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You would need to confirm the surname by viewing the census image or some other way.
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*Gets out debit card to buy SP credits*
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This morsel is from one of my OH's Skye lot. |
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I know this thread is from many years ago, but if the original posters are still around I can identify the little boy with some certainty.
He was Alexander Clark, born c1843 in Georgetown, British Guiana, and he is still at Barr School in the 1861 census, boarding with the schoolmaster, William Conner. He married in 1864 in Kilmarnock, which gave his parents as Duncan Clark, wood cutter (deceased) and Cecilia Clark nee Hutton (deceased). The reason I am sure he is the black boy in 1859 is that one of Alexander's sons was Willie Clark(e), who was one of the earliest black footballers, playing in the early 1900s with Bristol Rovers, Aston Villa, Bradford City and others. What I haven't been able to do is establish the identities of Alexander's parents. I am guessing that his father, Duncan Clark, was white as there was a recruitment drive for wood cutters to go to British Guiana in the 1840s, and Cecilia Hutton was native Guyanese. Curiously, one of the previous schoolmasters at Barr School was the Rev Duncan Clark, but he died in Scotland in 1850 and I can be pretty sure he was not the father. Possibly a relative of his, though. If anyone can shed any light on Alexander's father or mother I would appreciate it. |
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I found this in the London Gazette, by Googling:
PURSUANT to authority granted by His Honor the Chief Justice of British Guiana, dated the 13th day of May, 1853, I, the Undersigned, Provost-Marshal of British Guiana, in the name and behalf of Alexander Cunninghame, an inhabitant of the county of Demeray, in the colony of British Guiana, in quality as sole surviving executor to the last will and testament of Duncan Clark, deceased, do hereby cite, by Edict, all known and unknown creditors, European as well as Colonial, of the said Duncan Clark, deceased, to appear before the Honourable the Supreme Court of Civil Justice of British Guiana, at the Registrar's Office for the counties of Demerary and Essequebo, in the Public Buildings, in the city of Georgetown, in the colony aforesaid, and there file their claims, properly substantiated and in due form, within the period of one month after notice by me in the Official Gazette of the colony, of the publication of this Edict, in the London Gazette, on pain, in default thereof, as the Law directs. Marshal's Office, Demerary and Essequebo, this 21st day of May, 1853. W. H. HOLMES, Provost-Marshal. N.B. - This being the First Publication. |
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Thanks for that. It could be the correct Duncan Clark but of course it is one of those frustrating mentions of a name that has no further information!
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You might like to try the Guyana / British Guiana Genealogical Society. They have a forum included on their website and maybe someone on there can help. There are various transcriptions on the website too, but I couldn't find a mention of Duncan Clark or his wife in those.
https://gbggs.org/ |
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