Lookup please in Cookney/Fetteresso

[ev]

isles/matt

"donald mcgregor pauper formerly ag lab and private soldier"
1861 census elsick cookney kcd

isles i can't see a death 1861 - 1871
will have a look for christina tomorrow on 1871
well done isles on the address ancestry can be a bit of a lottery in
the way of spelling but with your info this looks good

ev

[Isles]

Very kind of you to look that up Ev.  Christina is still living at Cookney in 1871 and 1881 aged 44 and 55 respectively but like you, I could find no death for Donald in Kincardineshire between 1861 and 1871.  I did find the death of a Donald McGregor at Inveravon, Banff in 1867 aged 49 which would fit or near enough, Donald being born sometime between 1815 and 1818.  However, I'm very doubtful it could be him.

[ev]

matt/isles

1891 census
springfield ho(use?) cookney fetteresso kcd

william mcgregor 28 head(of household) ag lab born fetteresso kcd
jane            "       19 wife b. marykirk kcd
george        "       10 months son b. farnell angus
christina      "       64 mother b. fetteresso soldiers widow

theres a christina mcgregor age 75 on the 1901 census born
fetteresso but living in brechin former domestic servant
not sure if this is her

however scotlandspeople has a christian mcgregor(nee findlay)
born 1827 died 1905 montrose angus

ev

[Matt R]

Isles/ev

Thankyou so much to you guys, the Chritian in Brechin is her that name has come up a lot of times, its where the later descendants of McGregors were living Im certain. The Christian died 1905 in Montrose is her death cert. I havent got enough credits yet on sp, but will see if I can get some more tonight, as it is on my uncles account not mine

Isles, Ive got onto this link :

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/displaycataloguedetails.asp?CATID=-3899341&CATLN=7&Highlight=%2CDONALD%2CMCGREGOR&accessmethod=0

Is this the info you were talking about. Thats as far as I could get.
Thanks again guys there really should be medals for your line of work

matt

[Isles]

Hi Ev.
Great work !  Matt has managed to work out how to find the details of Donald McGregor's military service so there is no need of a PM 
This is how to do it (or at least how I did it).
1.  Go to www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/militaryhistory
2.  Select 'Army'in the Topics to research box and click Go.
3.  Choose 'Other ranks - when did he leave the army ? 1760-1913'.
4.  Choose 'Soldiers discharge papers, 1760-1913'.
5.  Click 'Search' (the magnifying glass at the top of the page).
6.  Enter the name of the soldier.

Donald's details were: 'Donald McGregor born Oldmacher, Aberdeen. Served in the 3rd Foot Guards.  Discharged aged 29'
To obtain the discharge paper/papers go to Documents online.  This will tell you how to order them.
We now know pretty well everything about Christina but what happened to Donald after 1861 ? If his Death Certificate could be found it should give the names of his parents.

Isles.

[ev]

isles

thanks for the info.
i just can't identify donalds death year
as you can see christian is noted as soldiers widow on 1891 census
so i have tried from 1861 to 1891 - and nothing stands out
i did find 2 more kids on igi
helen mcgregor b. 01 aug 1852
robinson mcgregor b. 29 dec 1854

ev

[Matt R]

thanks ev, he must have died in scotland, seeing as though he got his discharge papers
its a mystery
not unless the death is registered for ronald mcgregor or donald mcgrigor or mistakes of the like, but im sure youve covered that
if he didnt die in scotland we have a problem! lol

matt