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Clackmannanshire

David and Henry Dalrymple on 1871 census.

I have tried everywhere in Clackmannanshire for these two boys without luck. As the SRO now have a search index for the 1871 census, I thought I would try for them again. Bingo!

They were at Kibble Reformatory for Boys, Greenock Road, Paisley which was certified 2nd July 1859 and the manager was Hon. Sec. J McInnes, Esq. Paisley.

The entry was written as follows:-

I knew that David had not died and guessed that Henry might also have survived childhood. Their elder brother was with the father and his new wife and family in Alloa in 1871 but I have no idea why these two wee boys were sent so far away. It's quite heart rending at times.

Kibble was a school for 'young offenders' and it is difficult to see what mischief these two wee boys could have got up to which earned them a place here. Their mother had died when they were 3 and one years respectively. They were brought up by their granny, their father's mother and her mother. These two grannies died in 1861 and 1862 and the boys were only 5 and 3 in 1862. What could they possibly have gotten up to in this short space of time, that rendered them a place in this institution?

It is often the case that if a child reaches the age of 12 years then they survive into adult hood. I have no reason to believe that Henry did otherwise and now that he has been found here in 1871, perhaps I might now find out what became of him. The Dalrymple kids certainly never lost touch with their Meiklejohn grand mother and family.