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JAP, Hume24

Thanks to you both for information. I'm going to guess that the lady hume24 mentions is "my" Isabella, as she's listed on the census record a few lines away from "Andrew Simpson", with the correct age and occupation for her husband-to-be.

On the 1841 census is also an Isabella Gatt (age 25) who is a FS (female servant?) at Logie in the parish of Gamrie. Interestingly, this Isabella Gatt is shown with an "N" in the column suggesting she was NOT born in Banff county. There is a tick in the final column, but I don't know what that means (the column is headed "Whether Foreigner or whether Born in England or Ireland"

JAP

Thanks for this, very helpful.

I do appreciate there could be lots of other Agnes Grubs but in the absence of any record of them (so far anyway) I'm choosing to assume that "my" Agnes is one of the two listed.

I hadn't found the birth of George and Margaret's daughter Agnes' oldest son John (thanks for this), but had already concluded that she was the more likely candidate on the basis of her age, and also as one of her sons was George. I'm glad that (even with your caveats!) a RootsChat aristocrat seems to agree with me.

I had looked at the OPR records on the scotlandspeople website, but they don't really add anything.

I'm trying to establish the parents and/or exact birth of Isobel (or Isabella) Gatt, who was born 1815 (approx) in  Aberdour parish, married Andrew Simpson in 1841,lived in Rathen and died in Fraserburgh in 1900.

Her death certificate shows her parents to have been William and Jane Simpson, but I believe this was a misatke in the register as William and Jane were definitely the parents of her husband Andrew.

Of course there could have been some funny goings-on ......... but I would rather not think so!

Hi

I'm new to this, so please be gentle!

In the 1881 Census, at Bluebog farm in Rathen lived the unmarried son of the house, William Robb (b 1843 approx  in New Aberdour) as well as the domestic servant Mary Kellman (b 1843 approx in St Fergus) and James Kellman (b illegitimate 29 April 1870 in Lonmay).

The name "Kelman" on the birth certificate is spelled "Kellman" in the census.

I'm trying to find out what happened to any of these three, and/or if they had any descendants, but I haven't been able to track them subsequently.

In 1868, ie 2 years prior to the birth of James Kel(l)man, William Robb was the father of an illegitimate child (John Simpson) by another servant girl (Isabella Simpson).

I am in direct descent from that John Simpson, so (without wishing to cast too many aspersions on the name of William Robb) I am keen to find out if I have any long-lost half-cousins out there! Any help appreciated.