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Aberdeenshire / Re: Birth 1761
« on: Monday 29 December 25 12:51 GMT (UK) »
Looks like Inverury, which I think is an old spelling of Inverurie
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Moray (Elginshire) / Re: John Robertson of Knockando
« on: Saturday 27 December 25 08:30 GMT (UK) »
the Th in "Thian" is written quite differently from the Th in "Thomas"
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Sutherland / Re: Highland clearances
« on: Wednesday 17 December 25 13:47 GMT (UK) »
Do you have copies of any of the original documents, birth/ marriage certs etc?
North doesn't appear to be a very common surname around that time and place
North doesn't appear to be a very common surname around that time and place
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Sutherland / Re: Highland clearances
« on: Tuesday 16 December 25 09:30 GMT (UK) »
There's no sort of comprehensive list, no. Was there any particular location you were looking to find out about?
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Scotland / Re: MacKenzie, Lothians, USA
« on: Friday 07 November 25 17:24 GMT (UK) »I’m not convinced about Alexander being born in Boleskine.Neither am I, now. Looking at it again, it could be Ross-shire.
Yes, I think so too.
It's hard to say definitively, but everything else seems to point towards a Ross-shire origin
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Scotland / Re: MacKenzie, Lothians, USA
« on: Friday 07 November 25 17:03 GMT (UK) »
His death certificate in 1911 says joiner though (I think!)
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Scotland / Re: MacKenzie, Lothians, USA
« on: Friday 07 November 25 17:02 GMT (UK) »Some general comments
Regarding Roderick senior being described as a carpenter on his son’s death cert. Not a very reliable source, especially since Roderick junior hardly knew his father. There is no occupation given for his father when Roderick junior married. When James married in 1866, how does he describe his father Roderick’s occupation?
That is a good question, I can't quite make it out!
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Scotland / Re: MacKenzie, Lothians, USA
« on: Friday 07 November 25 16:47 GMT (UK) »
I was thinking this was probably the death of Alexander McKenzie, 2nd husband to Marg Young
8 March 1860 -
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6TL2-9HXF?lang=en
This is actually the one I have, it's a bit scant of details, eg it says he's married but not who to. Also, it lists his profession as "spirit merchant". He's listed as a blacksmith in Margarets death certificate in 1864 and in other documents prior to this so I'd decided this was the wrong one.
However... going back and looking at it again I notice that the informant is a John MacKenzie, nephew. And the address is Sheeps(Ships?)head Wynd, Leith which is also where we find Margaret and family in the 1861 census, so it appears it is the right Alexander after all.
Unfortunately the only parents details given are John MacKenzie, farmer
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Scotland / Re: MacKenzie, Lothians, USA
« on: Wednesday 05 November 25 16:56 GMT (UK) »2 newspaper snips from obits for the son Roderick (died 1915 in Dingwall), which give some info about his father.
That's really interesting thanks Neale. That's the first thing I've seen that actually mentions what happened, or his father, who now appears to be a well known Ross-shire carting contractor? Roderick jnr's death certificate says carpenter!