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Scotland (Counties as in 1851-1901) => Scotland => Kirkcudbrightshire => Topic started by: mikayla on Thursday 26 January 12 22:01 GMT (UK)
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I have a Stewart Strachan in hubby's tree,all I have is a birth in minnigaff around 1795,cannot get any more info,can anyone help,he moved to Ayrshire and married Frances Muir.
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Hi
I don't have a birth/baptism but I think that this might be his death as the address and occupation fits the 1841 and 1851 census entries:
Death - St Quivox and Newton, Ayrshire
15 June 1857 at Whitletts (?)
Stewart Strachan, coal miner, married, aged 61.
Parents - Alexander Strachan, coal miner and Martha, m.s, McCall. Both deceased.
Cause - Burned in a Coal mine.
Burial Ground - St Quivox
Informant - Alexander Strachan, son
A nasty way to die - I have some nasty deaths among my coal miner ancestors
gnu
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Thankyou for your reply,It was remiss of me not to mention that I have all the info after he came to Ayrshire,however I did not have his parents names,I must have missed them along the way somehow,thankyou again for your kindness,its very much appreciated.
Mikayla
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The family seems to have moved to Ayrshire quite early on.
Have you got these children of Alxander Strachan and Martha McCall - IGI
1800 Monkton - Sarah
1805 Martha
1811 Janet
1816 Margaret
1819 Ann
all but Sarah baptized St Quivox
gnu
added
Others from SP:
1803 Duncan (Monkton)
1808 William (Newton and St Q)
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Well,that is just fantastic,thankyou very much,will now get done to doing the research on this family line,
Kindest Regards
Mikayla
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I think that Stewart is a brother to our John Strachan...b1801 and also a coal miner married to Martha Young. Judy (Australia)