I hope someone with Jaffrays or Davidsons can help me with this.
I'm (pretty) certain my great great grandparents were John Davidson and Isabella Birnie, who lived Peterhead and married 1 Dec 1882 in Lonmay. My problem is with his parents. On John's marriage cert they are described as William Davidson and Jessie Davidson (M.S. Jaffray), both deceased. I've found a birth cert from 1859 that matches John's details. This describes William as a ship's carpenter. Unfortunately there was no info on the parent's wedding.
Next I found William Davidson's death cert in 1870 - the details matched, ship's carpenter, married to Jessie Jaffray.
I also found a marriage OPR on Scotland's People showing a marriage between a Jessie Jaffray and A WM Davidson in 1854, in Fraserburgh.
On censuses Jessie's birthplace is given as Kincardine O'Neill but I can find nothing of her birth either on SP or the IGIs.
To confuse matters there is another couple with the same names as William and Jessie (including M.S. of Jaffray!) This means I've found 13 children on the IGIs with the same parents' names.
I cannot find anything more on Jessie, no birth or death record. (I also looked on SP to see if she remarried - no luck.) I found her as a widowed washerwoman, along with her children in the 1881 census. She must have died between 1881 and 1882.
Also, just using census records, I guess William's birth to be around 1828ish. On SP there are 2 Williams born 1827 and one in 1828. No idea which is which!
I'm beginning to think this is brick wall time. I hope someone can give me some ideas on where to search next.
FeeJay