Family:Walter Wight and Helen Sinton (1)

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Parents: William Wight and Elizabeth Richardson
Walter Wight
b. 17 Sep 1816 Maxton, Roxburghshire, Scotland, 55.56352,-2.615785
d. 31 Oct 1886 Maxton, Roxburghshire, Scotland, 55.56352,-2.615785
Parents: Peter Sinton and Jane Wight
Helen Sinton
b. Abt 1820 Chesterhouse, Par. of Southdean, Roxburghshire, Scotland, 55.476112,-2.361553
d. 12 Jan 1883 Maxton, Roxburghshire, Scotland, 55.56352,-2.615785
m. 20 Jun 1841 Maxton, Roxburghshire, Scotland, 55.56352,-2.615785
Facts and Events
Marriage[1][7] 20 Jun 1841 Maxton, Roxburghshire, Scotland, 55.56352,-2.615785
Census[2][8] 30 Mar 1851 Maxton, Roxburghshire, Scotland, 55.56352,-2.615785
Census[3][4][9] 7 Apr 1861 Maxton, Roxburghshire, Scotland
Census[5][10] 7 Apr 1871 Maxton Village, Roxburghshire, Scotland
Census[6][11] 3 Apr 1881 Maxton Village, Roxburghshire, Scotland, 55.56352,-2.615785
Children
BirthDeath
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Helen Sinton Wight
7 Mar 1848 Maxton, Roxburghshire, Scotland, 55.56352,-2.615785
18 Apr 1941 Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand
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References
  1. ↑ OPR: Maxton, Roxburghshire, Subject: Births baptisms burials, Location: Maxton, ROX (Dist 798)
    Marriage proclamations 1841, trans. in the Borders Archives at Selkirk by L McIntosh Sep/Oct 1994/5.
  2. ↑ CENSUS: 1851 Borders, Roxburghshire, Record Type: census, Location: Borders, Roxburghshire, Record Info: Maxto. (1851)
    Dist 806 Dist 3.
  3. ↑ Compiler: GRO. CENSUS: 1861 Borders: Roxburghshire: Maxton; Morebattle; Southdean. BEW: Chirnside. (GRO, Scotland, 1861)
    Dist 798 Sched. 28 Maxton, Roxburghshire.
  4. ↑ H D W (15319). Borders Corres. ex H D W, Recipient: L Henderson (1), Address: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, Author E-mail:
    1861 Census, Maxton, extract rcvd Jun 1997.
  5. ↑ Scottish Birth, Marriage, Death entries (from 1855), Record Type: Scottish BMDB entries (from 1855), File Numb
    1871 Census: Maxton, Roxburghshire: 798 Dist 2 Page 5 Schedule #22, extracted Apr 2005.
  6. ↑ 1881 Census for UK, Record Type: Census transcripts, Location: UK, Record Info: via Family Search/LDS CDs. (1881)
    FHL Film 0224042 GRO Ref Volume 798 EnumDist 2 Page 9, extracted c 2000.
  7. ↑ by banns, entry reads: "Pro.(clamation) of Walter Wight & Helen Sinton both of this parish"
  8. ↑ Walter, 31, b Maxton, carter & farmer of 20 ac, wife Helen 31 b Chesters. Children: Elizabeth 7, Jane 9, William, 5 all scholars, Helen 3, Peter 10 mths, all b Maxton.
  9. ↑ Walter, 44 b Maxton, farmer 20 acres & carter, wife Helen 42 b Southdean. Children, all b Maxton: Elisabeth, 17, William 15 farmer's son ag lab, Helen 13, Peter 10, Margaret 8, Isabella 6, Beatrice T 4 (place detail from Harry, although he only implies this was from this census)
  10. ↑ WIGHT: Walter, head, mar, 53, farmer of 33 acres arable, b Maxton; wife Helen 49 farmer's wife b Southdean; Children (all b Maxton): Elizabeth 27 farmer's dtr; Peter S, farmer's son 20; Isabella, farmer's dtr 16; Beatrice T farmer's dtr 14; (entry before was for Walter's niece Mary with her husband John Thomson entry after a Peter & Grace Slater)
  11. ↑ WIGHT: Walter, 65, Farmer Of 33 Acres & Contractor Employing Two Men, b Maxton; wife Helen 61 b South Dean (sic). Children (both b Maxton and unm): Peter S. 29, farm servant; Beatrice T, 23. Also farm servant Thomas Hogg, unm, 58 b Stitchell. Neighbours were David & Mary Archibald in Maxton West End Old Farm House and George and Mary Learmond in a Cottage In Maxton Village.
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