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Old Photographs, Recognition, Handwriting Deciphering => Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition => Topic started by: Jang on Tuesday 13 March 18 01:00 GMT (UK)
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I need help with this 1777 marriage record from Barony, Scotland - the words after James Bennie - possibly farmer, Dalmarnock? Also the word after Jean Young - Cal?
Many thanks
Jan
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Could it be Furrier?
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Is it possible for you to post a scan of more of the page so we can compare capital and lower case letters?
The first letter looks like 'F' but then it appears to be followed by a lower case letter with a vertical upward stroke on the left hand side as in 'b', 'h' or 'k' but that wouldn't make a word. :-\
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I think it is Farmer. Here's a larger snip :
Gadget
Clerk seems to have a flourish at the end of some words and Farmer has a flourish.
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Examples of captial Fs.
Add - We were taught to write Fs like this with less of a flourish
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And a definite F on the page
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Thanks for the replies. Farmer fits in with what I know of this family. The entries seem to read name of groom, occupation, place, name of bride, place, so the last word would be the bride's place but I don't recognise it at all.
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I've been puzzling about the bride's residence for a good while. It looks something like Cala?wide?
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It looks like Calderside to me.
Bev
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Could be :)
I was wondering if it was Calvinside - i.e. Kelvinside :-\
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Might it possibly be Calderside (Yorkshire)?
https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/getoutside/local/calderside-calderdale
Karen
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It's a Scottish marriage entry, Karen. Most likely to be in the Parish of Barony:
http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/sct/LKS/Barony
They included Maryhill, Lambhill, Bishopriggs, Kelvinside, Possil, Balornock, Springburn, Provanmill, Millerston, Dennistoun, Garthamlock, Carntyne, Calton, Barlanark, Shettleston, Tollcross and Barrachnie.
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I thought we were talking about where the bride came from, or have I misunderstood this entirely?
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Probably it was the bride's Parish.
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Online trees have Jean born Glasgow.
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I thought it read Cald[..]side. The fourth letter of the word seems to be 'd'. You can see where the rather extravagant loop of the 'd' has been cut off at the top of the snip.
There was a small place called Calderside to the east of East Kilbride :-\
http://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/side-by-side/#zoom=15&lat=55.7681&lon=-4.1321&layers=6&right=BingHyb
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I see the brides surname was Young.
Here's a record of a James Young at Calderside 1797-98
http://www.rootschat.com/links/01lqo/
and here http://www.rootschat.com/links/01lqp/
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You are probably correct, Jennifer. I couldn't see parish after the place as on some of the other entries that weren't of Barony. However, I've just noticed a very small p after the place. So Calderside p(arish) :D
(Not sure that it is a parish though)
Add- think it's in Blantyre parish
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An interesting baptism for a Jean Young, in Blantyre parish
30 Dec 1756 - Jean Young and Margaret Young twin daughters to William Young in Caldarside (sic)
Gadget
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Add- think it's in Blantyre parish
Yes, the links in my earlier post both show that the Calderside I'd found was in Blantyre parish
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I confess to not looking at the parish in the link - more looking for Calderside.
The baptism that I found looks a strong possible.
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Calderside! well done, stumped me. Calder? 2 or 3 rivers of that name in Lanarkshire. Glasgow at that time was made up of the City parish & the Barony parish, plus the Gorbals south of the Clyde!
Skoosh.
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Wow, thanks so much. I nearly didn't get this marriage record - they usually say both of this parish, not much help - but that one word, Calderside, has opened up a whole branch for me.
According to the naming patterns, Jean's father shoud be William, so that fits with the one you found, Gadget
In 1841 James and Jean (Young) Bennie's grandson, William Bennie, was living with a Young family in Dalmarnock Rd so that probably means they're relations of his grandmother's, somehow.
It all fits :-)
Jan