Laing's Hotel, Peterhead

[Rosinish]

I do beg your pardon, I missed that. No, they didn't live in the hotel. Off the top of my head, I can't give you their addresses  - I'd need to dig out my records - but neither was resident in the hotel at the time of marriage.

Apologies if you read my question the wrong way?
I was asking the question for the reason of 'why' they married in the hotel i.e. it is now obvious they weren't living there but as was mentioned previously, did Jane have an occupation?
This may have been her place of employment & what better place to marry as it would bring in revenue to their hotel as well as a good advert for future weddings?

Annie

[genjen]

Jane Milne didn't have any occupation listed on the marriage certificate. She doesn't seem to have been with her parents in 1891 so she might well have been working in service somewhere. Strange that I seem not to have searched for her … I must remedy that!!

[flst]

There is a 19 year old Jane Milne, born Cruden, in the 1891 census at Monymusk. Unmarried, she is a cook/domestic servant at the Parsonage. There are a few trees on ancestry, complete with photos etc. They have all claimed another Jane Milne in the 1891 census (despite her being born in Chapel of Garioch!).
regards,
flst

[genjen]

There is a 19 year old Jane Milne, born Cruden, in the 1891 census at Monymusk. Unmarried, she is a cook/domestic servant at the Parsonage. There are a few trees on ancestry, complete with photos etc. They have all claimed another Jane Milne in the 1891 census (despite her being born in Chapel of Garioch!).
regards,
flst

My Jane was definitely born in Cruden. Monymusk makes perfect sense. Her future husband, Peter Raitt, was boarding there at the time so that will be where they met. Why didn't I think of that? Thank you.

[Rosinish]

There is a 19 year old Jane Milne, born Cruden, in the 1891 census at Monymusk. Unmarried, she is a cook/domestic servant at the Parsonage.

My Jane was definitely born in Cruden. Monymusk makes perfect sense. Her future husband, Peter Raitt, was boarding there at the time so that will be where they met.

I think it's possible Jane may have worked at the hotel prior to marriage (given her occ. in 1891)?
It is known some women gave up work prior to marrying.

It may be worthwhile sending the hotel an email with some questions?

I was helping someone a while ago who'd had a relative on a census in an hotel & I emailed the hotel with what I'd found.

The hotel did have some info. from earlier times (which I was very surprised to find out) although I think it may have been a visitors book (the dates I was after weren't there, unfortunately) but they did have some surviving info. (surprisingly) i.e. an email may be worth the effort?

Annie

[themonkeymonkey]

This was posted on Peterhead when you were a kid.