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Aberdeenshire / CATTO family of New Deer, Aberdeenshire
« on: Sunday 24 April 16 23:41 BST (UK)  »
I have helped a friend with her family history but there are still a couple of gaps.

She has a Barbara Jane Catto who married Thomas Fowlie on 3rd December 1857 in New Deer, Aberdeenshire.

Barbara was a daughter of Thomas Catto and Barbara Baxter who married on 15th February 1829 - possibly also in New Deer or surrounding area.

Just browsing the internet I came across a Lord Catto of Peterhead so followed the origins and discovered a family industrial group including Thomas Catto who was elevated to the peerage in 1936 as Lord Catto of Cairncatto.

This family descend from ancestor William Catto - a merchant of Peterhead in the 1680's.

As Catto is a fairly uncommon name, is there any chance that my friend's Thomas Catto is also descended from this William Catto of Peterhead and is therefore a distant relative of the current industrial family.

Being in New Zealand it would be quite exciting for her to be linked, even if only slightly, to one of the great families of Aberdeenshire.


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Northumberland / NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE - was it ever Scottish?
« on: Saturday 23 April 16 02:38 BST (UK)  »
Can anyone please tell me if Newcastle-upon-Tyne was ever a Scottish city. I have helped my friend with her family history and have checked that the city was never in Scottish hands.

I know that the borders did change over time but believe that it was always firmly in England. However she was told by an old timer from the area - a Geordie -  that he was born in Newcastle-upon-Tyne when it was a Scottish city as the borders were different back then, but it is now an English city.

I think it has always been English. As for the village of Kirknewton in Northumberland has that ever belonged to Scotland or has it always been English. It must be fairly close to the border.

Who is correct?
Robin - aka King William

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Carmarthenshire / Rice DAVIES/Rhys ap LEWYS - lawyer - died 1638
« on: Saturday 02 April 16 23:31 BST (UK)  »
I am interested in Rice Davies aka Rhys Davis/Rhys ap Lewys. He was a lawyer of Carmarthen and was the son of Lewys ap Dafydd and Margred Scarff. Rice died in Tickenham in Somerset in 1638 and I have accessed his will from the Portbury Hundreds.
I used to be able to access some site called (I think) Histfam which showed his ancestry back to James Scarff and Judith Verney of the Isle of Man.
I am interested in his history back to Alice Bushe as she is on my line and was an auntie or great aunt of his. Alice was the daughter of Walter Bushe and Maude Horton of Rowley, England and married a Philips who was of the Rice Davis line. The paternal grandfather of Rice was Philip Scarff so possibly where the name of Philips comes in.
The 3rd wife of Rice was Mary Pitt of the Gloucestershire area and the Pitt family married into my Gunning family of the Bristol area.
This Rice Davis pops up around my family history and I would just like to be able to fit him into the picture as there are still some wives on the Bush line who have not yet been identified and he may be pivotal somehow. Knowledge of him could be handy and I thank anyone who can help from your end of things. I am in New Zealand and cannot drop into any history centre to look at records.
King William

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Somerset / Rice DAVIES - died 1638 - in Tickenham
« on: Saturday 02 April 16 23:15 BST (UK)  »
I used to be able to find much more history but now I have a new computer and I believe I am now on Google Chrome, I cannot access so much as before. I google names and they don't come up as before.
I am interested in lawyer Rice Davies who died in Tickenham in 1638. I have a copy of his will from the Portbury Hundreds. His 3rd wife was Mary Pitt and the Pitt family married into my Gunning family of the Bristol area.
He is also known as Rhys Davis or Rhys ap Lewis. He was a son of Lewys ap Dafydd and Margred Scarff who were, I believe, of Carmarthen.
My name of interest is the surname of Bush and I know Alice Bushe became Alice Philips when she married into this family - the paternal grandfather of Rice was Philip Scarff (alias Moore for some reason)
Alice was the daughter of Walter Bushe and Maude Horton of Rowley and they are definitely on my line.
I used to be able to access a site which I believe was called Histfam which showed the history going back from Rice to Alice, she was an aunt or great-aunt.
Rice Davies/Rhys Davis/Rhys ap Lewys could be linked to my family and just some knowledge of him could be an advantage.
I used to be able to read an article about him which said that he was a lawyer from Carmarthen who somehow wound up in Tickenham, Somerset.
I am in New Zealand so unable to get to history offices in Somerset or Carmarthenshire and just some more knowledge of the man could be of interest to me and also how he links up to Alice Bushe.
I will also post this on the Carmarthenshire site.
King William

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Inverness / THOMAS EDMUND KING born 1841 INVERNESS OR ST. PANCRAS
« on: Sunday 27 July 14 02:40 BST (UK)  »
My g-g-grandfather Thomas Edmund King was the son of John King and Sarah Bush and was born in either Inverness or St, Pancras, London. His date of birth was 1st May 1841.
After all these years of wondering is there any way I could discover which of these place he was born.
I have been told that his father - or grandfather - belonged to the Caledonian Society.
Thomas came out to New Zealand with his family in 1844 and was buried here.
As I am in NZ it would be very expensive for me to get a birth certificate from Britain - is there a library where perhaps someone in the vicinity could have a peep at the records for 1st May 1841 to see if Thomas features.
The original information we had of Inverness as his birthplace was changed to St. Pancras, perhaps because the family lived there, but I still wonder why Inverness was listed originally,
Hope someone can give me an update on this
Robin aka King William

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Carmarthenshire / Judith EVANS - LLANDEFEILOG - died 1694
« on: Sunday 11 May 14 04:07 BST (UK)  »
A few years ago I saw on the Mormon site an entry of a will for a Judith Evans who died in Llandefeilog in 1694. I have not been able to get into that entry again.
If anyone can spot that record and tell me anything about the will it would clear up whether she is of interest.  I am wondering if she had any children. She may have been the same Judith Evans who was born in Winchcombe, Glos. in 1638 and was the daughter of Evan ap Price.
She may even be under the name of Price.
I am trying to verify if she had a daughter named Susannah who married George Bush in Hanham in the mid-1690's. They had only one daughter and named her Judith and also a granddaughter named Judith, so the name is pivotal. The Hanham records appear to have been destroyed.
It would be good to either prove or disprove just who this Judith Evans was!
King William

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Antrim / GRAVES OF O'HARA'S IN BUCKNA AND CARNMONEY
« on: Sunday 16 March 14 04:07 GMT (UK)  »
I am helping a friend with her O'Hara history and her brother will be visiting Antrim in a few months time and is interested in seeing where his history comes from. A good start would be Buckna Presbyterian Church of Ballymena District, where Henry O’Hara married Jane McCurley in 1855. He was a son of a Felix O'Hara  but I have no information about him. I am guessing that Henry and Jane are also buried there.
Their children were John, David 1863, children were John, David 1863, James 1865, Mary Jane 1867, Isabella Ann 1869, Hugh 1871, and William 1873.
Felix O'Hara, the father of Henry is a mystery although I did find a record of one born in 1820 in Rasharkin who could be his father but no verification of this.

Jane McCurley was a daughter of John McCurley born in 1808 in Carnmoney. John was a son of
Bernard McCurly and Sarah Martin, both born in 1773 in Carnmoney. Their children were Robert Martin, James, Mary Jane (or Margaret Jane), William, John, Thomas, Eliza, and Sarah.

I am interested to know if anypne knows of their graves, and of course if anyone has any further knowledge of these families it would be of great interest.
I have posted this history on this site before and have received great help but am now asking if anyone can help with the grave sites.
Robin aka King William

            
      

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Carmarthenshire / IEUAN DEULWYN - a translation please
« on: Wednesday 22 May 13 00:59 BST (UK)  »
I am hoping someone can help me with translation of a poem written by a bard of Glamorgan in the 1400's, I am descended from Ieuan Deulwyn and he has written a poem called "Casgliad o Waith" - I have it on a document so if someone emails me privately then I can forward it to you for translation or perhaps it is out there on the internet somewhere.
I am in New Zealand and not too many Welsh speakers out here
Looking forward to hearing from you
King William

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Gloucestershire / OLDFIELD CHAPEL, HANHAM AREA
« on: Thursday 06 December 12 21:24 GMT (UK)  »
My ancestor George Bush was buried in Oldfield Chapel, Hanham area, in 1722 and a while ago I found an old image of the chapel. I have just been on google to find out more about the old chapel and cannot bring up anything about it, not even the siter I was on previously.
When was it built, where exactly is/was it, is it still there, I have a feeling it was demolished, so where is George now!
It is probably looking me in the face but help from some more computer-literate people than me could help.
Robin

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