Magnus Fidlar1

#302, (1759 - a 1821)
FatherPeter Fidlar1 (s 1710 - )
MotherJanet Taylor1 (s 1710 - )
Extended Family
ChartsDescendants of Magnus Fidlar & Janet Irvine

Children of Magnus Fidlar and Janet Irvine

Life Events

BaptismMagnus Fidlar was baptized on 26 Aug 1759 in Stromness, Orkney.1 
MarriageHe married Janet Irvine, daughter of Edward Irvine and Cecilia Johnston, on 27 Feb 1790 in Stromness.1
 
OccupationMagnus Fidlar was a recorded as a carpenter in Stromness in the parish register for his children's baptisms between 1794 and 1803.1 
OccupationHe was a boatbuilder in Stromness for the baptisms of his last two children between 1807 and 1809.1 
(Widowed) DeathHis wife Janet died between 1809 and 1821.2  
1821 CensusMagnus Fidlar was listed as the head of a family on the 1821 census taken in Stromness. Magnus was age 61, with children Janet (21), Mary [sic] (17), John (16), and David (12).3 
DeathMagnus died after 1821.
It is not known whether he stayed in Stromness or left with one of his children to Edinburgh or England or Canada.3 
Last Edited6 Oct 2014

Citations

  1. Microfilm of the Old Parochial Register of Stromness, Orkney, 1695-1854 (Family History Library, 990514 & 990515).
  2. Inferred from analysis of data: Her last child was baptised in 1809 and she was not with the family in the 1821 census.
  3. 1821 Census for Orkney, Scotland "ed1, house 291."
  4. Copy marriage certificate of John Fidlar and Elizabeth Harvey, married 12 August 1839 in the Registration District of Tynemouth.