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Forfarian
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Re: gow
« Reply #16 on: Friday 21 August 09 14:33 UTC (UK) » |
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didnt know they showed witnesses on them
They don't always!
now can anyone tell me what this is ..John Gow in TURACHASTLE
Torchastle is a farm just east of the village of Dallas. There's a motte nearby, labelled Torchastle on the Explorer map, and on the other side of the river is Tor Castle, which is just a scrap of masonry, all that is left of a stronghold of the Comyn or Cumming clan.
So now you know that John Gow and Margaret Cruickshank lived in Torchastle.
It also tells you that John was not the owner; if he had been a land owner it would have read 'John Gow of Torchastle. So he could have been the tenant, or possibly one of the farm employees. To find that out you'd have to track down the relevant estate rental records, if they still exist. Try writing to Dallas Estate Office, Dallas, Forres IV36 2RY.
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AITKENHEAD, Lanarkshire; BINNY, Forfar; BLACK, New Monkland; BRYSON, Cumbernauld; BURGESS, North-East Scotland; CRUICKSHANK, Rothes; DALLAS, Botriphnie; DAVIDSON, Oyne; HOGG, Larbert; LESLIE, Rothes; LESLIE, Mortlach; MENDUM, England; PATERSON, Larbert; RHIND, Forfar; SANG, Scotland; SCOTT, East Kilbride; STOREY, New Monkland; THORNTON, Shotts; WADDELL, New Monkland; WILKIE, New Monkland; WILKIE, Tannadice; WYLLIE, Lethnot and Navar; YOUNG, Keith
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Re: gow
« Reply #18 on: Saturday 22 August 09 06:50 UTC (UK) » |
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what i thought on other papers is Cruickshank on this one it is Cruckshank
Don't get hung up on spelling. Until about the 20th century you get the same person's name(s) spelled in umpteen different ways. As long as it has 'Cr..sh..k..' treat it as the same name.
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AITKENHEAD, Lanarkshire; BINNY, Forfar; BLACK, New Monkland; BRYSON, Cumbernauld; BURGESS, North-East Scotland; CRUICKSHANK, Rothes; DALLAS, Botriphnie; DAVIDSON, Oyne; HOGG, Larbert; LESLIE, Rothes; LESLIE, Mortlach; MENDUM, England; PATERSON, Larbert; RHIND, Forfar; SANG, Scotland; SCOTT, East Kilbride; STOREY, New Monkland; THORNTON, Shotts; WADDELL, New Monkland; WILKIE, New Monkland; WILKIE, Tannadice; WYLLIE, Lethnot and Navar; YOUNG, Keith
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