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I am trying to find birth certificate information on this couple (my mother in laws grandparents) in order to confirm that I have attached them to the right parents .

According to the 1901 Census:
Esther Berry b. 1859 in Crosby Renfrewshire Scotland (although I have some conflicting info that her birth town was Houston). She was possibly born to Ann Gray & Thomas Berry.

Alexander F. Campbell b. 1860 in Stewarton, Ayrshire. He was possibly born to Janet Frew & Alexander Campbell. This parental attachment is a big guess because there re so many Alex Campbell's!

FYI - I am on the west coast of Canada and therefore my response to anyone that replies to this email may be slow.

Cheers,
Sandie

Hi Sandie

you really need Scotland's People to get full information, but that is a pay-per-view site.

You can search for free, see what you can find, and then buy credits if you find anything of interest.

For what it's worth, this is what I can see on ancestry ................ you have to go to SP to see the actual images of the censuses


1871 Scotland Census

Name: Esther Berry
Age: 11
Estimated birth year: abt 1860
Relationship: Daughter
Father's name: Thomas Berry
Mother's name: Ann Berry
Gender: Female
Where born: Houston, Renfrewshire
Registration Number: 568
Registration district: Kilbarchan
Civil Parish: Kilbarchan
County: Renfrewshire
Address: Redan
Occupation: Scholar
ED: 10
Household schedule number: 44
LINE: 11
Roll: CSSCT1871_100

Thomas Berry 41 b.ca 1830, Ireland, Tronstone Miner (I wonder if this should be Ironstone Miner??)
Ann Berry 41 b.ca 1830, Ireland
Thomas Berry 19 b.ca 1852, Bridge of Gairn, Renfrewshire, Tronstone Miner
Rebecca Berry 17 b.ca 1854, Bridge of Gairn, Mill Worker
John Berry 15 b.ca 1856, Lochwinnoch, Renfrewshire, Tronstone Miner
Catherine Berry 13 b.ca 1858, Bridge of Gairn, Mill Worker
Esther Berry 11
James Berry 7 b.ca 1864, Bridge of Gairn, Scholar
Agnes Berry 5 b.ca 1866, Kilbarchan, Renfrewshire
Joseph Berry 1 b.ca 1870, Kilbarchan




sylvia
also on the west coast :-)

1881 Census

Name: Esther Berry
Age: 21
Estimated birth year: abt 1860
Relationship: Daughter
Father's name: Thomas Berry
Mother's name: Ann Berry
Gender: Female
Where born: Houston, Renfrewshire
Registration Number: 568
Registration district: Kilbarchan
Civil Parish: Kilbarchan
County: Renfrewshire
Address: 39 Redan
Occupation: Thread Millworker
ED: 9
Household schedule number: 93
LINE: 14
Roll: cssct1881_169

Thomas Berry 53 b.ca 1828, Ireland, Formerly A Miner
Ann Berry 51 b.ca 1830, Ireland
Thomas Berry 29 b.ca 1852, Bridge of Weis, Renfrewshire, Oil Worker
James Berry 19 b.ca 1862, Houston, Ironstone Miner
Catherine Berry 23 b.ca 1858, Houston, Thread Millworker
Esther Berry 21
Agnes Berry 15 b.ca 1866, Kilbarchan, Renfrewshire, Thread Millworker
Joseph Berry 11 b.ca 1870, Kilbarchan, Scholar

Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950

Name: Esther Berry
Gender: Female
Birth Date: 3 Mar 1859
Birth Place: Houston and Killellan,Renfrew,Scotland
Father: Thomas Berry
Mother: Ann Gray
FHL Film Number: 6035516



NOTE ............. you will be able to see the actual certificates on Scotland's People, and get loads of information from them

A Public Family Tree on ancestry has the following information .......... although you should realize that ancestry trees are often inaccurate as people copy wrong information from each other and do not have the documentation to prove it.

Use the trees as guidelines, then go searching for the documentation! Scotland's People :-)


Married Alexander F. Campbell (1860–1915) 28, April 1881 Kilbarchan, Scotland

Died 28 May 1940, Scotland


Alexander F. Campbell born ca 1860, Stewarton, Ayrshire, Scotland
died Dec 25,1915, Bellshill, Lanarkshire


???Children

Alexander Campbell 1880–1967
Joseph B Campbell 1888–
Annie Gray Campbell 1890–1970
Esther B Campbell 1892–
Wiliam J Campbell 1895–
James Campbell
James Campbell 1900–1953

1891 Census

Name: Esther B C Campbell
Age: 32
Estimated birth year: abt 1859
Relationship: Wife
Spouse's name : Alexander F Campbell
Gender: Female
Where born: Shire, Renfrew
Registration Number: 625/1
Registration district: Bothwell
Civil Parish: Bothwell
County: Lanarkshire
Address: Aitkenhead 3
ED: 8
Household schedule number: 54
LINE: 11
Roll: CSSCT1891_224

Alexander F Campbell 31 b.ca 1860, Slawston, Ayr Shire, Miner
Esther B C Campbell 32
Alexander Campbell 9 b.ca 1882, Shire, Renfrew, Scholar
Janet Frank Campbell 8 b.ca 1883, Shire, Renfrew, Scholar
Hendry Campbell 5 b.ca 1886, Haywood, L, Scholar
Joseph B Campbell 3 b.ca 1888, Haywood, L, Scholar
Annie Gray Campbell 1 b.ca 1890, Aitkenhead, L


I think the L stands for Lanarkshire

This looks like Alexander in 1881, before his marriage to Esther

1881 Census

Name: Alexander Campbell
Age: 22
Estimated birth year: abt 1859
Relationship: Son
Parent's Name: Janet Campbell
Gender: Male
Where born: Stevenson, Ayrshire
Registration Number: 568
Registration district: Kilbarchan
Civil Parish: Kilbarchan
County: Renfrewshire
Address: No 7
Occupation: Shale Miner
ED: 11
Household schedule number: 84
LINE: 13
Roll: cssct1881_169

Janet Campbell 44 b.ca 1837, Stevenson, Ayrshire, Formerly Miner's Wife
Henry Campbell 23 b.ca 1858, Kilwinning, Ayrshire, Shale Miner
Alexander Campbell 22
David Campbell 19 b.ca 1862, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Shale Miner
John Campbell 16 b.ca 1865, Stevenson, Shale Miner
Jessie Campbell 14 b.ca 1867, Stevenson, Cotton Mill Worker
Susan Campbell 11 b.ca 1870, Stevenson, ½ Time Mill Worker
Agnes Campbell 8 b.ca 1873, Kilwinning, Scholar

As I said earlier ....... you'll find most of the information that you want on Scotland's People

Thanks for all of your help. I will check out Scotsland People after I get through all the great info you forwarded.

Thanks,
Sandie

you're very welcome!

As Sylvia says, Scottish certs will give you lots of info. Esther's birth cert should also give the date and place of her parents' marriage.

Thanks Potty!