CHRISTOPHER•ALLEN•SMITH•WINTON Family Tree - Person Sheet
CHRISTOPHER•ALLEN•SMITH•WINTON Family Tree - Person Sheet
NameJohn WANTON [1269], GGG Uncle
Birth Date10 Dec 1824 [1269]
Birth PlaceScarhill, Arngask Parish, Fife, Scotland
MemoScarhill is near Lustylaw
Bapt Date19 Dec 1824 [1269] Age: <1
Bapt PlaceArngask Parish, Fife, Scotland
Alt.SpellingWANTON [1269]
FatherPeter WANTEN (1797-<1841)
MotherHelen FERGUSON (1794-1878)
Misc. Notes
Not living at home in 1841. [1286]

Possibly had a daughter, Christian WANTON, born, 01 OCT 1853, Arngask, Fife, Scotland (see LDS IGI [1037]).
Research
You searched for: Event: '(B OR C OR S)', Church_type: 'Old Parish Registers', Surname: 'W?nton', Surname Option: 'Wild', Forename: 'John', Forename Option: 'Starts', Gender: 'M', From_year: '1820', To_year: '1827', County: 'PERTH'
>>> The only match was John WANTON born in Arngask, son of Peter (mother’s name not recorded). [1269]

Expanding the above search to all counties, 1815-1830, produced 9 matches; the only other match where the father’s name was Peter, was John WINTON son of Peter WINTON and Janet LOW, b.28 Mar 1821, Alloa, Clackmannanshire. The 7 other father’s names were Thomas WANTON, James WINTON, Campbell WINTON, John WINTON, William WINTON, David WYNTON AND JOHN WYNTON.

Searched OPR marriages for: Surname: "winton"; Use Soundex: On; Forename: "john*"; Sex: "Both"; Date From: 01 September 1839; Date To: 31 December 1854; - 8 hits, two in Perthshire. [1260]

You searched for: Event: 'M', Church_type: 'Old Parish Registers', Surname: 'W?nton', Surname Option: 'Wild', Forename: 'John', Forename Option: 'Starts', From_year: '1839', To_year: '1855'
7 results
• John WINTON & Isabella PATTERSON, 24 Jul 1847, Dunblane, Perthshire (now part of Stirling council area).
• John WINTON & Jane KERR, 15 Dec 1846, Greenock, Renfrewshire.
• John WINTON & Margaret ADAM, 28 Nov 1847, Larbert, Sterlingshire.
• John WINTON & Eliza CHARLES, 31 Oct 1844, Old Machar (168B), Aberdeenshire (actully 2 hits on this marriage, same date but 2nd one just said Aberdeen, parish 168A).
• John WINTON & Isabella MORRISON, 5 Nov 1854, Dunning, Perthshire.
• John WINTON & Alison BRASH, 23 Oct 1846, Inveresk and Musselburgh, Midlothian.
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Note that in the 1841 census, he most likely would have been listed as age 15 due to rounding.
Last Modified 14 Oct 2017Created 8 Nov 2024 using Reunion for Macintosh
First Published 22 Sep 2013. Revised 8 Nov 2024
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