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New Zealand Completed Requests / Re: NZ (Auckland) newspaper lookup
« on: Saturday 10 January 15 12:57 GMT (UK)  »
As an update - I rang the FD in Palmerston North (RJ Cotton) and they were very friendly, so have made contact with a third cousin. However, he doesn't know anything of his great grandmother who died in Auckland in 1974.....

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Berwickshire / Re: scott family
« on: Thursday 24 November 11 13:43 GMT (UK)  »
Very late to the party on this! I come in via the Nelson connection - my g/g/g/f was a John Lumsden NELSON (b. 16 Mar 1833 d.15 Feb 1891) who was a comb factory manager in Aberdeen - he is Helen Nelsons' (who married William Scott) brother.

Their father Robert Nelson was a combmaker who died of a fever in Edinburgh on 13 Apr 1839, after which time his widow Elizabeth (nee Lumsden) and sons John and Robert move to Aberdeen.

Never got further on Nelson. Only other clue was on his parish marriage record from 28 Apr 1825 (canongate, Edinburgh)

On his marriage record, he is recorded as living at 281 High St., Canongate. The wedding was certified by a Joseph Nelson, combmaker of Coul's Close, possibly his father as Robert was a minor at this point, and a Robert Watt.

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Kincardineshire / Re: Banchory Ternan DOW (?)
« on: Wednesday 19 October 11 21:18 BST (UK)  »
Saw the post. I suspect my ancestor James is an illegitimate child of Lewis Dow, but ran into a brick wall years ago. Been a bit quiet on genealogy hobby. At sometime I would be interested if any DNA testing of descendants would help shed light on this - but have to look into research first.
Cas

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New Zealand Completed Requests / Re: NZ (Auckland) newspaper lookup
« on: Wednesday 18 May 11 01:03 BST (UK)  »
As an update, I've emailed Robert J. Cotton and am crossing my fingers....

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New Zealand Completed Requests / Re: NZ (Auckland) newspaper lookup
« on: Wednesday 18 May 11 00:53 BST (UK)  »
Actually I just realised - that this person:

http://www.pncc.govt.nz/ServicesAndFacilities/OnlineServices/CemeteryAndCremationDetail.aspx?id=38999

i.e. a Henry William Lambeth d. 23/12/1989

is 99.9% likely to be her son as her husband is here too

http://www.pncc.govt.nz/ServicesAndFacilities/OnlineServices/CemeteryAndCremationDetail.aspx?id=28742

I note the 1989 burial was Robert J Cotton & Sons Ltd and they appear to still be in business - are these people ok with being contacted?

I will cross my fingers as well that someone can look up death notice from 23/12/1989 from a local newspaper............

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New Zealand Completed Requests / Re: NZ (Auckland) newspaper lookup
« on: Wednesday 18 May 11 00:46 BST (UK)  »
oh bother  :(

Hence I am crossing my fingers for the newspaper to have some info...

cheers
Cas

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New Zealand Completed Requests / NZ (Auckland) newspaper lookup
« on: Tuesday 17 May 11 15:49 BST (UK)  »
Hi all,
my genealogy bug's been dormant a wee while but started sifting thru notes tonight and figured it was time to follow up on a lead...I've hit a dead end so am trying to get in touch with living relatives down one line. My great-grandfather's sister was a Muade LAMBETH (nee THOMPSON) who died 11 Jan 1974 and was cremated in Waikumete Cemetery. I was figuring there might be a death notice in an Auckland paper around that date which might have more information on where her children (plus maybe grandchildren) were living...? Poss. better to PM me as likely to be living names (?)
cheers
Cas Liber in Oz

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Ross & Cromarty / Re: stuck on the black isle 9Avoch, Strath of Auchterflow) McLENNAN, BAIN
« on: Monday 15 June 09 11:19 BST (UK)  »
Hmmm, nice work. be good to find William Mclennan the elder on the 1841 census too, or a grave (but that is highly unlikely). The parish records for whatever area covers Rosemarkie might have deaths recorded on them (some do, cross fingers). Now I have to dust the cobwebs off and find the 1851 census somewhere.... ;D

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Ross & Cromarty / Re: stuck on the black isle 9Avoch, Strath of Auchterflow) McLENNAN, BAIN
« on: Sunday 14 June 09 15:01 BST (UK)  »
Hmm. interesting. This branch is tricky as there was a whole section illegible/missing on the LDS microfilm of the period where William Mclennan and Margaret Bain would have been married. I have never found anything other than their names, which were on the son John Mclennan's marriage entry (I think??). I need to go back and check this as this was one of the earliest lines I followed about 10 years ago and my record keeping was less precise then. I got the names of siblings of John off the LDS and film - and all were born in Strath of Auchterflow beginning with a Donald on 8 April 1790, John 21 Feb 1792, William 28 Jun 1795 (obviously died young), William again 16 May 1798 and Roderick 13 Jan 1801. I don't recall seeing deaths on the film, which is a shame as the first William would have been good to find on an LDS film. Incidentally, I didn't see isabella/Isobel as a sibling, and am intrigued as to what records you have.

I have John Mclennan's 1856 death certificate which states that his father William Mclennan was a farmer by occupation and (not surprisingly) deceased.

I have not done much fam. history at all in the past four years.
cheers
Cas

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