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Messages - Hazel Gerrard

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Aberdeenshire / Re: Gerrard/Jamieson
« on: Monday 19 March 18 14:00 GMT (UK)  »
I am trying to source a book which documents the Gerrards in Winton, New Zealand.  It is called from castle to cave : the story of the Gerrards and Costers in Southland by May Burtenshaw ISBN 047304806X.  Thanks for any help!

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Canada Lookup Request / Re: Berteotti/Dallape
« on: Sunday 17 October 10 10:08 BST (UK)  »
Thanks, I will take a look at the newspaper archives. I have got the immigration records you mention, they are often very hard to decipher.  Didn't know about Ellis Island site, that might come in useful for some of my Scottish ones! Thanks again.

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Canada Lookup Request / Re: Berteotti/Dallape
« on: Saturday 16 October 10 10:03 BST (UK)  »
Thanks, I will do that.  I did look at the Canadian ones and couldn't find marriage information on Giacomo and Guilia, I know they married in lethbridge.  I have not had much time to look yet but will keep searching!
Thanks for taking the time to reply.

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Canada Lookup Request / Berteotti/Dallape
« on: Monday 11 October 10 19:55 BST (UK)  »
My husband's g gr father was Giacomo Berteotti from Cavedine in Northern Italy married to Guila Dallape.  They went to Canada and US but I believe settled in Lethbridge Alberta.  Does anyone know the best way to locate Italian BMD records?  The LDS doesn't come up with anything. Any help appreciated.
Regards

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Aberdeenshire / Re: Gerrard/Jamieson
« on: Wednesday 29 September 10 21:14 BST (UK)  »
Thanks so much for your help. Much appreciated!

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Aberdeenshire / Re: Gerrard/Jamieson
« on: Wednesday 29 September 10 20:45 BST (UK)  »
That's a coincidence as I found that same information today too - that's what rainy days do!!  I found that William then went to Edinburgh and was a Horse Inspector (?) at the Kings Stables.  He re-married and his first wife is also listed on his death cert so it is him.  It would certainly fit in with fathering James with Isabella Harrison if he was widowed in 1862.  He married in Edinburgh in 1867.  I was struggling to find what had happened to Arthur so interesting to see he emigrated - where is Otago?  Many thanks for your help. :)

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Aberdeenshire / Re: Gerrard/Jamieson
« on: Wednesday 29 September 10 15:41 BST (UK)  »
Many thanks for the help - much appreciated.  I did see that Isabella was living with her sister and brother-in-law for a time.  On the 1891 marriage certificate of James and Jane Jamieson the father is listed as William Gerrard (Farmer) deceased so he died prior to 1891.  However when James died the information given on death cert was that his father's name was James Gerrard - crofter.  If you come up with anything that would be great but I think most of it is going to have to be guesswork.  I do find it strange that William was listed as a farmer as most of the generations of Gerrards were small croft holders and not farmers. 

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Aberdeenshire / Re: Gerrard/Jamieson
« on: Wednesday 29 September 10 10:13 BST (UK)  »
Frustrating business!
Thanks for the advice.
Hazel



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Aberdeenshire / Re: Gerrard/Jamieson
« on: Tuesday 28 September 10 18:57 BST (UK)  »
Thanks for your reply.  I have only found his birth cert under the name of James Harrison in 1864, no father mentioned.  I only know his mother is Isabella Harrison as she is listed as the mother on his marriage cert.  He appears to start using the name Gerrard later on though.  I think I have got the right person but could be totally wrong as am working on a lot of maybes.  If I have followed the right Isabella Harrison she died as a pauper in 1893 at New Deer. She seemed to have several children to different fathers.  James appears as living with his mother in 1871 census at New Deer and then no trace but we have James "Gerrard" in 1881 census and 1891 census - I am assuming I have the right one this time as living the same place as domestic servant is Jane Jamieson who he married in 1991.  Whether he legally changed his name to Gerrard or not I do not know. A bit of a mystery here and a bit of unwillingness to acknowledge the truth on the certificates I feel.  Sure this happened a lot but very frustrating to progress.  Most Gerrards in the area are from Aberdour, very few are in New Deer area and they certainly seemed to escape the census.  Thanks for taking the time to reply. :)

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