Green Family Banffshire Scotland

[BCgirl85]

Hi,
I am trying to piece together my family history. Does anyone have any information on the Green family from Banffshire.

So far I know that my great, great grandfather was William Green born July 12, 1862 in Banffshire Scotland (I think Keith, Banff). He died in 1948 in Canada. He married Melinda Reddaway from Waterloo, Ontario. I think that his parents were John Green and Cecilia Mc Lean but I haven't been able to find any information on them.

Thank you all soo much

[MonicaL]

This looks to be the family's 1871 census entry:

John Green 34, farm servant, b. Aberdeen, Banffshire
Cecilia Green 34, b. Grange, Banffshire
John Green 10, b. Keith
William Green 8, b. Keith
Peter Green 7, b. Keith
Alexr Green 1, b. Rathven

Address: Cooperage, Rathven Banff

Parents' marriage: JOHN GREEN and CICILIA MCLEAN    Marriage on 18 FEB 1860 in Keith, Banff

Some of their children's birth entries including William's from IGI:

1. JOHN GREEN Birth: 27 DEC 1860 Keith
2. WILLIAM GREEN Birth: 12 JUL 1862 Keith
3. PETER GREEN Birth: 31 MAR 1864 Keith
4. CECILIA SMITH GREEN  Birth: 26 SEP 1866 Keith
5. ALEXANDER GREEN  Birth: 16 JUN 1869 Rathven
6. CECILIA ANN GREEN Birth: 04 SEP 1873 Enzie

Have you been able to verify William's parents' names from somewhere, perhaps marriage or death certs.? There are a number of births for William Greens in Keith and surrounding areas in that time frame.

Monica 

[MonicaL]

Parents and younger siblings in 1881:

John Green 45, cattle dealer, b. Aberlour Banff
Cecilia Green 45, b Grange Banff
Alexander Green 11, b. Rathven
Cecilia Ann Green 7, b. Rathven

Address: Springfield Cottage, Forres Moray

Also an entry for a 19 yr old William Green b. Banffshire working as a farm servant at the Tearie Farm in Dyke, Moray

Monica

[mitchell]

IGI extracted entry

John Green baptised 5 Sep 1835 Aberlour, Banffshire. Parents - John Green and Margaret ?

Regards
Elaine

[MonicaL]

The 1860 marriage certificate which available to view on the official pay to view site www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk will include parents' names for John and Cecilia.

By the sounds of it, you may not have researched in Scotland before  Can I suggest the following help guides here on RootsChat for you to have a look at:

www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,24468.0.html
www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,43916.0.html

Also, to help you get your bearings you can have a look at:

www.scotlandsfamily.com/parish-map-aberdeen.htm which covers Parishes in Banff and surrounding counties
www.scotlandsfamily.com/county-map.htm

A site which is relevant to the Moray/Banff counties:

http://libindx.moray.gov.uk/mainmenu.asp

Monica 

[Strathearn]

Hi, I was just googling for information on the areas in Scotland where my family name, Green, has predominated and found your question. So I thought I'd let you know about my Father.  James John Green was born in Rathven,  Banffshire on 24th August 1899. He had two brothers and three sisters. His Father (my Grandfather) was Alexander Green (d. 1949) and his Mother was Louisa Jane Green.

[Forfarian]

Can I suggest the following help guides

Also http://www.abdnet.co.uk/genuki/BAN/ which has background information about Banffshire and an excellent gazetteer of place names.