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Oh wow thank you so much!! I love everyone on rootschat. You guys are all awesome.

Britt

Oh dear, this is getting complicated. I'll have to try to find her on the 1871 census. I couldn't find it. Looks like she moved up and down the street a lot. Thank you.

Britt

Wow so the census record says "marr" in 1861. I have her in 1891 census alone as well, but am missing 71 and 81. So I guess her husband is just somewhere else in 1861? Anyone have a clue where he may have been? His son was married in 1864 and he does not list his father as deceased so I guess he may still be alive in 1864. In fact his son lists him as a quarrier on the marriage document. Do you think he could have gone off to work in a quarry or something?

Britt

Hi everyone,

I've been chasing my Blacks from Aberdeen for quite a while now with a lot of help from everyone on here. As it turns out part of my work was wrong, I had foolishly accepted something I learned on Ancestry without verifying a long while back and I recently bought the record from SP and found out that I had the wrong parents for someone. So I've had to redo part of my tree. Anyway, I'm back on track now and I'm stuck at John Black b around 1813-1816.

John Black b. abt1813-1816 died somewhere between 1851-1861 from what I can gather.
His wife was Isabella Brown b. 1817 d. 1894

John and Isabella had 4 boys

William Black b.1844 – d.1875
Alexander Black b.1845 – d. before 1851
James Black b.1847 –
Robert Black b.1849 –

John and Isabella married in 1839. I have their marriage banns from SP, but there is no mention of age or parents. I also have Isabella's birth and death records from SP, but can't find John's. His name is too common and though I'm trying to narrow down the results I seem to be coming up with all the wrong ones or with ones that I have no way of verifying.

I'm pretty sure he died between 1851 and 1861 because I have him in census records in Old Machar with his wife and children in 1851 as a merchant, then by the 1861 census Isabella is alone with son Robert and is listed as head of the household and a shopkeeper. So either he divorced and went somewhere else or he's dead. Isabella's death record however lists her as Isabella Black, and widow of John Black so I'm guessing the divorce thing is highly unlikely.

What I'm trying to get at is John's parents, since this is a direct line for me. I don't have any siblings for John either or I'd look for their marriage certificates. If anyone has any ideas I'd really appreciate it.

Britt