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Banffshire / Re: mid 1800 census addresses in Gamrie
« on: Sunday 18 December 22 02:01 GMT (UK)  »
Thank you Forfarian. Geograph is a truly wonderful site. It's lovely to see pictures of the area and how the land and surroundings appear. Amazing  :)

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Banffshire / Re: mid 1800 census addresses in Gamrie
« on: Friday 16 December 22 19:32 GMT (UK)  »
@Forfarian Many thanks for those fantastic map links.  I too had the same question as @kittymama as I am following up family connections to same area.  I live in Ireland and am only just getting to grasps with researching Scottish ancestry and your hints were most helpful.  My 3x great grandmother, Elizabeth Anderson (daughter of William Anderson and Isabella Shiach) was living with her parents in Logie on 1841 census - her father William was a Crofter.  She was at same address in 1851 and in 1861 was living with her daughter and son in law (Sophia and James Killoch) at Backhill of Logie.  1871 she lived in Dubford and by the time of her death on 26/11/1878, her address was given as Hill of Troup - her sister Isobel Burnett of Backhill of Overbrae King Edward was present when she died.

Hi, I'm just wondering if we may have a connection. I have 2 sets of Andersons (Francis Anderson and his wife Isabella/Isobel/Elizabeth Anderson) on my paternal side. The various members of these Andersons lived and worked in Glens of Troup and Hill of Troup areas of Gamrie. Farms/crofts named Haddoleys, Snubs and Doups feature frequently.

I have a 3x great-uncle called William Anderson (brother to Francis, named above) who died at Hill of Troup in 1865, but he was married to a Christina Hen(d)ry.

I do have a Sophia Robertson Anderson who was born illegitimate in 1877, Aberdeen to Elizabeth Anderson (an illegtimate daughter herself to Isabella named above, prior to her marrying Francis). Elizabeth was born in Gamrie.

I just noticed some similar names pop up. It could be a coincidence given how common the surname was in that area, just throwing this out there in case.

Here's a previous thread of mine regarding Isabella/Isobel/Elizabeth Anderson - wife of Francis and mother to quite a few illegimate children in case it's of any relevance
https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=795817.0


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Banffshire / Re: Valid address in Banff 1918?
« on: Wednesday 24 August 22 02:00 BST (UK)  »
I discovered yesterday that ancestors of mine married in 1918 in Banff. The location for the marriage seemed to be 4 Heads of Yards, Banff.
I can't find anything regarding that address on Google so I'm wondering if any locals from Banff would know if it is indeed a valid address.
Looking forward to the result!

James

Hi James, I've been working on a private tree researching my potential 3x great-grandmother Margaret Drysdale (see my thread Forfarian linked in reply number 3). She and her family lived at number 2 Head of Yards Road.

Number 2 was privately owned by her husband Alexander Allan, here's some info from my reply in the other thread. I pondered over this unusual street name for a while when I first saw it also.

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Alexander Allan appeared to own the property he and his family lived in for decades at Heads of Yards Road, Banff. A newspaper article in the Banffshire Advertiser in 1876 stated that the property at Head of Yards Road of "two dwelling houses and garden which belonged to the late Alexander Allan, tailor" was for sale by private bargain.

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Banffshire / Re: Isabella Anderson of Gamrie. A very complicated lady!
« on: Monday 22 August 22 20:23 BST (UK)  »
Hi  I have read the details here with interest.  I am trying to research my possibly 4th Gt grandfather Francs Anderson who farmed at Haddoleys in Gamrie.  I believe he had a child with Helen Howat.  The child was Sarah Anderson b.c. 1837.  Francis Anderson: I think this may be Sarah Anderson's father but I cannot find a record of any marriage between him and Helen Howat, who I believe to be Sarah's mother.    There seems to be a link to the Massie family in Gamrie.  Francis Anderson married Isabel Massie in 1824.
On Sarah Anderson's marriage cert it states Fa: Francis Anderson - farm servant (deceased) which would fit with his date of death.   The cert also states Mo: Helen Anderson (nee Howat) Struggling to work this out.
However, Sarah's residence in 1851 is 1851 • Gamrie, Banffshire, Scotland
House servant living with James Massie and Jean Kiloch (Killock?). Elizabeth Anderson is recorded as lodger not servant which implies she was related to James Massie (poss daughter of his sister Isabel)?  The Massie/ Anderson/ Bruce families in this area do seem to be closely entwined!  If anyone can shed any light that would be fantastic.  Many thanks

Hi Kitty, I know it's been a long while since you posted here but hopefully you will see this reply as it may relate to your Sarah Anderson.

I've been looking at the Banff Kirk Sessions today and I noticed an entry for 1860 image number 276. You can view this for free on Scotland's People. It relates to a Sarah Anderson of Gardenstown (latterly servant in Banff) and fornication with a John Clark, a shoemaker, originally of Fyvie and latterly of Gamrie. It was mentioned that it was her second offence, and this entry was in relation to a child born "July last"

This is the reference: Banff kirk session, Minutes (1849-1869), Accounts (1851-1869), CH2/1109/7

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: Cause of death in 15 day old child?
« on: Thursday 14 July 22 18:59 BST (UK)  »
Thank you everyone. I am leaning more towards "supposed" being the first one.

The circumstances of the family at the time: The mother had 2 children previous to Robert, the first born Feb 1861, the second in Feb 1862 and Robert in March 1863, so she did have experience as a mother. She also went on to have 4 more after Robert who all lived through childhood. I suppose colostrum provides good protection (though I'm not sure how long that lasts). Although she did have her first three children quite close together, whether that had some sort of impact? I wonder if she would've still been feeding her second child as well as Robert? Although that child would have been 13 months old when Robert was born - I'm not sure what was typical at the time.





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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: Cause of death in 15 day old child?
« on: Sunday 10 July 22 20:31 BST (UK)  »
Thank you everyone. Lots of consider here.

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: Cause of death in 15 day old child?
« on: Sunday 10 July 22 12:51 BST (UK)  »
Thank you everyone for your input. It is a tricky one indeed! I was wondering if they managed to decipher it being related to bowels, perhaps due to constipation or diarrhoea reports from the parents?

My other thought was could it be an item was swallowed that shouldn't have been?

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: Cause of death in 15 day old child?
« on: Saturday 09 July 22 23:18 BST (UK)  »
That's a good shout. It very well could be that. Thank you. :)

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: Cause of death in 15 day old child?
« on: Saturday 09 July 22 23:12 BST (UK)  »
I'm leaning towards the it being an "R" because the it's very different to the N in "No medical attendant" beneath the cause. Not sure what word it could be though.

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