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Durness Parish Register - Part 2
« on: Saturday 30 March 13 19:39 GMT (UK) »
This is a new and continuation thread for a long running thread here www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,45412.0.html

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Re: Durness Parish Register - Part 2
« Reply #1 on: Friday 03 May 13 11:42 BST (UK) »
Is there a reason why my ancestors from Durness do not appear on the Parish Register.
They are in all the Census returns and BMD's
Andy Smed did check and they couldn't be found
wini
Gunn, Cree, Reid,McNeice, Munro, McPhee
Jackson, Gillies,Gebbie. McCredie, nicolson, McAskill,
MacKinnon,Morrison,Campbell,

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Re: Durness Parish Register - Part 2
« Reply #2 on: Saturday 04 May 13 01:07 BST (UK) »
wini, they may have belonged to the Free Church, which maintained its own register. The Free Church was a break-away movement, referred to as "the Disruption", which occured in 1843.

I have a copy of a transcription of it's Durness register by Angi Lamb. If you give me some names and dates, I will take a look.

IanB
Morrison, MacKay, MacCulloch, Sutherland, Dingwall, MacLeod, Donn, Calder,Blyth/Blythe; Baxter; Woodburn;Fleming;Hobkirk

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Re: Durness Parish Register - Part 2
« Reply #3 on: Saturday 04 May 13 09:54 BST (UK) »
Ian, I am sure you are correct, the descendents of the family were all Free Church.
John Gunn b. Lanark never been able to find his birth his age changed constantly in the records, died 1894 age 87 approx
Married Isabella Ross 1835
Children\Mary, Peter, Thomas, Margaret,  Dolina, John
Isabella died and he remarried
Betsy Gunn 1851
Children
Isabella, Catherine, Helen or Ellen, Euphemia, William my Great Grandfather.
Poor Isabella is  described as Imbecile, or lunatic although her family looked after her until she died
in1908 age 56
will be interesting to see if you find their names among the free church records

Thanks

wini

 
Gunn, Cree, Reid,McNeice, Munro, McPhee
Jackson, Gillies,Gebbie. McCredie, nicolson, McAskill,
MacKinnon,Morrison,Campbell,


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Re: Durness Parish Register - Part 2
« Reply #4 on: Saturday 04 May 13 20:58 BST (UK) »
wini, I can only see three entries:

Marriage: Nov 14, 1851 - John Gunn, widower,Leathad (Laid) & Bessie Gunn, Portnacon

Baptism:  Nov 3, 1852 - Isabella to John Gunn, Leathad, & Bessie Gunn. Born July 15.

Baptism: JUl 14, 1845 - Dolina to John Gunn, Leathad, & Isabella Ross

The register goes from Jun 30, 1843 to May 1956 so perhaps their other children were born after 1856.

The mystery continues.

Ian
Morrison, MacKay, MacCulloch, Sutherland, Dingwall, MacLeod, Donn, Calder,Blyth/Blythe; Baxter; Woodburn;Fleming;Hobkirk

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Re: Durness Parish Register - Part 2
« Reply #5 on: Sunday 05 May 13 00:38 BST (UK) »
Thanks Ian,
At least I now know why they didn't appear in the Durness Parish  Register.
I was unaware the Free church was excluded.
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Gunn, Cree, Reid,McNeice, Munro, McPhee
Jackson, Gillies,Gebbie. McCredie, nicolson, McAskill,
MacKinnon,Morrison,Campbell,

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Re: Durness Parish Register - Part 2
« Reply #6 on: Monday 10 June 13 18:46 BST (UK) »
wini, they may have belonged to the Free Church, which maintained its own register. The Free Church was a break-away movement, referred to as "the Disruption", which occured in 1843.

I have a copy of a transcription of it's Durness register by Angi Lamb. If you give me some names and dates, I will take a look.

IanB

The transcript I made of baptisms and marriages can be found at https://sites.google.com/site/rupparti/family-history/durness-fc

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Angi

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Re: Durness Parish Register - Part 2
« Reply #7 on: Monday 10 June 13 18:48 BST (UK) »
...The register goes from Jun 30, 1843 to May 1956 so perhaps their other children were born after 1856.

The mystery continues.

Ian

I stopped transcribing at 1856 as a) the statutory register starts at 1855 and b) I ran out of time in the archives!

Angi

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Re: Durness Parish Register - Part 2
« Reply #8 on: Tuesday 11 June 13 12:25 BST (UK) »
Thanks Angi

wini
Gunn, Cree, Reid,McNeice, Munro, McPhee
Jackson, Gillies,Gebbie. McCredie, nicolson, McAskill,
MacKinnon,Morrison,Campbell,