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I recently received an e-mail concerning the Wallace family and I think they were looking for connections to the Allan family from Peterhead. The trouble is, I canīt find the e-mail now. Does this ring a bell with anybody? I think the sender was a member of the Wallace family.

Best wishes,

David

Hi Di,

A trusteeship, in modern times can be granted if the person is no longer capable of looking after the child, and in many cases this could be because the person had been declared mentally incapable or "lunatic" to be blunt.

In the 1700's I suspect that they may have stretched this quite widely, so that any form of inability to look after the child may have applied and it springs to mind that lack of finances may have come into this too, as well as being no longer physically fit enough to look after the child.

To sum up, the person granting the trusteeship, did not necessarily have to be dead. I hope this helps,

Best wishes,

Dave

Hi pinefamily and fallenleaves,

I have the surname of the family that my great grandmother was working for, so just out of interest I think I'll see if I can get anywhere, in that direction.

Best wishes,

Dave

Hi Everybody,

Just to expand upon the point I made, I suspect my grandmother, on my father's side was illegitimate, as her marriage certificate, does not give her father's name. Her mother's surname was Wattie and my father was given this as his middle name, so he was Thomas Wattie Allan.

I have not delved too far into this, for reasons of delicacy, but my great grandmother, Jane Wattie was in domestic service, in London, when my grandmother was born and putting two and two together, I would postulate that the father may have been connected to the family that she was working for, or have I been watching too much of "Upstairs Downstairs".

Best wishes,

Dave

Hi Vikki,

You should also have a look at the following site:

www.silvercityvault.org.uk/

Best wishes,

Dave