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An e-mail contact was able to supply a date for a marriage between Henry Beveridge and Janet White/Whyte, i.e. 31 Oct 1794. They first lived together at Halbeath, where Henry was a coalminer. Further back, the Beveridge side is terra incognita, although there were an awful lot of coalhewing Beveridges around. On the White side we have possible ancestors. For neither of the two, however, can we be certain of their date of birth.

The problem is that my source mislaid the piece of paper he'd written this very believable date down on. We haven't been able to find where the date came from. Anyone any idea? We're running out of churches. When they migrated to the Ayrshire coalfield, Janet appears in 1836 as a member of the Established Church (i.e. Church of Scotland) in Stevenston.

Norval Smith

In a letter written in 1847 it is stated that David Bruce, my great-great-granduncle, was Supervisor of Excise, Cappa Hall, Ballabey [so spelled in the letter], Monaghan.

By 1870 he was Collecting Supervisor of Excise, residing at Kirkwall, Orkney, in Scotland.

He was born in Watten, Caithness, Scotland in 1809.

How would I go about finding out how long he lived in Co. Monaghan?

He was apparently married to a cousin born in Clones, Sarah Gunn [born around 1805], whose father William Gunn was also from Watten, but whose mother was apparently Elizabeth Whiteside from Co. Monaghan.

Any further information would be very welcome.

Norval

Was the Alexander King b. to William King 14 Sep 1757 in Stevenston the son of:

a) William King marr. Elizabeth Wilson 3 Jun 1748 Stevenston

or

b) William King marr. Mary Hill Nov 1748 Stevenston/14 DEc 1748 Kilwinning

Henry Beveridge married Janet Whyte/White around 1794/5, and had 9 children in Halbeath and Burnturk:

David 1795
Andrew 1797
Elizabeth 1799
Isobel 1801
Helen 1802
John 1806
James 1809
Henry 1814
Janet ??

As Janet's parents were Andrew White and Elizabeth Blaick it is reasonable to assume that Henry's were a David and an Isobel. Does anyone have any ideas on this? This was a mining family.

Also, does anyone have ideas where we could look for the marriage of Henry and Janet. It was probably not a church wedding due to Janet's possible youth. She may have had her first child at not quite 14. Of course, it was legal for girls to marry in Scotland at the age of 12, and for boys at 14. Although this apparently was not very frequent.

NorvalS