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Scotland (Counties as in 1851-1901) => Scotland => Topic started by: Lana2017 on Wednesday 12 September 18 15:51 BST (UK)
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Hi guys,
I was looking at census data for my ancestor Isabella Heywood, born 1852 in Fife and noticed on the 1861 census her address is given as "Strachan & Kinmonds Land North Side Of Cowgate".
Does anyone know why it would say land but no house name or number?
thanks!
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"Strachan & Kinmonds Land" would have been a tenement, a building at some time associated with people of those surnames. The use of the word Land in this context used to be very common in Scotland.
Imber
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That makes sense - thank you! :)
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Just wondering if you're looking at a transcription or the original?
Annie
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Is this her baptism;
HEYWOOD ISABELLA DONALD 18/07/1851
JAMES HEYWOOD/MARY MARSHALL FR4267 (Parents)
424/140 548 Dunfermline
Is it likely her father was a Miner?
You don't say where the 1861 census was taken i.e. was it Fife & which parish?
Annie
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Looks like the family were in Dundee in 1861?
If I have the correct family, it's doubtful James (father) was a Miner there?
More likely a Flax/Jute mill?
Annie