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Personal data Hugh Leitch 

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Household of Hugh Leitch


Notes about Hugh Leitch

1. Hugh is missing in the 1851 Census with the rest of his family in Aberdour.
There is a Hugh Leitch, age 20, born in Burntisland, living as a Lodger in New Street, Cramond.
He is working as a Quarryman's Labourer. Also lodging in the house are 5 other men, 1 born in Perth, the rest born in Aberdour, Fife, also working as Quarry workers. This may aid in identifying Hugh. There are no other likely Hugh Leitch's with correct birth dates & birth places.
Hugh's death record shows he was working as a Ships Carpenter.

LEITCH, HUGH, 1851, M, 20, 679/ 2/ 8, Cramond, Midlothian

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Hugh Leitch

Andrew Leitch
± 1768-????
Janet Beveridge
± 1767-????
Hugh Paxton
1777-1854
Margaret Givan
1778-1851

Hugh Leitch
1831-1857


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    1. 1841 Scotland Census Scotlands People, 1841 LEITCH, JOHN (Census 401/ 2/ 1) Parish: Aberdour 1841 Scotland Census [scotlandspeople.com] The 1841 Census for Scotland was taken on the night of 6 June 1841. The following information was requested: name, age, gender, profession, and birthplace. Database online.
      1841 LEITCH, JOHN (Census 401/ 2/ 1)
      Name: John Leitch
      Age: 30
      Estimated birth year: abt 1811
      Gender: Male
      Where born: Fife, Scotland
      Civil Parish: Aberdour
      County: Fife
      Address: Wester Village Hillside Mill
      Occupation: Agricultural Labourer
      Parish Number: 401
      Household Members:
      Name Age
      John Leitch 30
      Janet Leitch 30
      Margaret Leitch 12
      Hugh Leitch 11
      Andrew Leitch 9
      John Leitch 7 b. Fife
      Janet Leitch 5 b. Fife
      David Leitch 3 b. Fife
      Agnes Leitch 1 b. Fife
    2. Scotlands People - Old Parish Registers of Births and Baptisms, 1829 -1849 JOHN LEITCH AND JANET PAXTON - Leitch (Old Parish Registers Births 401/ 0030 0134 Aberdour (Fife)) Leitch births registered between 1829 and 1849 in Aberdour Parish. NB Some births in Burntisland registered at Aberdour!
      JOHN LEITCH AND JANET PAXTON - Leitch (Old Parish Registers Births 401/ 0030 0134 Aberdour (Fife))
      Leitch births registered between 1829 and 1849 in Aberdour Parish.
      NB Some births in Burntisland registered at Aberdour!
      Leitch,
      Margaret, b. 8th May 1829, Burntisland.
      Hugh, b. 16th January 1831, Burntisland.
      Andrew, 3rd November 1832, Burntisland.
      Janet, 10th January 1837, Aberdour.
      David, 15th November 1838, Aberdour.
      Ebeneezer, 3rd May 1843, Aberdour.
      Agnes, 9th February 1846, Aberdour.
      John, 12th May 1849, Aberdour
    3. 1841 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for John Leitch Parish: Aberdour; ED: 2; Page: 1; Line: 750; Year: 1841 1841 Scotland Census [Ancestry.com] The 1841 Census for Scotland was taken on the night of 6 June 1841. The following information was requested: name, age, gender, profession, and birthplace. Database online.
      Record for John Leitch
      Name: John Leitch
      Age: 30
      Estimated birth year:abt 1811
      Gender:Male
      Where born: Fife, Scotland
      Civil Parish: Aberdour
      County: Fife
      Address:Wester Village Hillside Mill
      Occupation: Agricultural Labourer
      Parish Number: 401
      Household Members:
      Name Age
      John Leitch 30
      Janet Leitch 30
      Margaret Leitch 12
      Hugh Leitch 11
      Andrew Leitch 9

      Omitted from Ancestry.com

      John Leitch 7 b. Fife
      Janet Leitch 5 b. Fife
      David Leitch 3 b. Fife
      Agnes Leitch 1 b. Fife
    4. Scotlands People - Statutory Registers of Deaths (from 1855), 1857 LEITCH, HUGH (Statutory registers Deaths 401/ 21)
      1857 LEITCH, HUGH (Statutory registers Deaths 401/ 21)
      Deaths in the Parish of Aberdour in the County of Fife 1857.
      Leitch, Hugh.
      Ship Carpenter (Single).
      1857 October Twenty ninth
      2h. P.M. High Street, Aberdour.
      M. 26 Years,
      Parents: John Leitch, Carter,
      Janet Leitch, Maiden Name
      Paxton (Deceased)
      COD Phthisis Pulmonalis
      18 Months.
      As Certified by James Drysdale.
      Surgeon, who saw deceased 29 October.
      Bur. Old Churchyard, Aberdour
      As Certified by John White.
      Undertaker
      Inf. John Leitch,
      Father. Present
      Registered 1857 October 31, Aberdour
      James Pringle
      Registrar
    5. 1851 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for Hugh Leitch Parish: Cramond; ED: 1; Page: 8; Line: 12; Roll: CSSCT1851_175; Year: 1851 1851 Scotland Census [Ancestry.com] The 1851 Census for Scotland was taken on the night of 30/31 March 1851. The following information was requested: place, name, relationship to head of family, marital status, age, gender, profession, birthplace, and whether blind, deaf, and dumb. Database online.
      Record for Hugh Leitch
      Name: Hugh Leitch
      Age: 20
      Estimated birth year: abt 1831
      Relationship: Lodger
      Gender: Male
      Where born: Burntisland, Fife
      Parish Number: 679
      Civil Parish: Cramond
      Town: Cramond
      County: Midlothian
      Address: New Street
      Occupation: Quarryman's Labourer
      ED: 1
      Page: 8
      Household schedule number: 38
      Line: 12
      Roll: CSSCT1851_175
      Household Members:
      Name Age
      Marion Newton 80 Head
      Jane Newton 38 Niece
      David Serymgeour 22 Lodger. Stone Cutter. Perth
      Hugh Leitch 20 Lodger. Quarryman's Labourer. Burntisland
      James Anderson 21 Lodger. Quarryman's Labourer. Aberdour
      James Brown 19 Lodger. Quarryman's Labourer. Aberdour
      Archibald Ventors 20 Lodger. Quarryman Aberdour
      William Dewar 26 Lodger. Quarryman's Labourer, Aberdour

    Historical events

    Birthday January 16, 1831

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    Day of death October 29, 1857

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