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Canada / Yarmouth Nova Scotia - White family
« on: Monday 29 September 25 02:58 BST (UK)  »
Hi,

I am trying to find out information about the White family from Nova Scotia. I know Edgar Douglas White was born in Yarmouth, NS around 1840 before he emigrated to New Zealand and his father Job R White was from Nova Scotia but moved to Lynn, Massachusetts in the 1870s. I cannot find a birth certificate for Job so the only dates I have for him are based on census data (he was supposedly born 1816). One family tree states that his parents were Isaac K White (1755-1840) and Sarah White (1786-1872) but census information says his father was born in England and his mum was born in Canada which does not line up with these individuals. Please help me identify who Job's parents are and how I can trace back this family line.

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Inverness / Re: Peter Grant
« on: Wednesday 09 July 25 13:11 BST (UK)  »
Thank you for your responses! As I go further back, I'm finding it more difficult to match people as records are missing. I'm currently looking at Peter Grant's father, James (1774? - 1846?), and there is no marriage certificate for him and Christian McPherson (1776?-1847?). The only ones that exist are between a Catherine MacPherson and James MacPherson. The one that does have a James Grant and Catherine MacPherson is too early for it to be them. I'm also having to have a guess at Jame's parents as there is not much to go on in census data since he supposedly died before the 1851 census with more detail. Most trees say Patrick Grant and Elspeth McDonald.

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Ireland / Re: How to find Irish resources
« on: Sunday 06 July 25 11:20 BST (UK)  »
She was born in Maybole. This is what was written on the death cert. All I can make out is County Down.

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Ireland / Re: How to find Irish resources
« on: Saturday 05 July 25 13:26 BST (UK)  »
Thanks for all your responses. An example of who I am looking for is James Edgar (born about 1785 in Ireland and died 1855 in Maybole, Ayrshire) who was married to Janet Kean (born about 1791 and died before 1851 unsure where). They had a child called Elizabeth Edgar who died 1877.

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Inverness / Re: Peter Grant
« on: Saturday 05 July 25 13:21 BST (UK)  »
This is the 1841 data:
Name   Peter Grant
Age   35
Estimated Birth Year   abt 1806
Gender   Male
Where born   Inverness, Scotland
Civil parish   Abernethy and Kincardine
County   Inverness
Address   Cullichie
Occupation   Ag Lab
Parish Number   90A
Household members
Name   Age
Peter Grant   35
Jane Grant   30
James Grant   10
Christina Grant   8
John Grant   3
Peter Grant   1

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Inverness / Re: Peter Grant
« on: Saturday 05 July 25 13:20 BST (UK)  »
Name   Peter Grant
Age   48
Estimated Birth Year   abt 1803
Relationship   Head
Spouse   Jane Grant
Gender   Male
Where born   Abernethy, inverness
Parish Number   90A
Civil parish   Abernethy and Kincardine
County   Inverness
Address   Rymore
Occupation   Farmer Of 20 Ac Ar 25 Ac Pastse
ED   5
Page   9
Household schedule number   38
Line   4
Roll   CSSCT1851_20
Household members
Name   Age
Peter Grant   48
Jane Grant   44
Charles Grant   21
Christina Grant   18
John Grant   13
Peter Grant   10
William Grant   9
Lewis Grant   6
Grigor Grant   4
Gellies Grant   6 Mo

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Inverness / Peter Grant
« on: Saturday 05 July 25 12:22 BST (UK)  »
Hi,

I've posted before on here and got some good help. I posted a question for the same family on a different thread but since this person is from inverness-shire I thought it might be better to post here. I'm looking for Peter Grant who was born in Inverness shire between 1800-1810. The 1841 census has his birthdate in 1803 and in 1851, in 1806. There were about 8 people with this name born at this time in the same location. How do I determine who the correct parents are? There is no death cert as another poster on here said so it is believed he died between 1851 and 1854. His wife, Jane/Jean/Janet (her name turns up in different ways) died in 1858 as a widow.

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Ayrshire / Re: Jessie Struthers 1839-1904
« on: Thursday 03 July 25 11:40 BST (UK)  »
Thought I would respond and hope someone sees! The birth certificate for John Grant (1838-1923) confirms Peter Grant and Jane McPherson as the parents. However, Jane McPherson seems to have multiple name changes from Jean to Janet at different points (e.g., there is no marriage cert for a Jane McPherson to Peter Grant in the 1820s but there is one for Peter Grant and Janet Grant). The only J* McPherson born from 1800-1810 is Jean McPherson - this lines up with the death cert information someone found earlier. Would this be right?
Also, Peter Grant's (1803-1851) parents seem to be a bit of a mystery given how common the name is. Other trees have Christian McPherson and James Grant as the parents but I'm not sure.

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Ireland / How to find Irish resources
« on: Tuesday 27 May 25 13:12 BST (UK)  »
Hi,

I am trying to find some historical documents (birth, death, marriages) for ancestors from Ireland pre-1845. Most of them come from present-day Northern Ireland. Are there any websites that can give me access to records for that time period? I have Ancestry.com but I can't find much on there.

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