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Family History Beginners Board / Re: finding a grave in Banffshire
« on: Friday 14 March 25 20:59 GMT (UK)  »
Miss Julie created the find a grave on my behalf to see if anyone would find it and effectively correct it or impart any other information.

The article I wasn't familiar with but is intriguing. I'll look further into it

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Family History Beginners Board / Re: finding a grave in Banffshire
« on: Friday 14 March 25 16:53 GMT (UK)  »
Yes those are the four children at that time 1901. Frank as I understand was the only one born to Francis Gauld (info i found has Francis Gauld emigrating to canada and died in 1950) So far as i've found Christina raised them and had two more children, a son in 1905 (records have her pursuing a william skinner in portsoy over paternity on the Scottish paternity index. She then had my grandmother in 1909 and she was put into foster care. Christina died the following year. My grandmother knew nothing of her mother other than a name on her birth certificate and her father remains unknown. She died in 1996 before i had started digging into this and sadly didnt know she had siblings.
Im just at a loss finding christinas grave. I have been in touch with various council offices, cemeteries and burial north amongst other and keep being sent in circles

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Family History Beginners Board / Re: finding a grave in Banffshire
« on: Wednesday 12 March 25 14:41 GMT (UK)  »
The record for her death shows her father being present.
Her father was a James Smith, 1833-1920 and her mum Jane Durno 1837-1873.
the dates seem to change depending on where you look.

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Family History Beginners Board / Re: finding a grave in Banffshire
« on: Wednesday 12 March 25 13:14 GMT (UK)  »
I've searched for details with and without her middle name and continued drawing a blank.
When I was back in Scotland over Christmas I had a wander around the Portsoy graveyard but couldn't find it, in fairness some older stones are pretty weather beaten.
I found another record on the Scottish paternity index records where she is pursuing someone over paternity for one of her kids.

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Family History Beginners Board / finding a grave in Banffshire
« on: Tuesday 11 March 25 22:48 GMT (UK)  »
Ive been trying to unpick the threads of our family over the last number of years.
In particular my great grandmother who died in Portsoy in 1910.
Christina Bain Smith, born in 1874 died 1910. I have spoke to local groups and tried basic on line searches but drawing a blank as to where she was buried.
I have found her on an earlier census and have the record of her death but i feel im literally chasing a ghost!
can anyone help?

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