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Death lookup pre 1855 - Davidson
« on: Tuesday 21 October 08 13:16 BST (UK) »
Hi

I've been trying for weeks to find some record of the death of my ggggGF Robert Davidson (I live in Australia so it's a bit of a challenge). I know he was married to Anne Brown 11/2/1792 in Anstruther Easter. The last location I can find for him is Elie, Fife in 1812 or Kilrenny. I think he travelled around this area a little as he is noted as a 'farm servant' in Kilrenny in 1810. Can anyone find any record of a death matching his description after 1812? Any help with either Robert or Anne much appreciated.

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Re: Death lookup pre 1855 - Davidson
« Reply #1 on: Tuesday 21 October 08 15:26 BST (UK) »
Jamied, welcome to RC.

The fife death CD lists 34 Robert Davidsons, hoever with the info given i can narrow it down to 2:

Robert Davidson Anstruther easter
died 18/11/1844  buried 20/11/1844  no age given.
pauper  OPR 441-3

Robert Davidson  Dunfermline
bur  28/1/1815

first obviously more likely - no sign of Ann.
What other info do you have / need help with.?

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Re: Death lookup pre 1855 - Davidson
« Reply #2 on: Tuesday 21 October 08 15:36 BST (UK) »
IGI:
www.familysearch.org/eng/Search

has the following submitted record (from public not extracted from records so needs checking):

Robert Davidson + Anne brown 12 february 1792 Anstruther Easter,fife
Robert born abt 1767 or 1772 St Andrews, Fife
father: Herbert Davidson
Mother: Mary Bonner

died: 1845

have you checked SP?

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Re: Death lookup pre 1855 - Davidson
« Reply #3 on: Tuesday 21 October 08 15:37 BST (UK) »
just noticed above death would prob fit with one I found.
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Re: Death lookup pre 1855 - Davidson
« Reply #4 on: Tuesday 21 October 08 15:39 BST (UK) »
From this record you can go back another 3 generations but this will need checking.

Happy hunting,  Diddy
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Re: Death lookup pre 1855 - Davidson
« Reply #5 on: Wednesday 22 October 08 22:18 BST (UK) »
Thanks Diddy

That was a great help. It looks as though Herbert Davidson was the father of Robert Davidson so I was able to go further back based on this info (Herbert Davidson is listed on a birth certificate for one of Robert's son's as a witness). Interestingly I've found that there is some real discrepancies with the spelling of Hebert and Davidson e.g Harbert, Harbour, Herby and Davis, Davies and Devis - all this for the same person according to some of the records I've checked on SP. One thing I did notice is that the Familysearch site has different birth dates to records on SP - is the data on familysearch generally reliable?
Again many thanks for your help

Jamie
 

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Re: Death lookup pre 1855 - Davidson
« Reply #6 on: Wednesday 22 October 08 22:25 BST (UK) »
family search dates will usually be christening rather tthan birth dates.
also watch what type of record it is. if submitted it might be a bit dodgy. if extracted - it is taken from proven records.

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