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Mother's Maiden name on a Scottish Death Cert?
« on: Wednesday 13 February 13 17:52 GMT (UK) »
Hi  :)

emjaye has this post running on the Scottish boards www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,635408.0.html

I am just wondering if anyone can figure out the words around the mother's maiden name? There is a line which I read to be a blank for the maiden name. It is the other words around that blank/line that I struggle with  :-\

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Re: Mother's Maiden name on a Scottish Death Cert?
« Reply #1 on: Wednesday 13 February 13 18:45 GMT (UK) »
Hi Monica

It looks like Fine in brackets and then something like Flechanny written above.

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Re: Mother's Maiden name on a Scottish Death Cert?
« Reply #2 on: Wednesday 13 February 13 19:53 GMT (UK) »
It's odd looking don't you think?

The death (1865) of a 26 year old man who was illigitimate and confirmed as such on his death entry on the register. Death reported by a paternal uncle.

Robert Cameron cannot be easily found on the earlier censuses so all quite very hard to get a thread really  :-\

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Re: Mother's Maiden name on a Scottish Death Cert?
« Reply #3 on: Wednesday 13 February 13 20:29 GMT (UK) »
Does the mystery writing say "Richard", perhaps? 


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Re: Mother's Maiden name on a Scottish Death Cert?
« Reply #4 on: Wednesday 13 February 13 20:30 GMT (UK) »
here's my two pennyworth:

(sic name)

(Fine)
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dictionary: sic = Used to indicate that a quoted passage, especially one containing an error or unconventional spelling, has been retained in its original form or written
Aberdeen: Findlay-Shirras,McCarthy: MidLothian: Mason,Telford,Darling,Cruikshanks,Bennett,Sime, Bell: Lanarks:Crum, Brown, MacKenzie,Cameron, Glen, Millar; Ross: Urray:Mackenzie:  Moray: Findlay; Marshall/Marischell: Perthshire: Brown Ferguson: Wales: McCarthy, Thomas: England: Almond, Askin, Dodson, Well(es). Harrison, Maw, McCarthy, Munford, Pye, Shearing, Smith, Smythe, Speight, Strike, Wallis/Wallace, Ward, Wells;Germany: Flamme,Ehlers, Bielstein, Germer, Mohlm, Reupke

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Re: Mother's Maiden name on a Scottish Death Cert?
« Reply #5 on: Wednesday 13 February 13 23:23 GMT (UK) »
I reckon emjaye should ask SP to send out another, better copy of the document, they are usually very good about doing this and it should hopefully solve the mystery.

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Re: Mother's Maiden name on a Scottish Death Cert?
« Reply #6 on: Thursday 14 February 13 00:04 GMT (UK) »
Agree with Prue about requesting a better copy.  :)
Also agree with 'Fine'.
But while you are waiting, might the word/s possibly in brackets be (u/k name), as in 'unknown name'?  :-\ I can't really see the letters u/k but I think this seems to relate to the name Fine in brackets and it's the only thing I can think of that sort of makes sense. It may be another abbreviation though (the space doesn't appear big enough for a full word).
I think the second part may be 'name' though. It looks to have been added later in another hand.

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Re: Mother's Maiden name on a Scottish Death Cert?
« Reply #7 on: Thursday 14 February 13 08:24 GMT (UK) »
Ruskie, like you I thought that the top string did include maybe the word 'name'. I will pass comments onto emjaye and suggest contact with SP for an enhancement.

Just as an aside. There is no note on the l/h margin of the entry to indicate any major additions and changes which would include a reference to an entry in the Register of Corrected Entries (RCEs).

Thank you everyone  :)

Monica
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Re: Mother's Maiden name on a Scottish Death Cert?
« Reply #8 on: Thursday 14 February 13 09:03 GMT (UK) »
The only name I've ever heard of that sounds like "Fine" is  "Fiennes"
Aberdeen: Findlay-Shirras,McCarthy: MidLothian: Mason,Telford,Darling,Cruikshanks,Bennett,Sime, Bell: Lanarks:Crum, Brown, MacKenzie,Cameron, Glen, Millar; Ross: Urray:Mackenzie:  Moray: Findlay; Marshall/Marischell: Perthshire: Brown Ferguson: Wales: McCarthy, Thomas: England: Almond, Askin, Dodson, Well(es). Harrison, Maw, McCarthy, Munford, Pye, Shearing, Smith, Smythe, Speight, Strike, Wallis/Wallace, Ward, Wells;Germany: Flamme,Ehlers, Bielstein, Germer, Mohlm, Reupke