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« on: Monday 09 July 12 22:14 BST (UK) »
Hiya
I have Andrew and Margaret's son John's death for you (b1779)- he was a soldier and moved to Orkney, dying 20th March 1859 in Stromness, Orkney (he was married to Hannah Murdoch, of Fife) - the bad news for you is that Johnn's daughter Christiana registered John's mother's name as Margaret Folster!! Sorry yet another one for the melting pot! Dad Andrew said to have been a blacksmith, both deceased. Thinking of Orcadian accents it could have been Forster or Forrester she was saying to the registrar - she could not write or spell herself so would only have the spoken word to go by.
Cheers, Rhoda