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Scotland / Re: Iain/John interchangeable
« on: Today at 08:57 »
Quote from: Al99 on Yesterday at 18:07
Iain and John don't look or sound alike!
No, they don't if you are fixated on the idea that a particular letter squiggle on paper or in print is only ever pronounced as it is in English regardless of which language the word or name comes from.

(Even though a letter squiggle at the end of an English word doesn't always sound the same as it does at the end of a word. Think of the sounds given by a speaker of English to the letter squiggle y in the word young and in the word happy.)

But that isn't the case. In many European languages the initial letter squiggle j is pronounced as the initial letter y is in English. The names Jan and Johan in German, Dutch etc sound like Yan or Yohan.

Iain pronounced by a Gaelic speaker also sounds as if it begins with a sound not dissimilar to initial y in English.



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Scotland / Re: Iain/John interchangeable
« on: Today at 08:45 »
Janet/Jessie is probably the most common. I've never been able to find out how and why Jessie became regarded as an equivalent to Janet, because their derivation is unrelated, but when I mislay a Janet, I very often find her as Jessie, and vice versa.

Jane/Jean and variants

Jane/Jean and Janet are also often said to be interchangeable, but in my experience this is unusual. I have found more families with both a Jane/Jean and a Janet than I have ever found instances of a Jane/Jean turning up as a Janet.

Hector/Eachainn (no idea why)
Margaret/Marjorie and variants
Peter/Patrick
Elizabeth/Betsy .... Betsy/Beatrice .... Beatrice/Elizabeth
Ann(e)/Nan .... Nancy .... Agnes

Elspet is the Scottish spelling of Elizabeth, and Isabella is originally the Spanish version of Elizabeth, but over time that equivalence has been lost and it's unusual now to find an Elizabeth as Isabella or vice versa.

For umpteen more examples, and some explanations, see https://whatsinaname.net/

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Aberdeenshire / Re: William Davidson
« on: Yesterday at 19:02 »
This is a continuation of https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=852635.0

This is not the right William Davidson, because William Davidson and Violet Robertson had a daughter Jean baptised on 20 June 1742. They also had Helen, baptised 10 January 1744, William 10 June 1745 and Joannah 26 July 1750. See screenshot.


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Perthshire / Re: Janet McKinlay/McKinley
« on: Saturday 28 February 26 20:16 GMT (UK)  »
If she died before the start of civil registration on 1 January 1855 there isn't a death certificate to look for.

Before 1855 death records are very patchy.

There's no burial of a Janet Howe or a Janet M*ck*nl*y in Perthshire 1851-1854. It is possible that there might be a gravestone.

I see that in 1851 the McKinlys were in Auchergaven, not Caputh. Try https://bankfootchurch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/auchtergaven-revised-6.pdf

There do seem to be booklets with monumental inscriptions in Caputh kirkyard.

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Lanarkshire / Re: john McDowell
« on: Saturday 28 February 26 11:14 GMT (UK)  »
Sorry, but can we start again, please. I am confused.

Are you looking for John McDowell or for John or James Steven?

Obviously John McDowell can't have married John or James Steven, so are John 1816, Thomas 1817, James 1821 and the other seven siblings McDowells or Stevens?

Did you look at that death of Margaret McDowall or Steven in 1867? What does it tell you?

Can you post the original newspaper article?

Originally you said b 1790s, but now you are saying 1791-1851. Have you found some new information containing these dates?

Where did the dates of birth of the three sons come from, and what were the names and dates of birth of the other seven siblings?

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Dumfriesshire / Re: Parent Mystery - John Thomson Stewart died 1894 Dumfries
« on: Friday 27 February 26 17:40 GMT (UK)  »
Left by the late A T Stewart of New York, before 1894.

How could he have a claim if he was illegitimate?

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Australia / Re: Sheila Elisabeth Macaulay Warner
« on: Friday 27 February 26 15:47 GMT (UK)  »
Thank you :)

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Dumfriesshire / Re: Parent Mystery - John Thomson Stewart died 1894 Dumfries
« on: Friday 27 February 26 13:14 GMT (UK)  »
Quote from: Boongie Pam on Friday 27 February 26 11:49 GMT (UK)
The cost would need a trip to the centre though.
The KS records on SP are free of charge.

BTW don't assume that the record, if any, will necessarily be near the date of the birth. Sometimes it can take a KS a couple or three years to catch up on a case.

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Australia / Re: Sheila Elisabeth Macaulay Warner
« on: Friday 27 February 26 11:06 GMT (UK)  »
Ah, thank you. You have really set me off - I now have her marriage and information about her husband and family.


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