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Berwickshire / Re: Boyude, Berwick
« on: Thursday 03 November 22 23:34 GMT (UK)  »
I'm unrelated to the Browns.  Elizabeth Clazie - wife of John Brown - was a 2nd cousin of my great-great-grandfather, James Kerr Clezie, born 1816 at Edrom, Berwickshire. 

Incidentally, the birthplace of Elizabeth Clazie's mother, Isabella Purvis, was not "Lady Park" but "Ladykirk", Berwickshire.  A perfect example of how names get mangled after repeated copying. 

Likely "Boyude" was also the result of misreading someone's awful handwriting.  Maybe it was really Bedshiel, Bonkyl or Buxley?  Those were actual places in old Berwickshire.  Boyude apparently was not.







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Berwickshire / Re: Boyude, Berwick
« on: Thursday 03 November 22 21:25 GMT (UK)  »
Clearly there was more than one Elizabeth Brown.  The one that I'm dealing with was shown with husband John Brown in the 1881 census at Berwick-upon-Tweed, with their children Isabella, Jane, Thomas, William, Elizabeth.  It says the wife/mother Elizabeth was born in Berwickshire but doesn't give an exact location. 

Which leaves the original question: where is "Boyude, Berwick"?  That was shown in the 1871 census at Swinton as Elizabeth's birthplace.  Unless "Boyude" was a misreading of what you say was  "Straud".  Then where is "Straud, Berwick"?




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Berwickshire / Re: Boyude, Berwick
« on: Thursday 03 November 22 20:44 GMT (UK)  »

1881 census at Berwick-upon-Tweed said Elizabeth was born about 1834 in Berwickshire, Scotland but doesn't show a precise location.

Her husband John Brown appears to have been born at Eccles, Berwickshire about 1833.  They apparently were in the 1891 census at Foulden, Berwickshire although I now can't find the record.  John was listed in the 1901 census at Foulden but was Elizabeth with him?  I'm unsure.

Still puzzliing over "Boyude".  Was it a misspelling, or what?






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Berwickshire / Re: Boyude, Berwick
« on: Thursday 03 November 22 18:09 GMT (UK)  »
Maybe there was more than one Elizabeth Brown?  I found her in 1851 census at Muirhouse, Whitsome, living with her mother, Isabella Purvis, wife of William Clazie (1790-1863).  That census  does say she was born at Mordington.  But ten years earlier, 1841 census at Hutton said she was born in England.  There were 10 children in the family, so maybe her parents just didn't remember where Elizabeth was born. 




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Berwickshire / Re: Boyude, Berwick
« on: Thursday 03 November 22 18:03 GMT (UK)  »

The 1881 census showed Elizabeth at Berwick-upon-Tweed; 1891 & 1901 at Foulden, Berwickshire.

A cemetery monument at Hutton, Berwickshire shows:  "Erected by JOHN BROWN in affectionate remembrance of his beloved wife ELIZABETH CLAZIE who died at Paxton 9th Decr 1913 aged 79 years."

She was a daughter of William Clazie & Isabella Purvis or Purves, who lived various places in Berwickshire, itinerant farm labourers.  William Clazie died in 1863 at Allanton, near Edrom; Isabella  died in 1877 at Coldingham.  No indication that they themselves ever strayed across the Border into England, which suggests that "Boyude" was likely in Berwickshire.  Maybe the name of a farm, or other workplace?


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Berwickshire / Re: Boyude, Berwick
« on: Thursday 03 November 22 17:35 GMT (UK)  »
FamilySearch doesn't seem to have an actual census image.  I'm on a shared computer, don't have access to paid sites. 

Is "Boyude" in Berwickshire, or at Berwick-upon-Tweed?  Could be either.




 

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Berwickshire / Boyude, Berwick
« on: Thursday 03 November 22 16:56 GMT (UK)  »
Can anyone identify a location:  "Boyude, Berwick"?

The 1871 census at Swinton, Berwickshire, showed a couple:

John Brown, 37, Head, M, Whitsome, Berwick, Road Surfaceman

Elizabeth Brown, 37, Wife, F, Boyude, Berwick

Might "Boyude" be just a mistake, from someone's bad handwriting? 

Elizabeth Brown's maiden name was Clazie.  She was a daughter of William Clazie & Isabella Purvis or Purves, who lived various places in Berwickshire, as itinerant farm labourers.  Her father, William, died in 1863 at Allanton, near Edrom; mother, Isabella, died in 1877 at Coldingham. 

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Renfrewshire / Re: Lockhart at Paisley, 1811
« on: Sunday 05 July 20 23:20 BST (UK)  »
One more attempt... still looking for some record of Ellen Lockhart born about 1816 at Paisely.

I'm told that church records from Paisley have disappeared.  One story says they were lost in a fire... another says they were kept in a basement and were destroyed by mildew.  Does anyone know the  facts?

WHEN were the records destroyed?  Is there an approximate date?

WHERE did the destruction occur?  At one of the churches?

HOW did it happen: fire or mildew or what?

DID any records survive?  If so, where are they now kept?


Ellen Lockhart was apparently born at Paisley about 1816, give-or-take a year.  Parents were William Lockhart & Margaret Henderson, married in 1811 at Paisley High Church.

The last-known record of this family at Paisley was baptism of a daughter Janet, 13 June 1824 at High Church.

Then William Lockhart reappeared, in Canada, with his family, in the census in June 1831 at St. Philippe, south of Montreal.

Between 1824-31... a blank.  Any help greatly appreciated.








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Other Countries / Re: Port Royal, Jamaica, 1786
« on: Tuesday 12 May 20 01:07 BST (UK)  »
Yes, that is mine, thanks.  I'm looking for more information about him.  What became of him after his birth?

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