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BLACKIE/BLAIKIE
« on: Sunday 30 August 09 11:07 UTC (UK) »
Has anyone else been tracing the BLACKIE/BLAIKIE family of Hawick? If so, you are probably as confused as I am by the frequent changes of spelling of this name by the same family.

James BLACKIE married Mary HOGG at Greenlaw, Berwickshire, in 1820. Their son James BLEAKIE was born at Wilton, Hawick, in 1826 to James BLEAKIE and Mary HOGG (IGI spelling, from OPR).

In 1847 the above James junior, as James BLACKIE, married Jane PETTIGREW (sister of my great-great-grandmother Agnes PETTIGREW). James and Jane moved to Glasgow, where their name is recorded in the 1861 and 1871 censuses as BLACKIE.

In 1875 their son James BLACKIE married Agnes TURNBULL at Hawick.

In 1889 his younger brother John Pettigrew BLAIKIE married Beatrice NISBET, also at Hawick.

In the 1891 census of Cambuslang, near Glasgow, Jane BLACKIE is living with her above-mentioned son John Pettigrew BLACKIE (!) and his wife Beatrice. I don't know where Jane's husband is.

In 1901, James BLAIKIE senior and his wife Jane PETTIGREW are back at Wilton Dean, Hawick, where the PETTIGREWS had settled by 1841 after moving to Scotland from Northern Ireland.

James BLAIKIE died in 1905 and his death was registered by his son James BLAIKIE. James junior also registered the death of his mother Jane BLAIKIE(m.s. PETTIGREW) in 1916.

What bothers me is that the names BLACKIE and BLAIKIE have quite different pronunciations, so I don't see how you can confuse them.

Harry
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MonicaLesl
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Re: BLACKIE/BLAIKIE
« Reply #1 on: Sunday 30 August 09 14:19 UTC (UK) »
Harry, don't be put off by the variations of spellings. It was so much a sign of the times where spellings were often written phonetically. In a time where many people were illiterate and moved around searching for work, the way their name was recorded was something many could not check (or really bothered about to be honest).

Blackie and Blaikie are not too far removed. Other variations can include (and not an exclusive set):

Black, Blacke, Blackie, Blacky,Blaick, Blaicke, Blaickie, Blaicky,Blaik, Blaike, Blaikie, Blaiky, Blayk,
Blac, Blak, Blake

Always worthwhile searching in this period with wildcards on SP which is quite rigid on its spelling which has to match exactly what is on their index. IGI does make some allowance for spelling variations but even then, does not always pick up on all the possible variations when searching.

Monica  Smiley
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