Laurencekirk - Thomas W Milne

[ML807]

I would love to find out the names of parents, or any information on Thomas W Milne, B: 13 Feb 1825 in Laurencekirk, D: 1908, Fregus, Ontario, Canada, married to Mary Croll, B: 25 Apr 1824 in Fettercairn, Father William Croll, Mother Margaret Christie.

I'm also wondering how I can find out about clan information of several lines of my Scottish ancestry. For instance, I have heard that many Milnes were part of the Gordon clan. Would this be true for Milnes living in Laurencekirk?

Thanks for any information you might have!

[Isles]

Welcome to RootsChat.  Thomas Milne's parents were Alexander Milne and Elizabeth Cook who had at least 6 children:

David 9 Jul 1816, St Cyrus
Alexander 11 Aug 1822, Laurencekirk
Thomas 13 Feb 1825, Laurencekirk
Elizabeth 29 Sep 1827, Laurencekirk
William 12 Apr 1830, Laurencekirk
Mary 2 Mar 1832, Laurencekirk

The 1841 Census of Fettercairn (Piece: SCT1841/257) has this:

James Fielding        33      Tailor          not born in Kincardineshire
Elizabeth Millar       40                                              "
Agnes Fielding          9                                              "
Thomas Milne          17   Tailor Apprentice    b. Kincardineshire
Peter McHardy         14       "           "                         "

Just to add; Thomas and Mary Croll were married at Fettercairn 10 Dec 1847
and had family (all born at Montrose, Angus):

Mary Jane Milne 19 Sep 1848
John Burness Milne 10 Feb 1850
Elizabeth Cook Milne 12 Nov 1851
Jessie Ann Milne 4 Nov 1853

[Isles]

I cannot answer your question about a possible Milne/ClanGordon connection but see boards.tiscali.ancestry.co.uk/surnames.milne for Blacks "Surnames of Scotland".

[ML807]

Fantastic! Thank you so much for the information! I was stuck in my search for those details!

Laura