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Robert Mcaulay Harper. Born 1883 died 1966 in Aberdeen

Welcome to the boards, James.

Can you give us more information, please? Was he born in Scotland? Any names of relatives of Robert would be helpful. What was his occupation?

Do you have his death certificate? That would give you parents' names.

His death cert, which you can order from scotlandspeople, should have his parents' names on it.

Order his birth cert, to find parents' names:

1883 HARPER ROBERT MCAULAY M ST NICHOLAS ABERDEEN CITY/ABERDEEN 168/01 0250

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1891 Scotland Census about Robert Harper
Name: Robert Harper
Age: 8
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1883
Relationship: Son
Father's Name: John Harper
Mother's Name: Isabella Harper
Gender: Male
Where born: Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
Registration number: 168/1
Registration District: St Nicholas
Civil Parish: Aberdeen St Nicholas
County: Aberdeenshire
Address: 35 Clarence St
Occupation: Scholar
ED: 41
Household Schedule Number: 92
Line: 11
Roll: CSSCT1891_50
Household Members:
Name Age
John Harper 41
Isabella Harper 43
Maggie D Harper 18
James Harper 15
John Harper 14
Isabeila Harper 12
Annie Harper 10
Robert Harper 8
Lucy Harper 6
May Harper 1

If you are researching Scottish ancestry, you will need to use this site:

http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/

It is pay to view site and you can view and download images of original documents, like birth, marriage and death entries, baptisms and marriages from pre 1855 parish records, except for more recent BMDS (such as Robert's. For those you need to purchase the extracts from the registers.

1881 Scotland Census about John Harper
Name: John Harper
Age: 31
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1850
Relationship: Head
Spouse's name : Isabella Harper
Gender: Male
Where born: Tullynessle, Aberdeenshire
Registration number: 168/2
Registration District: Old Machar
Civil Parish: Old Machar
County: Aberdeenshire
Address: 24 Skene Street
Occupation: Blacksmith Jour
ED: 9
Household Schedule Number: 28
Line: 3
Roll: cssct1881_52
Household Members:
Name Age
John Harper 31
Isabella Harper 33
Margaret Harper 8
James Harper 6
John Harper 4
Isabella Harper 2
Annie Harper 3 Mos

Father's birth:

06/08/1849 HARPER JOHN
JAMES HARPER/JEAN WILLIAM FR236 (FR236)
M TULLYNESSLE AND FORBES /ABERDEEN
246/00 0020 0068

Robert's parents' marriage:

1872 HARPER JOHN MCAULAY ISABELLA ST NICHOLAS ABERDEEN CITY/ABERDEEN 168/01 0084

This is the only feasible birth for Isabella:

05/06/1846 MACAULEY ISABEL ROBERT MACAULEY/MARGARET DUNN F OLD MACHAR ABERDEEN CITY CITY/ABERDEEN

And this will be Isabella & John's daughter Margaret D Harper - YOB and middle name fit:

1873 HARPER MARGARET DUNN F HUTCHESONTOWN GLASGOW CITY/LANARK 644/10 0048

Thanks Edith,seams that my grandads had a large family which my mother did not know off she has only ever heard of a aunt Lucy whom she had never met :-)

Hi Edith,I now have wedding certificate for John Harper and isabella Mcaulay my grandads parents their age are both 22, John's parents were James Harper and Jane (ms williams ) isabella parents Robert Mcaulay deceased and Margaret (ms Dunn ) how can I find there dob and date of deaths I have tried to find electrol roll with no success.

Electoral Rolls will not help you.

You need to access Scotlands people site, and purchase credits to get BMD info

1861 census


Person: HARPER, John Address: Craigmill, Chapel Of Garioch

HARPER, James Head Married M 45 1816 Ploughman
Daviot, Aberdeenshire
N/A
HARPER, Jane Wife Married F 45 1816 Ploughman Wife
Aboyne, Aberdeenshire
N/A
HARPER, John Son Unmarried M 11 1850 Ploughman Son
Tullynessle, Aberdeenshire
N/A
HARPER, Susen Daughter F 9 1852 Scholar Dau
Tullynessle, Aberdeenshire
N/A
HARPER, Ann Daughter F 4 1857 Daug
Tullynessle, Aberdeenshire
N/A
WILLIEMSON, Barbrey Aunt Unmarried F 77 1784 Pauper Domestic Serv
Strathdon, Aberdeenshire
N/A
Piece: 179 Folio: 0 Page: 3 Registration District: Chapel of Garioch Civil Parish: Chapel of Garioch Municipal Borough:h resultsBack to all search results

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1851 census


Person: HARPER, John Address: Syllavithy, Syllavithy, Forbes

HARPER, James Head Married M 35 1816 Ag Lab
Daviot, Aberdeenshire
N/A
HARPER, Jean Wife Married F 35 1816
Birse, Aberdeenshire
N/A
HARPER, James Son Unmarried M 10 1841 Sholar
Tullynessle, Aberdeenshire
N/A
HARPER, Jean Daughter Unmarried F 8 1843 Sholar
Tullynessle, Aberdeenshire
N/A
HARPER, William Son Unmarried M 5 1846
Tullynessle, Aberdeenshire
N/A
HARPER, John Son Unmarried M 1 1850
Tullynessle, Aberdeenshire
N/A
WILLIAM, Barbra Unmarried F 64 1787 Pauper
Strathdon, Aberdeenshire

Name: Annie Mcauley Harper
Gender: Female
Christening Date:
Christening Place:
Birth Date: 17 Dec 1880
Birthplace: Old Machar, Aberdeen, Scotland
Death Date:
Name Note:
Race:
Father's Name: John Harper
Father's Birthplace:
Father's Age:
Mother's Name: Isabella Hearfur Mcauley
Mother's Birthplace:
Mother's Age:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C01884-0
System Origin: Scotland-EASy
GS Film number: 232631
Reference ID: v 2 p 8

Name: James Harper

Spouse's Name: Jean Williams

Event Date: 21 Jun 1840
Event Place: Tullynessle And Forbes And Kearn,Aberdeen,Scotland

Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M11246-5

Isabel's brother


Name: Robert Mcaulay
Gender: Male
Christening Date:
Christening Place:
Birth Date: 15 Jun 1842
Birthplace: OLD MACHAR,ABERDEEN,SCOTLAND
Death Date:
Name Note:
Race:
Father's Name: Robert Mcaulay
Father's Birthplace:
Father's Age:
Mother's Name: Margaret Dunn
Mother's Birthplace:
Mother's Age:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C11906-8