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Wigtownshire / Re: Common names in Wigtownshire
« on: Friday 07 July 23 02:25 BST (UK)  »
Thank you for your reply. Yes, this had occurred to me but I can find no record of the death of young Janet (b. 1727) and they apparently did not leave the area. There is a record of a Janet Blain being married in 1746 in Stoneykirk, which is nearby. Also, curiously, in the 1727 document the names of both the daughter and mother are spelt with one 'n', i.e. Janet. In the 1741 document, they are both spelt with two 'n's, i.e. Jannet. All very confusing. It's doing my head in. And to bring it back to my original point, I have just noticed that of eleven consecutive entries before and after Jannet in the 1741 document, eight of them are named Jannet. What are the odds? Seems to be a limited selection of names back then.

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Wigtownshire / Common names in Wigtownshire
« on: Thursday 06 July 23 05:36 BST (UK)  »
My family tree is a bit muddled in the region of Portpatrick and Wigtown in the 1700's due to the seeming narrow variety of names used. The classic example of this is a document I obtained a copy of from the Scotland's People website which states that a woman by the name of Jannet Cosh, daughter of James Cosh, did marry someone by the name of James Cosh in Portpatrick on 2 March 1786. Really? What is frustrating me now is that I obtained copies of two original documents from the same above website which tell me that Janet Blain was baptised in Wigtown on 22 January 1727 and had parents who were Patrick Blain and Jannet Hannay and Jannet Blain was baptised in Wigtown on 12 October 1741 and had parents Patrick Blain and Jannet Hannay. How does this work? I have visited both Portpatrick and Wigtown. They are not far from each other and are not large towns, so small populations. Can anyone throw some light onto this?

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Antrim Completed Look up Requests / Re: York Street - Belfast
« on: Tuesday 09 September 14 14:04 BST (UK)  »
I know this is a bit late but I just today discovered that Charles Duncan Gordon (the Professor of Music) is my great great great grandfather. I have a copy of the marriage certificate (10 November 1873) for Thomas Gordon and Amelia Croston and it does clearly state that the groom's father is Charles Duncan Gordon  - Professor of Music. Apart from this I know nothing about him or his ancestors. Any information would be greatly appreciated. Thomas Gordon also had a son who was Charles Duncan Gordon (1878 - 1931).

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