Andrew Lindsay 1860

[monicaSA]

Good day. My name is Monica. I am South African. I am stuck with my Lindsay tree. I have a Andrew Lindsay who must have immigrated to South Africa from UK, Scotland or somewhere. Maybe as a young adult or as a child. He was born in 1860. This I saw on his marraige cert. I cannot find his death cert, but I did manage to find approx year of death. On his daughters' baptism cert. He died 1893/4 in Knysna South Africa. He married Isabella Kynoch in South Africa. He was a labourer and later on a groom. Any thing sounds fimiliar to you guys out there? Monica

[Bertieone]

Hi Monica and welcome,

Do you have anymore information from the marriage cert, fathers name and occupation, etc.?
Children's names and birth dates?

Registered births 1859/61, England & Wales.

Andrew Lindsay, Reg, Alnwick
Andrew Crowcart Lindsay, Reg, Hackney.

It appears both of the above were still in England, 1911 and later.

There were 8 registered births in Scotland, 1859/61.

You will need to register with Scotlands People to view.

https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/

[MaryA]

I see you have done as I suggested on your other message and posted separately. Do you have any links for the family to Liverpool?

[retiringtype]

Looking at the children's baptisms (there are 5 of them on Familysearch), the surname in every single one is Lindsey, not Lindsay.

There is a Transvaal estate record for Andrew Lindsay in 1894, ref O/9138 .

[monicaSA]

Yes, this was a spelling mistake. The same guy spelled it wrong. Ons their marraige sert aswell, andrew himself spelled it " SAY".

[luxor]

There were/are lots of Lindsays in Ireland. The 1901 census shows approx. 1600; half of them in Counties Antrim and Down. Unfortunately birth registration only became compulsory in Ireland in 1864.