1. In the 1851 Ancestry Census there is a Peter Hay, b. 1824, Tranent, a Coal Miner , Spouse Agnes Hay, b. 1824, Newton, Son Peter, b. 1848, Newton, and daughter Helen, b. 1850, Newton, living at School House, Rosswell, Lasswade, and also the same names, birth places, and dates, living at Craighall, in Inveresk Parish.
This is repeated in the Scotlands People Census for 1851. Checks in the 1861 census only finds 1 family living in Whitburn.
Rosswell and Craighall, are 5 miles apart! I have recorded both records. I dont uderstand this!
3. Peter Hay 1851 Census 1
https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/view-image/nrs_census/6192828?image=6&return_row=2
1851 HAY, PETER (Census 689/ 3/ 6)
Peter Hay 1851 Census 2
https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/view-image/nrs_census/6193346?image=9&return_row=3
1851 HAY, PETER (Census 691/ 10/ 9)
Record for Peter Hay
Name: Peter Hay
Age: 27
Estimated birth year: abt 1824
Relationship: Head
Spouse: Agnes Hay
Gender: Male
Where born: Tranent, East Lothian
Parish Number: 689
Civil Parish: Inveresk
Town: Craighall
County: Midlothian
Address: Craighall
Occupation: Coal Miner
ED: 3
Page: 6
Household schedule number: 24
Line: 2
Roll: CSSCT1851_186
Household Members:
Name Age
Peter Hay 27
Agnes Hay 27
Peter Hay 3
Helen Hay 12 Mo
Record for Peter Hay
Name: Peter Hay
Age: 37
Estimated birth year: abt 1824
Relationship: Head
Spouse's name: Agnes Hay
Gender: Male
Where born: Tranent, Haddingtonshire
Registration Number: 673
Registration district: Whitburn
Civil Parish: Whitburn
County: West Lothian
Address: Village of Whitburn
Occupation: Coal Miner
ED: 3
Household schedule number: 61
Line: 24
Roll: CSSCT1861_121
Household Members:
Name Age
Peter Hay 37
Agnes Hay 37
Peter Hay 13
Helen Hay 11
Rebecca Hay 9
Janet Hay 7
William Hay 5
John Hay 3
Record for Peter Hay
Name: Peter Hay
Age: 27
Estimated birth year: abt 1824
Relationship: Head
Spouse: Agnes Hay
Gender: Male
Where born: Tranent, Haddingtonshire
Parish Number: 691
Civil Parish: Lasswade
Town: Rosswell
County: Midlothian
Address: School House
Occupation: Coal Miner
ED: 10
Page: 9
Household schedule number: 30
Line: 11
Roll: CSSCT1851_186
Household Members:
Name Age
Peter Hay 27
Agnes Hay 27
Peter Hay 3
Helen Hay 1
1904 HAY, AGNES (Statutory registers Deaths 628/ 237, Cambusnethan)
Deaths in the Parish of Cambusnethan in the County of Lanark 1904.
Agnes Hay
Widow of Peter Hay, Coal Miner
1904 September Twentieth, 5h 50m PM
30 Stewarton Place,
Stewarton Street, Wishaw F. 82 Years
Parents: No Parents recorded
COD: Senile Decay, Cardiac Failure
As Cert by Alec Logan M.B.Ch.B.
Inf. Helen Lowe
Her X mark, Daughter
18 John Terrace, Craigneuk
Tho: Steele
Registrar, Witness
Registered
1904 September 31, Wishaw,
Tho: Steele
Registrar,