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Hi wonder if anyone can advise? I'm a paid member of scotlandspeople trying to research my family tree. I'm researching the Wotton family line but when I get back to my grandfather's great grandparents (about 1860) I find no birth record. I can see information on his name, occupation and wife's details from both the birth and marriage record of his son, but there is no record of him being born at all. He is recorded also in the 1881 and 1891 census as head of household, with an approximate birth date of 1860 in Straiton, Ayrshire... but no record of this on the site at all. The birth was obviously registered somewhere but the record is missing... does anyone know of another ite I can use to search? Ive tried archives and ancestry as well as this one but only census results available for Scotland.

Is this the man you mean?

David Wotton
in the 1891 Scotland Census

Name: David Wotton
Age: 31
Estimated birth year: abt 1860
Relationship: Head
Spouse's name : Isabella Wotton
Gender: Male
Where born: Straiton, Ayrshire
Registration Number: 644/9
Registration district: Kelvin
Civil Parish: Glasgow St George
County: Lanarkshire
Address: 104, W Graham St
Occupation: Cellarman (Spirit)
ED: 116
Household schedule number: 17
LINE: 17
Roll: CSSCT1891_280
Household Members:
Name Age
David Wotton 31
Isabella Wotton 32
Isabella Wotton 11
David Wotton 7
Alfred Wotton 6
Margaret Wotton 1



If so, 1881 says he was born in Dalkeith. (At least, I think this is the same family):

David W Wotton
in the 1881 Scotland Census
Name: David W Wotton
Age: 23
Estimated birth year: abt 1858
Relationship: Head
Spouse's name : Isabella Wotton
Gender: Male
Where born: Dalkeith, Edinburghshire
Registration Number: 644/6
Registration district: St Rollox
Civil Parish: Glasgow Barony
County: Lanarkshire
Address: 272 Buchanan St
Occupation: Salesman Grocer
ED: 44
Household schedule number: 1 A
LINE: 5
Roll: cssct1881_229a
Household Members:
Name Age
David W Wotton 23
Isabella Wotton 23
Isabella Wotton 5 Mo


However, having said that, I can't see his birth anywhere either.

Just to add to this if anyone can help... the name I'm looking for is David Whitelaw Wotton, married to Isabella Cockburn in 1880.

Have you looked at his own marriage cert to see his parents' details?

Yes it is, absolutley correct, thanks very much for your help! I ve just been looking at this census result as you posted and saw that it differs slightly... still no birth record for him available however, even when i search under name card variations and am really stuck on how to go back any further, argggh... Thre is howver a record of his marriage to Isabella and this actually shows details of his parents as a David Wotton and Jane Whitelaw... but no records of them either?

He's Wootton at death - but that doesn't help either.

WOOTTON
DAVID WHITELAW
67
1928
644/7 407
Possilpark


Wotton or Wootton don't sound at all like Scottish names.

Scotland Births and Baptisms 1564-1950 Transcription
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First name(s) David Wootten
Last name Whitelaw
Gender Male
Birth year 1860
Birth place Straiton,Ayr,Scotland
Baptism year -
Baptism date -
Baptism place -
Father's first name(s) -
Father's last name -
Mother's first name(s) Jane
Mother's last name Whitelaw
Place Straiton
County Ayrshire
Country Scotland
Record set Scotland Births & Baptisms 1564-1950
Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
Subcategory Births & baptisms
Collections from Great Britain

Index (c) IRI. Used by permission of FamilySearch Intl

Aha!

He was born Whitelaw - presumably his mother hadn't married his father:

WHITELAW
DAVID WOOTTEN
M
1860
617/ 11
Straiton

Thats great thanks! Can I ask whre you go the info as could try to find Jane Whitelaw from this? As no record of her the scotlandspeople site..

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Thank you so much both of you.

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1861 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
Kirklands, Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland

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Household Members
First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Gender Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
John White Head Married Male 30 1831 Sawyer Portpatrick, Wigtownshire, Scotland
Transcription
Jean White Wife Married Female 36 1825 - Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland
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Barbara White Daughter Unmarried Female 9 1852 Scholar Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland
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Margaret White Daughter - Female 7 1854 Scholar Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland
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John White Relative - Male 7 1854 Scholar Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland
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Jean White Daughter - Female 5 1856 - Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland
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Jannet White Daughter - Female 3 1858 - Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland
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David Morten Whitelaw Boarder - Male 1 1860 - Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

perhaps a yes.. will take a look ta !

Transcribed as Whitlow on Ancestry!

David Morten Whitlow
in the 1861 Scotland Census
Name: David Morten Whitlow
Age: 1
Estimated birth year: abt 1860
Relationship: Boarder
Gender: Male
Where born: Maybole, Ayrshire
Registration Number: 605
Registration district: Maybole
Civil Parish: Maybole
County: Ayrshire
Address: Kirklands
ED: 7
Household schedule number: 9
LINE: 22
Roll: CSSCT1861_88
Household Members:
Name Age
John White 30
Jean White 36
Barbara White 9
Margaret White 7
John White 7
Jean White 5
James W White 3
David Morten Whitlow 1

Maybe him in 1871 ??


David Wotten
in the 1871 Scotland Census
Name: David Wotten
Age: 11
Estimated birth year: abt 1860
Relationship: Boarder
Gender: Male
Where born: Edinburgh, Midlothian
Registration Number: 683
Registration district: Dalkeith
Civil Parish: Dalkeith
Town: Dalkeith
County: Midlothian
Address: Lugton
Occupation: Scholar
ED: 8
Household schedule number: 49
LINE: 16
Roll: CSSCT1871_155
Household Members:
Name Age
Robert Servet 49
Helen Servet 48
Robert Servet 21
Helen Servet 16
Jean Servet 7
David Wotten 11
Eliza Welsh 10

Looks as if Jane didn't keep him, and he was "a boarded-out" - early form of fostering.

His birth cert night give some info re Jane, but if not, it's unlikely you'll find anything about her.
She may not have belonged to Straiton, but just gone there to give birth.

Thanks! What do you thin happened then> Do you think he was adopted by the family? WHo knows eh? I found the birth record for him on scotlands people regisyred as illegitimate with a Jane Whitelaw as mother, wondering where the Jane in the household went!

Says there was a william whitelaw, uncle present at registration, but unsure as to whether this is an uncle of her of of David, what do you reckon?

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1861 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
Gardners House, Straiton, Ayrshire, Scotland

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Household Members
First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Gender Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
William Whitelaw Head Unmarried Male 27 1834 Head Gardner Gifford, Haddingtonshire (East Lothian), Scotland
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Jessie McCulloch Servant Unmarried Female 14 1847 Domestic Servant Ayrshire, Scotland

Great thanks both again!