1
Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing / fuzzy matching
« on: Monday 27 March 23 20:47 BST (UK) »
I posted this on The Common Room but it really belongs here. Scotlandspeople have reinstated fuzzy matching as a search option.
Harry
Harry
Show Posts
This section allows you to view all posts made by this member. Note that you can only see posts made in areas you currently have access to.
2
The Common Room / it's back!
« on: Monday 27 March 23 10:27 BST (UK) »
Great news, Scotlandspeople have reinstated fuzzy matching as a search option.
Harry
Harry
4
Fife / Alexis MacAllister
« on: Sunday 18 December 22 21:12 GMT (UK) »
Apparently the Argentinian international footballer Alexis MacAllister had ancestors from Fife. I have seen this mentioned on several sites, but no more information. His MacAllister ancestors were from Cushendall in Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland. Does anyone know where his Fife forebears lived?
Harry
Harry
5
Aberdeenshire / Satie and his Aberdeenshire ancestors
« on: Saturday 16 July 22 12:51 BST (UK) »
The French composer Erik Satie (1866-1925) is mainly famous for his quirky piano pieces like "Gnossiennes" and "Gymnopédie", and for his rather eccentric lifestyle. Having read that he had Scottish ancestors, I decided to investigate.
Satie's parents Jules Satie and Jane Leslie Anton were married in 1865 at Barnes, south London. Jane had been born in London in 1838 to George Anton and Elspet "Elsie" Davidson. This couple were married in 1835 at Monymusk, Aberdeenshire. George was of Corn Exchange, London, but Elspet was "in this parish".
Given that she called her daughter Jane Leslie Anton, I think Elspet was the child of that name born in 1813 in Aberdeen to Robert Davidson and Jane Leslie. She was baptised in the presence of William Davidson and William Leslie, merchants.
Robert Davidson, "Soapboiler", and Jane Leslie were married "in the bride's house" in Aberdeen in 1810, witnesses John Leslie, goldsmith, and William Davidson, merchant. That's as far back as I've gone.
Satie was not the only famous composer with Aberdeenshire ancestors. The Norwegian Edvard Grieg also had ancestors from Aberdeenshire, and is supposed to have been related to the Aberdeenshire teacher and folksong collector Gavin Greig.
Harry
Satie's parents Jules Satie and Jane Leslie Anton were married in 1865 at Barnes, south London. Jane had been born in London in 1838 to George Anton and Elspet "Elsie" Davidson. This couple were married in 1835 at Monymusk, Aberdeenshire. George was of Corn Exchange, London, but Elspet was "in this parish".
Given that she called her daughter Jane Leslie Anton, I think Elspet was the child of that name born in 1813 in Aberdeen to Robert Davidson and Jane Leslie. She was baptised in the presence of William Davidson and William Leslie, merchants.
Robert Davidson, "Soapboiler", and Jane Leslie were married "in the bride's house" in Aberdeen in 1810, witnesses John Leslie, goldsmith, and William Davidson, merchant. That's as far back as I've gone.
Satie was not the only famous composer with Aberdeenshire ancestors. The Norwegian Edvard Grieg also had ancestors from Aberdeenshire, and is supposed to have been related to the Aberdeenshire teacher and folksong collector Gavin Greig.
Harry
6
Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing / Were your grandparents from the Hebrides?
« on: Tuesday 07 June 22 13:45 BST (UK) »
Several pinches of salt maybe needed for some of the claims here.
https://www.scotsman.com/heritage-and-retro/heritage/worldwide-hebridean-dna-study-to-investigate-link-between-disease-and-genes-3720983
Harry
https://www.scotsman.com/heritage-and-retro/heritage/worldwide-hebridean-dna-study-to-investigate-link-between-disease-and-genes-3720983
Harry
8
Scotland / double baptism
« on: Thursday 30 September 21 20:10 BST (UK) »
I have seen instances in the OPRs of a child's birth being registered in one parish, then the baptism takes place in a different parish. But my ancestor William Anderson, born in 1740 in Dysart, was baptised there on 30th November and then baptised again in Abbotshall, Kirkcaldy, on 7th December. It's definitely baptisms both times.
I'm no expert on the Church of Scotland, though I was brought up in it, but I thought a baptism was once and for all and couldn't be repeated.
Harry
I'm no expert on the Church of Scotland, though I was brought up in it, but I thought a baptism was once and for all and couldn't be repeated.
Harry
9
World War One / from Army to Royal Flying Corps
« on: Saturday 10 July 21 15:09 BST (UK) »
My wife's grandfather joined the Royal Flying Corps in 1916. All she can find out from Ancestry is that he joined from an army unit, but how can she find out which army unit it was?
Harry
Harry