4
« on: Saturday 28 April 18 19:21 BST (UK) »
Yes, I have used Freecen and Family Search.
Mary/Margaret was baptised as Margaret but in her marriage is listed as Mary.I found Mary/Margaret's birth alongside that of her brother and sister. Parents of these are: Alexander Abercrombie and Catherine Moyes (Katherine Mois in their marriage record). The children are Margaret b 1771, Isabella b 1774 (died 1861) and James b 1780 all in Auchterderran. I have her sister Isabella's will. It does not mention Mary/Margaret but lists her children ie Isabella's niece and nephews. I also have her daughter Catherine's will and this ties in beautifully with her aunt's will listing the monies (£200) received from Isabella and the amount and this allowed me to link them all. Isabella and James were both unmarried. They were tenants of Powmill Farm in Auchterderran. I have them both in the 1841 and 1851 census and Isabella in the 1861 census.
David Brown married Mary/Margaret on 18 August 1798 in Auchterderran. They have three children: Catherine born 1799 in Auchterderran and who married James McGregor in Gorbals, Glasgow on 10 June 1825. Catherine died 6 November 1862 in Tradeston, Glasgow. The second child was David Brown born 4 September 1801 in Auchterderran - I have no other information on him apart from that he is mentioned in his Aunt Isabella's will but only receives £10 and only if he turns up to collect it! He does not seem to be a favourite. The third child is Alexander Brown born 18 February 1804 in Auchterderran. He married 1. Christian Penman on 25 October 1828 (no children found) and then married 2. Janet Waddell on 18 March 1843 in Auchtertool. They had 8 children. Alexander received £500 in his aunt's will and was an executor.
Mary/Margaret is not mentioned in her sister's will (1861) and neither is David Brown her husband. I suspect they were both dead by then. I have a will for a David Brown dated 1804. This will states that David is a tenant in Wester Colquhally and has a son David Brown who is a Writer in Edinburgh but it is only 1 page long and discusses a debt of £10 due to a man called Henry Kilgour. I checked with Scotland's people that there wasn't pages missing but it was complete. I have been unable to make a link to my David Brown and the one in the will.
I had hoped to find a death certificate for David Brown, nephew of Isabella as he does appear at a meeting to discuss the will after the aunt's funeral so I know he was alive in 1861. I sat in Scotland's People centre for several days checking deaths for David Brown but as yet I have not found him.
In Catherine's death certificate her father is a ploughman but in Alexander's he is listed as a shoemaker. I found the census for David Brown with the younger woman but can't prove anything.
It is the David Brown's brick wall I want to demolish!
TY for listening :-)
Show Posts