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Death entry help please
« on: Friday 21 May 10 11:45 BST (UK) »
Can anyone decifer the burial entry below please? It's from Peterhead, Aberdeen 1816
I have George Steven....?Boom? ...age 87
I included a few others for comparison.
On his daughters marriage cert in 1815 he was a Butler

Thank you Sylvia
Main names:
Scotland (Travellers) - Townsend/Townsley, Conway, Stewart
Lanark and Stirling - Jeffrey.
Northumberland/ Durham - Newton, Nixon, Sharp, Greaves, Naters
Warwickshire and London - Garfield.
Ireland, Co. Kerry - Marah/Meara/Mara, McClure, Howard, Melvin
Lincs - Smith, Vinter

other offshoots - Berry, Steven, Craig, Atkins, Fuller, , Stewart, Conway, Heather,

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Re: Death entry help please
« Reply #1 on: Friday 21 May 10 11:55 BST (UK) »
How about Bodrn or Bodm. But I don't know what it means.

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Re: Death entry help please
« Reply #2 on: Friday 21 May 10 11:59 BST (UK) »
 ??? The only one I can read is underneath...ship master
Main names:
Scotland (Travellers) - Townsend/Townsley, Conway, Stewart
Lanark and Stirling - Jeffrey.
Northumberland/ Durham - Newton, Nixon, Sharp, Greaves, Naters
Warwickshire and London - Garfield.
Ireland, Co. Kerry - Marah/Meara/Mara, McClure, Howard, Melvin
Lincs - Smith, Vinter

other offshoots - Berry, Steven, Craig, Atkins, Fuller, , Stewart, Conway, Heather,

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Re: Death entry help please
« Reply #3 on: Friday 21 May 10 12:06 BST (UK) »
They are places .... there is Kirktown http://www.streetmap.co.uk/map.srf?X=413255&Y=846130&A=Y&Z=120
and a Boddam a mile or two to the south http://www.streetmap.co.uk/map.srf?X=412690&Y=842480&A=Y&Z=120

and perhaps ronhids is Roanheads.

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« Reply #4 on: Friday 21 May 10 12:15 BST (UK) »
Ahh it's where he's from then, yes that might make sense
Does anyone know if there might have been a "big" house there when he might have worked, I'm trying to decide if this is my George

Sorry it was daughters death cert not marriage cert that her father is mentioned
Main names:
Scotland (Travellers) - Townsend/Townsley, Conway, Stewart
Lanark and Stirling - Jeffrey.
Northumberland/ Durham - Newton, Nixon, Sharp, Greaves, Naters
Warwickshire and London - Garfield.
Ireland, Co. Kerry - Marah/Meara/Mara, McClure, Howard, Melvin
Lincs - Smith, Vinter

other offshoots - Berry, Steven, Craig, Atkins, Fuller, , Stewart, Conway, Heather,

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« Reply #5 on: Friday 21 May 10 12:20 BST (UK) »
Sorry have to go, bedtime
Main names:
Scotland (Travellers) - Townsend/Townsley, Conway, Stewart
Lanark and Stirling - Jeffrey.
Northumberland/ Durham - Newton, Nixon, Sharp, Greaves, Naters
Warwickshire and London - Garfield.
Ireland, Co. Kerry - Marah/Meara/Mara, McClure, Howard, Melvin
Lincs - Smith, Vinter

other offshoots - Berry, Steven, Craig, Atkins, Fuller, , Stewart, Conway, Heather,

Census information is Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk
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