Alexander Weir ^{1 2 3 4 5}

  Birth Notes:

Name: Alexander Weir
Event Type: Birth
Event Date: 13 Apr 1793
Event Place: Currie, Midlothian, Scotland
Event Place (Original): Currie, Midlothian, Scotland
Gender: Male
Father's Name: Richard Weir
Mother's Name: Helen Swirrels

Citing this Record
"Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQ4X-ZJ7 : 11 February 2020), Helen Swirrels in entry for Alexander Weir, 1793.
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  Noted events in his life were:

• 1841 Scotland Census: 1841, in Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland. ⁴ 1841 Scotland Census
Page 4, Line 1200, District 3B
Roll CSSCT1841_133-0159
Address: Byres
Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland
Alexander Weir..45

(Living with wife and 4 children.)

NOTE - If his birth date was 13 Apr 1793, then his age should have been 47 or 48 instead of 45.
.

• He appeared on the 1851 Scotland Census in Haddingtonshire, SCOTLAND on 1851.

⁵ 1851 Census of Scotland
Page 7, Line 12, District 3, Household 24
Haddingtonshire (East Lothian), Scotland
Alexander Weir..Father..57..Edinburgh

(Living with wife, daughter, brother, and sister.)
.

• He appeared on the 1861 Scotland Census in Haddington, Haddingtonshire, Scotland, United Kingdom on 1861.

² 1861 Scotland Census
Page 5, Line 6, District 13, Schedule 20
Address: ABERLADY ROAD
Registration District: Haddington, Registration Number: RG09
Haddington, Haddingtonshire, Scotland
Alexander Weir..Head..67..Midlothian..OVERSER F B

(Living with wife, daughter, and granddaughter.)

NOTE - The occupation of "Overser F B" is not defined but possibly means something similar to an overseer of farms, in other words an agricultural worker or farmer.

Alexander married Agnes Aitken, daughter of John Aitken and Agnes Gibb, on 7 August 1818 in Uphall, West Lothian, SCOTLAND.^{1 2} (Agnes Aitken was born on 26 March 1797 in Linlithgow, West Lothian, SCOTLAND ^{2 5}, baptized on 16 April 1797 in East Calder, Midlothian, Scotland ⁶ and died on 7 November 1873 ⁷.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• 1841 Scotland Census: 1841, in Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland. ⁴ 1841 Scotland Census
Page 4, Line 1200, District 3B
Roll CSSCT1841_133-0159
Address: Byres
Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland
Alexander Weir..45
Agnes Weir..40
Betsy Weir..14
John Weir..11
Janet Weir..8
Isabella Weir..4
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• They appeared on the 1851 Scotland Census in Haddingtonshire, SCOTLAND on 1851.

⁵ 1851 Census of Scotland
Page 7, Line 12, District 3, Household 24
Haddingtonshire (East Lothian), Scotland
Alexander Weir..Father..57..Edinburgh
Agnes Weir..Mother..54..Linlithgow
Elizabeth Weir..Daughter..24..Edinburgh
John Weir..Son..21..Edinburgh
Isabella Weir..Daughter..14..Haddington
.

• They appeared on the 1861 Scotland Census in Haddington, Haddingtonshire, Scotland, United Kingdom on 1861.

² 1861 Scotland Census
Page 5, Line 6, District 13, Schedule 20
Address: ABERLADY ROAD
Registration District: Haddington, Registration Number: RG09
Haddington, Haddingtonshire, Scotland
Alexander Weir..Head..67..Midlothian..OVERSER F B
Agnes Weir..Wife..64..Linlithgowshire
Janet Weir..Daughter..27..Midlothian
Janet Weir..Granddaughter..5..Haddingtonshire
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  Marriage Notes:

Name: Alexander Wier
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 7 Aug 1818
Event Place: Uphall, Linlithgowshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Event Place (Original): Uphall, West Lothian, Scotland
Gender: Male
Spouse's Name: Agnes Aitken
Spouse's Gender: Female

Citing this Record
"Scotland Marriages, 1561-1910", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XY7B-YTR : 11 February 2020), Agnes Aitken in entry for Alexander Wier, 1818.
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