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Scotland (Counties as in 1851-1901) => Scotland => Moray (Elginshire) => Topic started by: PrueM on Saturday 13 January 07 11:36 GMT (UK)
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I'm looking for Ann MACDONALD's baptism. She was born (according to census returns) either in St Andrew's or Urquhart around 1800. She married John MILNE in 1824 in Urquhart, and died in 1883 in Tynet, Enzie, Banffshire.
Her parents, according to a cousin of mine, were Alexander MACDONALD and Elspet ROBB. I have found their marriage on Scotland's People website, 28 Dec 1797 at St Andrew's Lhanbryde. The only child for this couple that I can find in the OPR Baptisms was Alexander, bapt. 1801. I've tried dozens of combinations of first and second names, and used all the spelling variations I can think of, but can't find Ann.
Can anyone help me to track her down? I would like to be able to prove or disprove her parentage.
Many thanks
:)
Prue
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1841 Census for Scotland Parish No 125 ed 2 Line 2
John Milne Age 46 b Cartwright
Ann Milne Age 37
Alex Milne Age 14
John Milne Age 5
Ann Milne Age 4
Janet Morris Age 20
Address: Crook, Parish of Alves, Moray
All born Moray
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Thank you Jean :) That's a start, at least. Appreciate your help.
Cheers
Prue
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Hi Prue :)
Have you checked for her death certificate on SP. This should give her parents' names.
Added - 19 June 1883. Ann Milne widow of John Milne, aged 84. Parents - Alexander Macdonald and Elspet Robb. Informant Alexander Milne, son - Cause - enlargement of liver (many years) - on death cert - PM me :)
Gadget
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Is this likely to be a brother to Ann? ???
JOHN MCDONALD
Birth: 16 JUL 1804 Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland
Parents: ALEXANDER MCDONALD & ELSPAH ROBB
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Thank you both, Gadget and Hume :)
Gadget - will PM you in a tick.
Hume - that certainly looks like a brother, doesn't it....Glasgow is a long way from Urquhart, but I suppose anything is possible! I will check it out further.
:-*
Prue
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Nearest bpt. record I can find is this:
6 August 1800 Anne MacDonald. Parents - Alexander and Mary MacDonald, Urquhart and Glenmoriston.
I wonder if mother had two names :-\
Gadget
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I did a quick Google search that came up with this:
http://www.russell.mcdonald.btinternet.co.uk/McDonald/137.htm
Do you know the person? Might be worth getting in touch. :)
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Nearest bpt. record I can find is this:
6 August 1800 Anne MacDonald. Parents - Alexander and Mary MacDonald, Urquhart and Glenmoriston.
I wonder if mother had two names :-\
Gadget
Very possibly, Gadget...who knows, with my family ::) Looks promising though. I will note it down. Thank you!
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I did a quick Google search that came up with this:
http://www.russell.mcdonald.btinternet.co.uk/McDonald/137.htm
Do you know the person? Might be worth getting in touch. :)
Thanks hume, no I hadn't seen that before, I will go and have a look at the page now.
Thank you!
Prue
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1861 Census 107/1 ED 2 Page 16 Entry 14
Alexander McDonald Age 84 Farmer (10 Acres Land )
Jane McDonald 47 General Servant
Isabella McDonald 36 General Servant
Address: Rychraggan
All born Urquhart, Inverness
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Thanks Jean :)
That could be Ann's father, but I don't have enough information about his children to be certain :-\ His wife was still alive at that time (she died in 1865) but could have been awa frae hame I suppose.
Anyway, I will add it to my pile of possibles!
Thank you for your help :D
Prue
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Interesting thread. My grandmother, Margaret Milne, was the daughter of George Milne, son of John Milne and Ann MacDonald. Ann died at Tynett, Enzie, on 19th June 1883, and was the daughter of Alexander MacDonald and Elspeth Robb.
In Ann MacDonald/Milne's death certificate, her father, Alexander's occupation is given as "Pensioner Retired Solider." He was discharged from service in Bombay in 1819, having enlisted first in 1795, in the 72nd Regiment (Seaforth) and then transferred to the 47th Regiment in 1798 with whom he served in the East and West Indies until his discharge on the grounds of being "worn out" due to his service. His discharge papers state that he was born in the parish of St. Andrews "in or near to the town of Inverness" and was then 21 years of age. He died prior to 1841, as his widow, Elspeth is listed in the census for that year at Moss of Longhill under her maiden name of Robb. She appears in the 1851 census as MacDonald and then in the 1861 one, again under Robb. She died at Longhill on 9th July 1865, aged 90 years. His death certificate gives her parents as John Robb, a farmer, and Margaret Kynoch.
Although Alexander MacDonald is said in some accounts to have been a younger son of Alexander Macdonald of Drimindaroch (The Red Doctor), I have not been able to corroborate that and consider it extremely doubtful.
A side note on the Milnes, my gran's father, George Milne, told his daughter of why he left the family home which was that on the death of his father, John, he overheard his brothers and sisters conspiring to take his share of the croft. He decided to leave and walked to Glasgow where he enlisted in the city Police although he last only a matter of weeks, on account of despising the city and the way of life there.
I hope this is of some use.
Gordon MacGregor
www.redbookofscotland.net