Heeps/Heaps Branch

Introduction

My 3x Great Grandmother Isabella Heeps married Andrew Forbes on October 16, 1859 in Muiravonside, Stirlingshire, Scotland.R001  To learn more about Andrew and Isabella please see the Forbes Branch.  The parents of Isabella were Robert Heeps and Isabella McLay and they will be the kick off point for this branch of the family tree.

My 4x Great Grandparents - Robert Heeps and Isabella McLay 

Robert Heaps was born September 28, 1814 to Robert Heaps and Mary Thomson and was christened on October 9, 1814 in Carriden, West Lothian, Scotland.T101

Isobel Mclay was born in 1816 to John Mclay and Isobel Buchan and was christened on September 1, 1816 in Muiravonside, Strirlingshire, Scotland.T102

Robert Heeps and Isabel McLay were married on September 2, 1837 in Polmont, Stirlingshire, Scotland.SP101

Robert Heaps (age 25 - Iron M), Isobel (age 25), Isobel (age 3) and Mary (age 1) are listed in the 1841 Scotland Census as living in Arden, Lanark, Lanarkshire, Scotland.T103,A

Robert Heaps (age 37 - Coal Miner), Isabella (age 37), Mary (age 10), Robert (age 8), Margaret (age 4), John (age 2), and Jean (age 1 month) are listed in the 1851 Scotland Census as living at Black Braes Colliery in Muiravonside, Stirlingshire, Scotland.T104

Robert Heaps (age 46 - Coal miner), Isabella (age 44), Robert (age 18), John (age 12), Joana (age 10), Ellison (age 8), Agnes (age 4) and Jean (age 2) are listed in the 1861 Census as living at Black Braes Sq No 65 in Muiravonside, Stirlingshire, Scotland.T105

Robert Heaps (age 56 - Coal miner), Isabella (age 54), John (age 22), Ann (age 20), Agnes (age 15) and Jane (age 11) are listed in the 1871 Census as living at California Row in Polmont, Stirlingshire, Scotland.T106

Isabella Heeps died on July 23, 1875 in California, Polmont, Stirlingshire, Scotland.R101

Robert Heeps died on March 29, 1879 in California, Polmont, Stirlingshire, Scotland.R102

Children of Robert & Isabella Heeps

My 5x Great Grandparents - Robert Heaps and Mary or Marion Thomson 

Mary Thomson was born November 28, 1787 to Thomas Thomson and Margaret Easton and was christened on December 4, 1787 in Carriden, West Lothian, Scotland.T202,SP201

The 1861 census lists Robert as being born in Kilpatrick, Dumbarton in about 1793;T207 a search of old parish registers for +/- 10 years only returns 1 Robert Heeps; that Robert Heeps was born to Robert Heeps and Elizabeth Frew and it was in 1793 in New or East Kilpatrick.SP202  Robert Heeps was christened on January 20, 1793 in New Kilpatrick, Dunbarton, Scotand.T203

Was Mary Thomson married before?

Robert Heaps married Mary Thomson on July 26, 1814 in Carriden, West Lothian, Scotland.SP205

Robert Hape (age 50 - Coal M), Mary (age 51), David (age 20), James (age 15), William (age 15) and Marrian (are 17) are listed in the 1841 Scotland Census at Redding in Polmont, Stirlingshire, Scotland.T206,A

Robert Heaps (age 58 - Watchman (coalpit)), Mary (age 63), James (age 27), William (age 35)B are listed in the 1851 Scotland Census at Redding in Polmont, Stirlingshire, Scotland.T207

Robert Heeps died June 11, 1854 and he was buried in Polmont where a headstone was erected by his wife and sons: James 7 William.H001,C

Mary T Heaps (age 73 - Coal Miners Wife), James (age 37) and William (age 35) are listed in the 1861 Scotland Census at Redding in Polmont, Stirlingshire, Scotland.T208

Mary Heeps died May 16, 1870 in Polmont, Stirlingshire, Scotland.R203

Children of Robert & Mary Heaps

My 6x Great Grandparents - Robert Heaps and Elizabeth Frew 

The 1861 census lists my 5x great grandfather Robert as being born in Kilpatrick, Dumbarton in about 1793;T207 a search of old parish registers for +/- 10 years only returns 1 Robert Heeps; that Robert Heeps was born to Robert Heeps and Elizabeth Frew and it was in 1793 in New or East Kilpatrick;SP202 based on this I am putting Robert and Elizabeth as my 6x great grandparents.

Robert Heaps was born about 1767?

Elizabeth Frew was born on April 8, 1771 to David Frew and Elizabeth Slosh and was christened on April 14, 1771 in Carriden, West Lothian, Scotland.R302 Her mother full last name is something like Auchinsloss.R303

"Robert Heaps and Elizabeth Frew both in this parish were clandestinelyD married the fifteenth June 1789"; in Carriden, West Lothian, Scotland.R304

1841 or 1851 Census?

Both Robert and Elizabeth died before 1856R319

Children of Robert & Elizabeth Heaps

Possibly a David Heaps born 1807 as well?

Sources, References & Notes

R prefix = Record

T prefix = Transcription or Index

SP prefix = are assumed to be the proper record but I have not yet pulled the actual documents from the ScotlandsPeople website to confirm.

Notes:

A - Not sure if applied to Heaps family in 1841 CensusT103,T206 regarding ages: "For persons between the ages of-- 25 and 30 write 25" - http://www.talkingscot.com/censuses/census-1841.htm

B - Transcription error?  William should have been 25 in 1851.T206

C - There are no death records on ScotlandsPeople for the year of 1854 in Polmont.

D - Irregular or Clandestine Marriages: "marrying irregularly, that is, without the proclamation of banns" - https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/research/guides/birth-death-and-marriage-records/old-parish-registers/marriages-and-proclamation-of-banns#3

E -Transcription error? Baptism record indicates sex as maleT312

POLMONT - "A parish in Stirlingshire from 1724 to 1900. It was created a parish for civil and religious purposes from parts of Falkirk parish in 1724. In 1900 it was absorbed for civil purposes by parish of Grangemouth." - http://www.scotlandsplaces.gov.uk/search/gazetteer/Polmont

CARRIDEN - "A parish in West Lothian until 1895. A medieval parish and a parish for both civil and religious purposes from the sixteenth century until 1895, when it became a part of the parish of Borrowstounness and Carriden."

- http://www.scotlandsplaces.gov.uk/search/place/Carriden?id=7387