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Personal data Peter Colin McArthur 

Sources 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Household of Peter Colin McArthur

He is married to Margaret Brown.

They got married on January 9, 1824 at Gorbals, Lanarkshire, Scotland.Source 9


Child(ren):

  1. Jane McArthur  1837-????
  2. Colin McArthur  1824-???? 


Notes about Peter Colin McArthur

1. Mother recorded as Bell, on Peters death register

2. http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~steve/islay/opr/
Parochial Registers of Baptisms,1820-1856, Co. of Argyll, Kildalton,

McArthur, Peter, Brown, Margaret, John, b. 28 Feb,1828
McArthur, Peter, Brown, Margaret, Isabella, b. 14 Jun,1831
McArthur, Peter, Brown, Margaret, Christ, b. 24 Feb,1833

3. Peter recorded as Peter Colin on his son, Colins birth register in 1824.

4. See websites for further info on Islay Distilleries, search ongoing, 14/12/10 as to which distillery Peter worked ............
a. http://www.islayinfo.com/menu-islay-whisky.html
b. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islay_whisky

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  1. 1861 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for Peter McArthur Parish: Kildalton; ED: 4; Page: 4; Line: 1; Roll: CSSCT1861_72 1861 Scotland Census [Ancestry.com] The 1861 Census for Scotland was taken on the night of 7/8 April 1861. 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 Peter McArthur
    Name: Peter McArthur
    Age: 60
    Estimated birth year: abt 1801
    Relationship: Head
    Spouse's name : Margrate McArthur
    Gender: Male
    Where born: Perthshire
    Registration Number: 541
    Registration district: Kildalton
    Civil Parish: Kildalton
    County: Argyll
    Address: 9 Strand
    Occupation: Cooper
    ED: 4
    Household schedule number: 14
    Line: 1
    Roll: CSSCT1861_72
    Household Members:
    Name Age
    Peter McArthur 60
    Margrate McArthur 50
    Janet McArthur 27
  2. Scotland. Select Births and Baptisms. Ancestry,com. 1564 -1950, Ancestry.com, 1824 Record for Colin McArthur Ancestry.com. Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Original data: Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013.
    Record for Colin McArthur
    Name: Colin McArthur
    Gender: Male
    Birth Date: 10 Nov 1824
    Baptism Date: Dec 1824
    Baptism Place: Balfron, Stirling, Scotland
    Father: Peter Colin McArthur
    Mother: Margaret Brown
    FHL Film Number: 1041971
  3. 1881 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for Peter McArthur Parish: Kildalton; ED: 4; Page: 13; Line: 15; Roll: CSSCT1881_157 1881 Scotland Census [Ancestry.com] The 1881 Census for Scotland was taken on the night of 3/4 April 1881. 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 Peter McArthur
    Name: Peter McArthur
    Age: 89
    Estimated birth year: abt 1792
    Relationship: Head
    Spouse's name: Margaret McArthur
    Gender: Male
    Where born: Clackmannan
    Registration Number: 541
    Registration district: Kildalton
    Civil Parish: Kildalton
    County: Argyll
    Address: Fredrick Crescent
    Occupation: Cooper
    ED: 4
    Household schedule number: 79
    Line: 15
    Roll: CSSCT 1881_157
    Household Members:
    Name Age
    Peter McArthur 89
    Margaret McArthur 80
    Janet McArthur 40 Daughter Dressmaker
    Lizzie Smith 15 Grandaughter
  4. 1871 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for Peter McArthur Parish: Kildalton; ED: 4; Page: 3; Line: 13; Roll: CSSCT1871_93 1871 Scotland Census [Ancestry.com] The 1871 Census for Scotland was taken on the night of 2/3 April 1871. 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 Peter McArthur
    Name: Peter McArthur
    Age: 80
    Estimated birth year: abt 1791
    Relationship: Head
    Spouse's name: Margaret McArthur
    Gender: Male
    Where born: Stirling
    Registration Number: 541
    Registration district: Kildalton
    Civil Parish: Kildalton
    County: Argyll
    Address: Frederick Crescent
    Occupation: Cooper
    ED: 4
    Household schedule number: 14
    Line: 10
    Roll: CSSCT1871_93
    Household Members:
    Name Age
    Peter McArthur 80 Head Stirling Cooper
    Margaret McArthur 68 Wife Balfron, Stirling
    Janet McArthur 32 Daughter Balfron, Stirling Dressmaker
    Elizabeth Smith 5 Niece Greenock
  5. 1841 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for Peter Macarthur Parish: Kildalton; ED: 6; Page: 1; Line: 1034; 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 Peter Macarthur
    Name: Peter Macarthur
    Age: 40
    Estimated birth year: abt 1801
    Gender: Male
    Where born: Argyll, Scotland
    Civil Parish: Kildalton
    County: Argyll
    Address: Port Ellen
    Occupation: Cooper
    Parish Number: 541
    Household Members:
    Name Age
    Peter Macarthur 40
    Margaret Macarthur 30
    John Macarthur 12
    Jannett Macarthur 10
    Isabella Macarthur 8
    Margaret Macarthur 6
    Jane Macarthur 4
    Elizabeth Macarthur 2
  6. 1851 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for Peter McArthur Parish: Kildalton; ED: 4; Page: 6; Line: 17; Roll: CSSCT1851_114; 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 Peter McArthur
    Name: Peter McArthur
    Age: 50
    Estimated birth year: abt 1801
    Relationship: Head
    Spouse: Margaret McArthur
    Gender: Male
    Where born: Logie, Stirlingshire
    Parish Number: 541
    Civil Parish: Kildalton
    Town: Port Ellen
    County: Argyll
    Address: Frederick Crescent
    Occupation: Cooper
    ED: 4
    Page: 6
    Household schedule number: 24
    Line: 17
    Roll: CSSCT1851_114
    Household Members:
    Name Age
    Peter McArthur 50
    Margaret McArthur 45
    Jessie McArthur 21
    Isabella McArthur 19
    Margaret McArthur 17
    Eliza McArthur 11
  7. U.K: City and County Directories, 1600s-1900s, Ancestry.com, 1860 Slaters National Directory, Scotland and Isle of Man 1861 Peter McArthur
    1860 Slaters National Directory, Scotland and Isle of Man

    1861 Peter McArthur
    Cooper Port Ellen
    / www.ancestry.com
  8. Scotlands People - Statutory Registers of Deaths (from 1855), 1881 MCARTHUR, PETER (Statutory registers Deaths 541/ 23)
    1881 MCARTHUR, PETER (Statutory registers Deaths 541/ 23)
    Deaths in the District of Kildalton & Oa in the County of Argyll 1881.
    Peter McArthur
    Cooper
    Married to Margaret Brown
    1881 July Sixteenth 10h P.M.
    Port Ellen, Kildalton M. 89 Years
    Parents: Colin McArthur
    Labourer Deceased
    Bell McArthur
    M.S, Brown, Deceased
    COD: Old Age
    Not certified by any medical Attendant
    Inf. Janet McArthur
    Her X mark, Daughter, Present
    A. Macdougal
    Assist. Regtr.
    Witness
    Registered
    1881 July 21st, Port Ellen
    A. Macdougal
    Assist. Registrar
    PMD
  9. Scotlands People - Old Parish Registers of Banns and Marriages, 1824 MCARTHUR, PETER MARGARET BROWN (Old Parish Registers Marriages 644/02 0060 0065 GORBALS) 1824 MCARTHUR, PETER, MARGARET BROWN (Old Parish Registers Marriages 472/00 0030 0156 BALFRON)
    03/01/1824 MCARTHUR, PETER, MARGARET BROWN (Old Parish Registers Marriages 644/02 0060 0065 GORBALS)
    3 January 1824. Peter McArthur in Laurieston and Margaret Brownin Balfron

    https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/view-image/nrs_opr_records/10796276?image=65&return_row=0

    09/01/1824 MCARTHUR, PETER, MARGARET BROWN (Old Parish Registers Marriages 472/00 0030 0156 BALFRON)
    1824 Janr'y 9
    Peter McArthur in the Parish of Gorbls Glasgow and Mag't Brown in this Parish entered thir names for proclamation of Banns

    https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/view-image/nrs_opr_records/10796277?image=156&return_row=1

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