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Midlothian / Does the abbreviation "unq" mean unqualified?
« on: Thursday 21 June 07 04:27 BST (UK)  »
I have located a strong possibility for an ancestor ont eh edinburgh apprentices register... it states he is son to unq Thomas B, tailor etc etc

Does the unq mean unqualified?

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Lanarkshire / James Baxter & Euphemia Gibb of Bothwell
« on: Thursday 17 May 07 05:44 BST (UK)  »
I am tracing my mother's paternal line.



so far


Jocelyn Baxter (my mother) b 1936 Tauranga NZ d 06 Dec 1989

John (known as Jack) Cunningham Baxter b 1901 Kokiri, Tauranga, NZ
Sisters Isa and Pearl (mrs Ross Clark)

Thomas Baxter (John's Dad)  m (Sarah) Amelia Cunningham in Taipo NZ
(died 10 Jan 1927 aged 59). Brother William.


Thomas Baxter  m (1858 Holytown, bothwell, Lanark)  Christina Pettigrew (died 14 March 1883 (Hokitika, NZ). William and James were brothers. All 3 joined as sawmillers in NZ.

James Baxter m Euphemia Gibb in Bothwell 27 November 1836


And then I am stuck!


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Caithness / McLeod - Sutherland Caithness
« on: Tuesday 15 May 07 00:44 BST (UK)  »
so far I have

Christian Sutherland's father was William of badbea and his father David Sutherland of Dusdale...

I am happy to find the sutherland line, but most interest at this time is of the McLeod line


John McLeod m Christian Sutherland ( May 5 1822) she of Badbea and he of something that looks like quagbeg

children

Donald 1824
james 1826
mary 1828
william 1830
sarah 1833
farguhar 1839

James and william emmigrated to NZ in approx 1855
My family has suggested they were the first of 7  from a family of 11.
Farquhar and Esther were next to go to NZ.

Mary came next ( she was married to Donald Ross)

Then I am told a Catherine McLeod married to James Taylor came to NZ in 1886

Finally alexander, youngest of the sons arrived in NZ

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Caithness / McLeod - Caithness - Help needed making out names on census
« on: Monday 14 May 07 23:27 BST (UK)  »
HI all

I am Tracey MacLeod, from New Zealand and have been slowly trying to piece together my father's ancestry.

I have gone back to John McLeod who married Christian Sutherland on May 5 1822. The 1841 census shows several childrena dn I understand that there may be older ones, not shown, because they would not have been dwelling with their parents. However, I cannot make out all the names.

I think I have made out

Mary
Esther
Jas (James)
Jannet (named for an aunt )
Farquhar (my direct descendant)

Is there a way I can post/email my document for people to scrutinise to make out the names?

Many thanks for any help


Tracey

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