Scottish records

[ecksdochter]

Hello,
     Scotlandspeople Statutory Records for Marriages: Entering Andrew Raap only (no female name) 1855-1870 comes up with 2 matches.
     Deaths: Entering Surname Raap (no Christian name) & female 1855-1870 comes up with 2 matches. (7 matches if you use surname variants)
               Regards,     Dod. 

[penstemon5]

Thanks, Ecksdochter.
I have marriages to Anna Annacker in 1862 and to Susan Gunn in 1863.
Deaths I have Anna Raap - Andrew married Anna Bodden, nee Pillisher in 1856(she is a mystery as I can find no marriage to Andrew Raap recorded, though with help from MonicaL I think she was married before to Matthew Bodden, who died in 1852. They are together on the 1851 census)
Anna Annacker died in 1863
So that's 2 marriages and 2 deaths.
The mystery is the marriage to Anna Bodden in the statutory records, as this would give further information ie parents names and status ie whether she was a widow.
The possible earlier marriage between Anna Pillisher and Matthew Bodden (Baden) would have taken place before the 1851 census and therefore won't have a statutory record.

Any further help would be gratefully received!

[Rosinish]

Is it possible they were married outside Scotland ?

Also, Altenstadt may be the placename down as "Alphinstart" ?

Annie

[penstemon5]

Hi Ammack,
I did wonder this as I don't know when the Raaps came over from Germany. However, if Anna Boden was libing with Matthew in Glasgow at the time of the 1851 census, then I guess Andrew Raap married her in Scotland.
I have looked for Immigration records for Raap without success.
Altenstadt sounds like a good match for Alphinstart. I wonder how I can take that further?
Thanks for your input.

[Forfarian]

Altenstadt sounds like a good match for Alphinstart. I wonder how I can take that further?

The first thing you should do, if you haven't already, is get the original of the census from Scotland's People, and if necessary post the bit with the place names here, to make sure that Alphinstart and Coblans are not mistranscriptions.

[MonicaL]

Regarding Germany and further research there, there is a board here on RC that would be helpful www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?board=135.0

Monica

[penstemon5]

Thanks MonicaL. I'll have a look.
It can all be very frustrating!

[MonicaL]

It wouldn't be so much fun if it was easy though 

Monica

[Rosinish]

Altenstadt sounds like a good match for Alphinstart. I wonder how I can take that further?

The first thing you should do, if you haven't already, is get the original of the census from Scotland's People, and if necessary post the bit with the place names here, to make sure that Alphinstart and Coblans are not mistranscriptions.

Also, taking nothing away from Forfarian, it may well have been written down on the original as Alphinstart as things were invariably written by how they sounded to the person taking the information (something that people should always consider, just because it's in "black & white" it may not be fact) !! Sadly 

Annie

ADDED - Cottbus  may be Coblans ?