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I found the birth of Alexander McLash Harris in Dron Newburgh Parish and in the margin of the entry first the surname Harris appears, then the date Jan 2

then the text reads:
Alexander McLash son to James Harris and Elizabeth McGrigor was born and baptized on the 23rd instant

Does this mean that he was born in December 1819? Or that he was born and baptized on the same day, namely 23 December 1819, and that the minister didn't make the entry until 2 January 1820?

Any advice?

Greenvalley

I am helping a friend finding her great grandfather. I found him on the 1881 Census in London where he is listed with his mother Ann and daughter Lena Alice Mary born 1880. There seems to be nobody else living in the household.

I see that he's also on the 1871 census with his mother Ann, but that is all the info I can see..

What I wonder is if there's a father listed in 1871 and what his profession is.

They live at 86, Tachbrook St, St George Hanover Square.

Edward T Bell was born in Dublin 1848 and Ann Bell, his mother, in 1825 in Great Oakley in Essex.

Thanks for any help

Greenvalley

I am also looking for Ralph Alexander Wilson, born 9 April 1878 in Broughty Ferry as the son of William Brown Wilson and Ann Isabella Wilson.

He stayed with his aunt Agnes Anderson in Elgin 1891 and was visiting Elgin Academy and in 1901 the 22 year old is in Edinburgh, at 32 Chalmers Street, St Cuthberts. He's listed as a visitor, but it's not clear who he is visiting.

I then found the following info online:

Wilson, Ralph Alexander, MA, Indian CS (assist commr Central Prov) Educated at High School Dundee and Edinburgh University, appointed after exam 1901, arrived 17th November 1902 and served in the Central Prov as assist commr

Ralph Alexander Wilson, assist commr and Regr Judl Comm Court Central Province

But that is it, I can't find him anywhere else - so again the question is: where do I go from here? And what on earth does Regr Judl Comm Court Central Province mean?

Greenvalley

In 2008 I posted about grants of Grant's Green in Elgin

I have been looking for the birth of Lewis Anderson for ages and now I found him in a Baptist Magazine which says that he was the 4th son of James Anderson, born in 1783 in Kinnedar.  The Anderson were farmers in Kinnedar and his ancestors had been living there for several generations.

I then left that research because the Andersons are only indirectly related. Today I started to look them up again and I find that I lost the information of that Baptist magazine

I really hate myself for being so sloppy - I have googled the terms anderson - baptist and elgin for hours now, but all I come across is my own post in rootschat 

Greenvalley

One of my ancestors was a turner or wood turner.

Now I understand woodturning, hubbie used to have a lathe years ago, and he turned wooden heads for golfclubs. But I cannot figure out what exactly the profession of woodturner implies.

He isn't a joiner or carpenter - so what does he turn, who uses his products and what are they?

May sound silly but my mind is just drawing a blank here.

Greenvalley