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Re: Todd and Buchanan mystery in Glasgow
« Reply #9 on: Tuesday 06 December 16 15:09 GMT (UK) »
M.I. in Haddington

In memory of Sir David Davidson KCB Bombay Army and Colonel of The Queens Edinburgh Volr Brigade 2nd son of Henry Davidson born at Haddington 18th August 1811 died 18th May 1900
 
and of his wife Margaret for 50 years his devoted helpmeet born 22nd April 1822 died 12 November 1899 both interred here.




There is a marriage recorded in Kelso and Haddington 1849 for David Davidson to Margaret Buchanan

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Re: Todd and Buchanan mystery in Glasgow
« Reply #10 on: Tuesday 06 December 16 15:23 GMT (UK) »
From SP Wills

Buchanan
David
9/10/1900
of Northfield House, Rugby, Warwickshire
Probate of the will and codicil
non-Scottish Court
SC70/6/82

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Re: Todd and Buchanan mystery in Glasgow
« Reply #11 on: Tuesday 06 December 16 15:45 GMT (UK) »
Charles & Margaret had 3 illegitimate children together - Mary  who married Colonel Sir David Davidson of Woodcroft, Edinburgh

Sancti,

Sorry I'm not quite following...Is this the marriage of the above to Margaret (not Mary)?

There is a marriage recorded in Kelso and Haddington 1849 for David Davidson to Margaret Buchanan

Annie

EDIT...Forgot to ask, is this the same David using 2 different surnames?

Buchanan
David
9/10/1900
of Northfield House, Rugby, Warwickshire
Probate of the will and codicil
non-Scottish Court
SC70/6/82
South Uist, Inverness-shire, Scotland:- Bowie, Campbell, Cumming, Currie

Ireland:- Cullen, Flannigan (Derry), Donahoe/Donaghue (variants) (Cork), McCrate (Tipperary), Mellon, Tol(l)and (Donegal & Tyrone)

Newcastle-on-Tyne/Durham (Northumberland):- Harrison, Jude, Kemp, Lunn, Mellon, Robson, Stirling

Kettering, Northampton:- MacKinnon

Canada:- Callaghan, Cumming, MacPhee

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Re: Todd and Buchanan mystery in Glasgow
« Reply #12 on: Tuesday 06 December 16 15:50 GMT (UK) »
Annie, I assumed Mary was a typo for Margaret


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Re: Todd and Buchanan mystery in Glasgow
« Reply #13 on: Tuesday 06 December 16 16:00 GMT (UK) »
So they went by their mother's name, not their father's?

There is a David Buchanan, aged 32, born Scotland, shown as what looks like Master (but could be Master of Arts as it's very blotted) of Clare College Cambridge and landholder, living in Harris Lodge, Selborne Road, Clifton-on-Dunsmore, Rugby with wife and several children. In 1871 he is at Northfield House, Newbold Road, Rugby, aged 41, described simply as MA Cambridge. This matches the 21-year-old student in Clare Hall College in 1851. I don't see him in 1881 or later.

He seems to have married Anna Wyndham Penruddocke in Pewsey, Wiltshire, in 1853. Have you got a copy of his marriage certificate? What does it say his father's name and occupation are?

The England and Wales Calendar of Probate says, "Buchanan David of Northfield-house Rugby Warwickshire died 30 May 1900. Probate London 13(?) September to Anna Buchanan widow and George Dalziel writer to the signet. Effects £33654 in the United Kingdom".

A Writer to the Signet is a specifically Scottish designation. There were three George Dalziels who were Writers to the Signet, father, son and grandson. The first died in 1869, and it's not clear whether the one referred to is the son (1843-1926) or grandson (1874-1947), but there is no obvious family connection between them and Todds or Buchanans. I wonder why David chose to appoint a Scottish lawyer with nor obvious family ties to be one of his executors?
Never trust anything you find online (especially submitted trees and transcriptions on Ancestry, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and other commercial web sites) unless it's an image of an original document - and even then be wary because errors can and do occur.

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Re: Todd and Buchanan mystery in Glasgow
« Reply #14 on: Tuesday 06 December 16 16:02 GMT (UK) »
Annie, I assumed Mary was a typo for Margaret

I haven't had a reply to my original question whether there was a typo?

Can you please read my edit on above post & confirm?

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confused.com  ;D

Annie
South Uist, Inverness-shire, Scotland:- Bowie, Campbell, Cumming, Currie

Ireland:- Cullen, Flannigan (Derry), Donahoe/Donaghue (variants) (Cork), McCrate (Tipperary), Mellon, Tol(l)and (Donegal & Tyrone)

Newcastle-on-Tyne/Durham (Northumberland):- Harrison, Jude, Kemp, Lunn, Mellon, Robson, Stirling

Kettering, Northampton:- MacKinnon

Canada:- Callaghan, Cumming, MacPhee

"OLD GENEALOGISTS NEVER DIE - THEY JUST LOSE THEIR CENSUS"

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Re: Todd and Buchanan mystery in Glasgow
« Reply #15 on: Tuesday 06 December 16 16:09 GMT (UK) »
So they went by their mother's name, not their father's?

There is a David Buchanan, aged 32, born Scotland, shown as what looks like Master (but could be Master of Arts as it's very blotted) of Clare College Cambridge and landholder, living in Harris Lodge, Selborne Road, Clifton-on-Dunsmore, Rugby with wife and several children. In 1871 he is at Northfield House, Newbold Road, Rugby, aged 41, described simply as MA Cambridge. This matches the 21-year-old student in Clare Hall College in 1851. I don't see him in 1881 or later.

He seems to have married Anna Wyndham Penruddocke in Pewsey, Wiltshire, in 1853. Have you got a copy of his marriage certificate? What does it say his father's name and occupation are?

1891 he is still in Humbold Road, living on own means with wife Annie and family

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Re: Todd and Buchanan mystery in Glasgow
« Reply #16 on: Tuesday 06 December 16 16:10 GMT (UK) »
So they went by their mother's name, not their father's?

He seems to have married Anna Wyndham Penruddocke in Pewsey, Wiltshire, in 1853. Have you got a copy of his marriage certificate? What does it say his father's name and occupation are?

Good find Forfarian, the ball is rolling now  ::)

Annie
South Uist, Inverness-shire, Scotland:- Bowie, Campbell, Cumming, Currie

Ireland:- Cullen, Flannigan (Derry), Donahoe/Donaghue (variants) (Cork), McCrate (Tipperary), Mellon, Tol(l)and (Donegal & Tyrone)

Newcastle-on-Tyne/Durham (Northumberland):- Harrison, Jude, Kemp, Lunn, Mellon, Robson, Stirling

Kettering, Northampton:- MacKinnon

Canada:- Callaghan, Cumming, MacPhee

"OLD GENEALOGISTS NEVER DIE - THEY JUST LOSE THEIR CENSUS"

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Re: Todd and Buchanan mystery in Glasgow
« Reply #17 on: Tuesday 06 December 16 16:10 GMT (UK) »
Annie, I assumed Mary was a typo for Margaret

I haven't had a reply to my original question whether there was a typo?

Can you please read my edit on above post & confirm?

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confused.com  ;D

Annie

David Buchanan brother of Margaret who married Colonel Sir David Davidson