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Scotland (Counties as in 1851-1901) => Scotland => Aberdeenshire => Topic started by: kiri on Friday 26 September 08 20:46 BST (UK)
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could anyone please give me information on kilbirnie croft in rathen Aberdeen my Gran Catherine Todd was born there 4th march 1900 any info would be great also anything on the Todd family would be great as well thanks :)
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Hi Kiri
This looks to be your gran's entry in the 1901 census with her family - everyone showing as born in Rathen except for Catherine's grandmother, Jessie:
John Todd 37, farmer
Mary Ann Todd 34
Maggie Todd 10
Jessie Todd 6
John Todd 4
Mary Ann Todd 2
Catherine Todd 1
Jessie Donald Todd 83, mother, b. Banffshire, Fordyce
Address: Kilbirnie, Rathen
It would be good if you said what info you already have on her family so that people can add to what you already have.
Monica :)
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what i do no is that johns father was basil todd im sure his mother was jessie not sure if he had any brthers or sisters unsure of his grand parents names
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Hi Kiri
John had a sister Jessie born 28 Jun 1861 in Rathen Aberdeen.
Basil married Jessie Donald 31 May 1860 in Longside Aberdeen. If you purchase the marriage certificate from www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk this should show Basil and Jessie's parents names. 30 credits will cost you £6.00. and then 6 credits will purchase the certificate. Leaving you with enough credits to buy 4 more certificates!
By the way Basil Jessie and John were living At Kilbirnine Croft in 1881. Basil was born in Lonmay Aberdeen and Jessie was born in Portsoy Banff.
Best wishes
Jean
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And the family shows by Jean in 1871:
Basel Tod 41, Farmer Of 23 Acres Employing One Labourer, b. Lonmay, Aberdeenshire
Jessie Tod 43, b. Fordyce, Banffshire
Jessie Tod 9, b. Rathern
John Tod 7, b. Rathern
Isabella Beaudin 20, boarder, b. Fordyce
Margret McBeth 13, servant, b. Aberdour
Address: Kilbirnie, Rathen
Always like seeing farmers, possibility they may have left a will, inventory or something...and Basil did :):
Basil Todd, 27/11/1889 - farmer, Kilburnie, Cortes, parish of Rathen, d. 03/07/1889 at Kilburnie, intestate, father of John Todd - Extract Inventory at Aberdeen Sheriff Court Inventories. Refs: SC1/36/108
Monica
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thanks that has been a great help ;D ;D will get on to scotlands people and check everything out
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try looking at this Todd family website ...www.weetoddy.com and put a request in the guestbook. worth a try.
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my father was brought up at kilbirnie croft and my granfather,great granfather john todd,great great grandfather basil todd,it was basil todds father who first moved to kilbirnie croft alexander todd with his wife magaret.alexander todd originally came from the district of old deer and was a farmer aswell,His fathers name was john todd who was born in 1766 died 1841 old deer parish
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Hi & welcome to rootschat. So you're related to the original poster, Kiri.!
I checked her profile & sadly she hasn't been on this forum since October, 2009.
Regards,
flst
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Hi,
I have quite a bit of info on the Todd family which may be of interest to the Kiri and the others asking for information if still interested.
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DEar Alexander Basil Todd,
I have been gathering male DNA samples from Todds and Tods of Scotland, most recently from a Todd descended from and Old Meldrum Aberdeenshire Todd. This latter sample matched the male DNA of a family that came to Northumberland County Virginia prior to 1737.
I was wondering if you might have any interest in seeing if your DNA (and hence your ancestors' DNA) matched other Tod/Todd families in Scotland and elsewhere.