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Angus (Forfarshire) / Maison Dieu, Brechin
« on: Sunday 20 September 20 00:35 BST (UK) »
18 Aug 1832 my 3 x gt grandfather Joseph Archibald, a blacksmith of Maisondieu, married....at Brechin.
All I can find of this place is the hospital/chapel :
"The Maison Dieu hospital was founded in the 1260s to serve Brechin’s poor. It seems to have still been in use in the 1700s. But by the 1800s the chapel had been partially demolished and was in use as a stable."
I wonder if anyone could tell me whether this could have been an area of Brechin or could he have had a blacksmith's shop within the stables perhaps.
Also he was born in a place called Greenolar?? Farnell. I cannot find this place either. I have attached a copy of the baptism. Perhaps someone could decipher the name better than me. I am not familiar with the area at all.
All I can find of this place is the hospital/chapel :
"The Maison Dieu hospital was founded in the 1260s to serve Brechin’s poor. It seems to have still been in use in the 1700s. But by the 1800s the chapel had been partially demolished and was in use as a stable."
I wonder if anyone could tell me whether this could have been an area of Brechin or could he have had a blacksmith's shop within the stables perhaps.
Also he was born in a place called Greenolar?? Farnell. I cannot find this place either. I have attached a copy of the baptism. Perhaps someone could decipher the name better than me. I am not familiar with the area at all.