell married Isabel Flockhart on 13 January 1838 in Auchtertool, Fife, Scotland.

Baird Carswell in the 1861 Scotland Census
Age: 43
Estimated Birth Year: about 1818
Gender: Male
Where born: Strathmiglo, Fifeshire
Registration district: Canisbay
Civil parish: Canisbay
County: Caithness
Address: Mey
Occupation: Engineer
Household Members (Name) Age Relationship
Baird Carswell 43 Head
Isabella Carswell 46 Wife
James Carswell 19 Son
Isabella Carswell 11 Daughter
Archibald Carswell 9 Son
Catharine Carswell 6 Daughter (Catherine "Katie" Carswell; mother of James Sharp)
Robert Carswell 4 Son

The 1851 census indicates Baird and Isabella also had a son William Carswell. He began by 1861 as a servant apprentice blacksmith on a nearby farm and grew in skill to become an engine blacksmith working in Perth (b. about 1845 Perth, Perthshire; m. Susan Haggart 28 Feb 1873 Redgorton Registration District, Perth, Scotland; their children included: Archibald Carswell (b. 7 June 1873 Redgorton, Perthshire), Agnes F Carswell (b. about 1875 Perth, Perthshire), David Carswell (b. about 1877 Perth, Perthshire), Isabella F Carswell (b. 1879/1880 Perth, Perthshire), Ann Haggart Carswell (b. 24 May 1881 Perth, Perthshire) and Jessie J Carswell (b. about 1886 Perth, Perthshire)). Susan is indicated as a widow by being listed as Mrs. Susan Carsewell, 27 Cross Street, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland in the 1890 directory, so William died before 1890.

Gravesite Details

Spouse: Flockhart Isabella, Father: *, Mother: *, Age at Death: 75, General Note: Mey



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