Hi All,
I am trying to make a connection with my SHAND family Joseph Shand from Scotland.
I have Robert 1788, Joseph 1790, Elizabeth 1791, Jean 1793 and Mary 1797 with parents William Shand and Isabel Bruce. I can get info on all of these persons except Joseph.
Several Ancestry.com trees show Isobel Maitland as there mother. I have ruled her out because the William Shand she married was in 1795 and on all 5 of their birth/baptism certs on Scotlandspeople show Isabel Bruce as their mother.
Joseph is a ghost after he was born.
There is a Joseph Shand that was married to an Ann Yule in 1826 in Quebec. She died 1826. He married Janet/Jessie Gray in 1830 in Quebec. It shows that he was a widow on his marriage cet to Janet/Jessie Gray. William Shand was present at both marriages yet I don't have a brother named William. It could be his father but I don't think so.
I can't connect the Joseph born 1790 in The Mill of Rathen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland to the Joseph who married Janet/Jessie Gray in Motreal, Quebec.
Any help would MUCH appreciated.
Hi - The Robert you quote did not go to Canada. If you look at Scotland People and search the 1841 Census Robert Shand is a Miller in Rathen so I'd say he didn't go to Canada and lived and died in Rathen as per the grave stone.
