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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: Confirmation of Mother's Maiden Name
« on: Tuesday 12 December 17 10:36 GMT (UK)  »
Thank you everyone for your help. I think I'll stick with Cook and see where that takes me.
Susan

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Confirmation of Mother's Maiden Name
« on: Sunday 10 December 17 08:36 GMT (UK)  »
Hi, I want to confirm what I think is a maiden name of a mother on a Birth Registry. The child is Helen Lochead, father John, mother Marion. I think Marion's maiden name looks like Cook? I have attached an extract from the document.


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Family History Beginners Board / Re: The word/name Baiddey
« on: Sunday 10 December 17 02:13 GMT (UK)  »
wow I would call you an expert. I have been doing this on and off since 2006. Haven't done much for the past 12 months and am only just getting back into it. My links to the Hawkesbury are through Mary's husband David, his father Robert was a convict who arrived on the Florentia in 1828. Robert married Sarah Brown whose father David arrived as a convict on the Pitt in 1792.
Cheers

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Family History Beginners Board / Re: The word/name Baiddey
« on: Sunday 10 December 17 01:06 GMT (UK)  »
Hello JM, after some investigating I believe the Church they married in was the Scots Presbyterian which was demolished in the 1960's. I have sent an inquiry through their website asking about the old Registers so hopefully they can fill in some gaps. I only have a transcript of the marriage registration and will try to attach it. I also have a transcript of my grandfather's Birth Registration and Mary's name is listed as Mary Taylor, formerly Smith, born in Scotland. I never thought to look at that before. It is strange that her name is listed as Taylor formerly Smith because she married David Smith. I will endeavour to attach this as well. She may have been married previously to a Smith, then married another Smith. So many Smiths! not a good name to be doing research on.
Re the Post Office Directory for the name Smith, Robert and Sarah are the parents of David who is also listed as a farmer. I am only an amateur so thank you for letting me know about the Post Office Directories. 

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Family History Beginners Board / Re: The word/name Baiddey
« on: Friday 08 December 17 03:22 GMT (UK)  »
Hello JM, thank you for all your information. I will answer from the top.
Mary and David were married at Windsor in NSW. I have a copy of their Wedding Registration which I got from a transcription business. Their witnesses were Samuel David Cobcroft and Ellen Bushell. The Minister was Patrick Fitzgerald from the Presbyterian Church. I would imagine they may have been married at the Historic Ebenezer Church which was Presbyterian. The name Bushell is also in the family tree and is associated with the building of the Church.
The newspaper cutting about her death is definitely Mary. Bruce is my Grandfather and his wife is Addie. I visited the cemetery a couple of years ago. David and Mary are buried in an unmarked grave along with one of their grandsons. I am unable to mark the grave until I find the descendants of Roy (real name James Roy Smith) as he was named as Next of Kin.
I will have a look at the links you have supplied. Once again many thanks for your continued help.
Susan

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Family History Beginners Board / Re: The word/name Baiddey
« on: Thursday 30 November 17 00:48 GMT (UK)  »
Ok shall do. Thank you chempat for your help. By the way, what country do you live in?
Susan

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Family History Beginners Board / Re: The word/name Baiddey
« on: Wednesday 29 November 17 07:18 GMT (UK)  »
Hello again, I have attached the page from the 1851 Census. Mary is the last entry on the page. I have been looking at Scotlands People which is a great site and have found a marriage certificate and a proclamation for Helen Taylor and she did marry a William Taylor. Her maiden name was Lochhead.
Thanks again

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Family History Beginners Board / Re: The word/name Baiddey
« on: Wednesday 29 November 17 00:39 GMT (UK)  »
Hello Chempat, sorry I live in Australia hence the time of the posts. After more investigation I have realised that the William Taylor I mentioned who died in 1849 is not correct. I downloaded a copy of his will and his wife is Mary, not Helen, so different family.
Regarding my 2nd Great Grandmother, I have a copy of her Death Certificate and her name is listed as Mary Taylor Smith and that she had been in the Colony of NSW for 50 years. This makes sense as she was listed on the 1861 Census aged 10, and does not appear on the 1871 Census. She died on 6th February 1918 aged 67, so she came to Australia in 1867/68 when she was approximately 17. I have been unable to determine how she arrived, i.e. as a free settler or convict. She married David Smith and they had 3 boys, one of whom is my Grandfather. David was born in Australia. On her Marriage Certificate her name is Mary Taylor Smith, Spinster. No information about her Mother or Father is given, just her occupation of domestic duties.
The family you mention in the 1841 Census may be the same, although Helen Taylor is listed as 25, and in the 1851 Census she is 38 so a difference of 3 years, which could be OK as her birth date is given as Approx 1813. There could have been two children named Mary with the first one dying as an infant. I have other relatives in my tree who have had children die, only to name a later sibling with the same name, can be confusing.
I have a copy of the 1851 Census, but it is hard to read some of the words. I got the word Baiddey from the Ancestry website search on the census and it must have been transcribed as that. Helen is listed as Head of the House up until the 1881 Census.
Thank you so much for your reply. I will keep digging but would appreciate any help.
Kind Regards
Susan Leckie (nee Smith)
PS Just as a bit of background, my father-in-law is Scottish and also lived in Paisley, small world isn't it.  :)

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Family History Beginners Board / The word/name Baiddey
« on: Tuesday 28 November 17 04:34 GMT (UK)  »
I have a 2nd Great Grandmother that I have found in the 1851 Scottish Census listed as Mary Baiddey Taylor. Does Baiddey mean 'baby' as she was only 5 months old at the time. I cannot find her birth record from searching on the Scotlands People website. Although her surname is Taylor on the census I know that her mother's husband William Taylor died in February 1849 so he cannot be the father. Any other clues for searching her birth record would be appreciated.

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