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Hi everyone,

I've been trying to track down a death record for my 5x great-grandmother Ann Agnes Watson nee Duncan.  According to the family gravemarker at Jedburgh Abbey, she died in 1839 less than a year after her husband James Watson died in 1838.  Her marriage record said she and James were both from Cupar, Fife at the time of their marriage.

Their children's names were:

1. James b. 1802 in Cupar, Fife
2. John Rutherford (I think this is a deviation from the naming tradition as John is not a common name in later generations)  b. 1804 in Kelso, Roxburghshire
3. Margaret b. 1806 in Kelso, Roxburghshire died 1827 in Jedburgh, Roxburghshire
4. William b. 1809 in Kelso, Roxburgshire
5. Andrew b. 1813 in Kelso, Roxburghshire

The family moved to Jedburgh sometime between 1813 and 1821.

The existing belief is that her parents were Andrew Duncan and Anne Sivis, but there is no concrete proof, just speculation.

Rosalie

Hi,

I'm trying to figure out what James Watson's occupation is on the 1841 Census.  It is just listed as H. L. W. J.

Does anyone know what that might mean?

Rosalie

Hi Everyone,

I'm trying to find the mysterious Edward Basco.  I found him on the 1940 Census living with his parents Philip and Iva Bosco and his half-brother Milford and then living as a border in Maryland on the 1950 Census.  However, I can't find a North Caroline birth record or anything after 1950. 

I really want to know if he got married or had children.

Thanks muches,
Roi-Bree

I'm wondering if someone can help me with transcribing/deciphering the will for Andrew Watson d. 1780 in Jedburgh.  It's 4 pages long and all I can recognize is the odd name or place name.

Any help would be appreciated. :-)

https://www.ancestry.ca/discoveryui-content/view/528064:5111?tid&pid&queryId=7f38d1847d7e1d7dd2e9c1ff08bca2d7&_phsrc=CwY10404&_phstart=successSource&fbclid=IwAR32fVegXXDiOd06LGu7SpcvZJO3awmK0iLzrGtZJh1LgHJgBrQgxCXvS14

Hi everyone,

I'm wondering if some of you could use your amazing skills to help me find Clara before her marriage in 1896 in Chelsea.

I can find Clara Mary Matthews on her marriage certificate and on the 1901, 1911 and 1921 censuses, however, she seems to appear out of nowhere.  On the census, she is listed as being born in 1864 in Chelsea, Middlesex.  I can not find anyone by that name born on living in the area.  It seems she simply does not exist.  This is the information I have:

Facts

Birth
Abt 1865 • Chelsea, London, England

Marriage
April 1896 • Chelsea, London, United Kingdom

Marriage
Apr 1896 • Chelsea, London
William Cooke Morris
(1868–1950)

Residence
1901 • Rugby, Warwickshire, England
36 Age: 36; Wife RelationToHead: Wife

Residence
Apr 02, 1911 • Norwood, Middlesex, England
StreetAddress: 130 Beaconsfield Road, Southall; 46 Age: 46; EnumerationDistrict: 09; RegistrationDistrict: Uxbridge; RegistrationDistrictNumber: 127; SubRegistrationDistrict: Hayes; SubRegistrationDistrictNumber: 3; Married MaritalStatus: Married; Wife Re

Death
Jul 03, 1937 • Rugby, Warwickshire, England