Events
Date of Birth: 11 September 1811.
Date of Baptism: 22 September 1811.
Place of Baptism: Abbotshall, Fife.
The baptism is recorded in the parish register.
Date of Death: 1875.
Place of Death: Burntisland, Fife.
The burial is recorded in the statutory registers.
Relationships
Father: William Stewart.
Mother: Susan Christie.
James’s parents are named in his baptism record. The fact that his sisters were living with James in censuses makes the identification certain.
Evidence
1841 Census (Linktown)
James Stewart/ 25/ male/ born Fife, Scotland/ residence High Street, Linktown/ candle maker
Janet Stewart/ 30/ female/ born Fife, Scotland
Charlotte Stewart/ 20/ female/ born Fife, Scotland/ straw hat maker
Isabella Lawrence/ 14/ female/ born Fife, Scotland/ FS (female servant)
1851 Census (Linktown)
James Stewart/ 33/ head/ male/ born Abbotshall, Fifeshire/ residence High Street, Linktown, Abbotshall/ candlemaker
Jane Stewart/ 39/ sister/ female/ born Kirkcaldy, Fifeshire
Mary Padys/ 14/ servant/ female/ born Auchtertool, Fifeshire/ servant D S
1861 Census (Abbotshall)
James Stewart/ 47/ head/ born Kirkcaldy, Fifeshire/ residence High Street, Abbotshall/ candlemaker
Janet Stewart/ 52/ sister/ born Kirkcaldy, Fifeshire
Margaret Kellock/ 18/ servant/ born Kinghorn, Fifeshire/ domestic servant
1871 Census (Burntisland) [clearly a poor transcription]
James Stewart/ 67/ head/ male/ born Abbotshall, Fifeshire/ residence Craig Kennachy, Burntisland/ retired candle maker
Susan Hendry/ 60/ sister/ female/ born Kirkcaldy, Fifeshire/ annuitant
Janet Stewart [? transcription: James Stesens]/ 23 [??]/ sister/ born Abbotshall, Fifeshire/ tero servant
References
Scottish census transcriptions on Ancestry.com.
Scotland’s People. Indexes. (I will check the original registers eventually.)
Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950. Ancestry.com.