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Stirlingshire / Re: Jane Lamont and John Eadie, 1843, Alva and Logie, Stirlingshire
« on: Saturday 01 July 17 10:23 BST (UK)  »
Thank you Trish and Annie,
Ironically, getting that birth certificate open many doors (3 steps forward) but then closed some (2 doors back).

It allowed me to go back three generations to Dunblane, where further success depends on a lot of hard detective work as everyone in Dunblane was called John in those days. I think even the womenfolk.

But the reason for the door closing was because suddenly I discovered that the parents of Isabella Lawson were not who we had long thought they were. We thought her parent were a William Lawson and a Jessie Smith from around Edinburgh which led to all kinds of interesting people...but alas, on the Eadie-Lawson marriage certificate, it says her parents were a Robert Lawson, a deceased ploughman and one Janet Trotter. The Trotter surname (meaning that I am related to Del boy and Rodney) appears in several of the Eadie-Lawson children so that certainly makes sense.\

However, finding Isabella's birth or anything about Lawson or Trotter is the next adventure!

I feel a trip coming on to central Scotland!

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Stirlingshire / Re: Jane Lamont and John Eadie, 1843, Alva and Logie, Stirlingshire
« on: Friday 30 June 17 15:11 BST (UK)  »
Yes, he married Isabella Lawson. I haven't yet got the documentation from that marriage, but that's a good idea. I'm just working through all the data from putting these Hutton names in!

Mark

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Stirlingshire / Re: Jane Lamont and John Eadie, 1843, Alva and Logie, Stirlingshire
« on: Friday 30 June 17 14:47 BST (UK)  »
That's brilliant! I have been trying for days and couldn't get anything. Thank you so much!
I must have put 100 variations into Ancestry.co.uk and was close to giving up.

Is this from Ancestry.co.uk or Scotlands People...both of which I tried?

Need time to analyse that.

Mark

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Stirlingshire / Jane Lamont and John Eadie, 1843, Alva and Logie, Stirlingshire
« on: Friday 30 June 17 14:10 BST (UK)  »
I am trying to find out more about Jane Lamont, born around 1824 (not known where) who gave birth to an illegitimate son John Eadie, 21st August 1843. She was described as being 19 years "of Logie" so born around 1824. However, oddly, the birth is recorded in Alva, 4 miles east (and then in Clackmannanshire). However, I am assuming (never a great idea!) that 'Logie' is the one near Stirling.
The minister who baptised John was the Rev Paisley from St Ninians and there is a Rev Paisley at the St Ninians in Stirling at that time.

Any thoughts on how to get more on Jane Lamont or John Eadie's father? I have tried some of the logical Ancestry.co.uk searches using these surnames, dates and areas but have drawn a blank.

Is it possible that Jean Lamont went to Alva to have the baby away from people she knew in Logie? I'm also aware that both Logie and Alva are very close to Dunblane, where all Eadie roads eventually lead. And to a sea of John Eadies.

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