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John and Jean Will
« on: Monday 13 April 20 20:29 BST (UK) »
John Will birth 1773 in Lonmay married Jean McK?  looks like Mckessar but each death certificate of the children doesn’t give an illegible surname (no birth date nor marriage date), they had 7 children
John (1792-1866),  Isabella (1794-1871), Thomas (1800-1890), James (1802-1855), Mary (1803-1882), Catherine (1803-1883) and Jean (1820-1893).  All born in the St. Fergus/Crimond area.  I am trying to find death dates for both John and Jean, I believe it may be them in the 1841 census at Pitbirn St. Fergus but cannot be 100%.  I know they are both deceased by 1855 when their son James dies.  Does anyone else have them in their trees?  Thanks.
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Re: John and Jean Will
« Reply #1 on: Saturday 18 April 20 22:53 BST (UK) »
I found a picture of the gravestone of James Will, son of John and Jean but cannot decipher the start of the gravestone, can anyone help please?
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Re: John and Jean Will
« Reply #2 on: Saturday 18 April 20 22:59 BST (UK) »
No, sorry, the image is too small.
Never trust anything you find online (especially submitted trees and transcriptions on Ancestry, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and other commercial web sites) unless it's an image of an original document - and even then be wary because errors can and do occur.

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Re: John and Jean Will
« Reply #3 on: Saturday 18 April 20 23:02 BST (UK) »
Thanks for trying :).
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Re: John and Jean Will
« Reply #4 on: Sunday 19 April 20 09:31 BST (UK) »
Which kirkyard is it in?

I suppose you've tried http://www.anesfhs.org.uk/databank/miindex/miindex.php already?
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Re: John and Jean Will
« Reply #5 on: Sunday 19 April 20 10:09 BST (UK) »
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/197867596

You can enlarge the image.
My eyesight doesn't help.

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Re: John and Jean Will
« Reply #6 on: Sunday 19 April 20 10:52 BST (UK) »
That is the identical photograph.

The first two lines are Erected by the family of James Will in memory of their sister Catherine who died .... Mossnuck .... May 1827 aged 5 years ....

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Re: John and Jean Will
« Reply #7 on: Sunday 19 April 20 15:51 BST (UK) »
Thank you so much Forfarian another puzzle solved :).
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