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I am a decedent of the McBean line from Daviot/Dunlichty.  I am going to Scotland for the summer and would like to see if I can find some cousins over there...there must be someone who stayed   I would also like to be able to trace the line back another generation or two to Culloden.   It sounds like this board might be able to help me start the path to find someone (Im not very good at this).   Here is my info (or some of it anyways)"

I’m after a Donald McBean/Bain who was likely a relation to my 4g grandfather, John Fraser b bet 1792-1796

John FRASER m1 1818 Inverness, Janet McIntosh b abt 1798 INV, d 1839 Liverpool LAN.
John and Janet had 8-9 children:

William - 11 Jun 1819 John Fraser Tailor and his spouse Janet Mcintosh had a child baptized by Mr Donald Martin named William Witnesses: Adam HOGG and Donald MCBAIN.

Elizabeth - 19 Sep 1821 John Fraser Tailor and his spouse Janet McIntosh had a child baptized by the Rev Mr Thomas Fraser named Elizabeth. Witnesses: Donald MCBAIN and Adam HOGG

John - 7 Jan 1824 John Fraser (tailor Green of Minton [Merton/Muirtown/Moortown]) and his spouse Janet McIntosh had a child baptized by Rev Thomas Fraser named John. Witnesses: James FRASER and Donald MCBEAN

Simon - 27 Jul 1826 John Fraser, Taylor Telford Street, and his spouse Janet McIntosh had a child baptized by the Rev Mr Alexander Clark named Simon. Witnesses: John MCKINZIE & John FRASER

John Simon - 3 Mar 1828 John Fraser Tailor 12 Telford Street and his spouse Janet McIntosh had a child baptized by the Rev Alex Clark named John Simon Witnesses: John FRASER and James FRASER

Thomas - 27 Oct 1830 John Fraser Tailor Telford Street and his spouse Janet McIntosh had a child baptized by the Rev A Clark named Thomas Witnesses: James and Alexander FRASER

Janet - 17 Apr 1833 Janet Fraser, John Fraser and Janet McIntosh, Tailor, Telford St, The Rev Thos Fraser. Witnesses: James FRASER and Alex FRASER.

James - 1 Jul 1836 James Fraser, John Fraser and Janet McIntosh, Tailor, Telford St, 1 Jul 1836, registered 21 July 1836 Rev Alex Clark. Witnesses: John MCINTOSH and Mr FRASER

John Simon? (another? not sure - death age could be 13 or 3 yrs in 1842. If it’s 13, then it’s the John Simon b 1828; if it’s 3, then there was another John Simon b abt 1839). John and Janet Fraser relocated to Liverpool from Inverness abt 1838.

In two of his children’s marriages (and only there) John Fraser is assigned the middle name of “Simon”

John m2 in 1841 Liverpool, to Hannah McLansburgh/Landsborough. In that marriage he names his father as “William Fraser, farmer” presumably still in INV and possibly alive at the time.

In the 1841 Liverpool census, John Fraser is with Hannah and four of his children from Janet. John lists his age as 45 (b 1792-1796 as per 1841 rounding).
John and Hannah had three children:

Margaret Grace
Jessie
Samuel Landsborough b 1845 d 1900

John (Simon) Fraser b abt 1796 died in 1847. The profession and address are correct but the informant was another, unknown, John Fraser who declares John to be 59 yrs of age when he was in fact 51.

Samuel Landsborough Fraser is my ancestor. His grand-daughter, my paternal grandmother, was a Fraser.

I share a McBean DNA match from this “McGlashan” line with my paternal uncle as well as Frasers from both sides of Loch Ness (Caiplich & Abriachan appear to be ground zero for a number of matches others are along the other side of the loch, from Drummond to Inverness).

I’d really like to know who this Donald McBean/Bain was. I have to wonder if he is an ancestor of mine and/or perhaps died or moved away after/about 1824.

Adam Hogg was another tailor in Inverness and appears to have married a Jane Slorach.

And, whether proven or not, how did McGlashan morph into Fraser?

Pat

Quote from: madchia on Monday 05 October 20 04:39 BST (UK)

Ooh! Thank you so very, very, much. My hunch appears to be correct. I'm sure it was a BMD record which led me to this and I went down the rabbit hole without saving the record. I've asked all over the place and no one knew what I was talking about.
I've also just realized that my John Fraser's father, William, may have still been alive in 1841.
That's my next few days sorted, then.

Not sure I'm writing in the correct space (I haven't used this site before), but I ran into Madchia's quote while searching for Green of Muirton.  My great, great grandfather was a William Fraser.  His son John was my great grandfather.  I am currently searching for William's father John.  And I'm wondering whether we are referring to the same William Fraser.