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Thanks very much for your post Gary!

I'll contact you by email very shortly as I'm very interested to see what information you may have. That strange co-incidence is indeed very spooky!

Merry Xmas and a happy new year,

Kate

Please read 1861 and 1871 for my dumb-ass mistakes above!!

I spent an hour wondering around Mill Hill Cemetary looking for my great grandmothers grave to no avail. I didn't want to do the same in Hendon so I phoned Hendon cemetary and spoke to a lovely lady who checked the records there and then for me and confirmed she was buried there, then pulled out a map of the cemetary for me when I arrived and told me exactly where the plot was. She was even able to tell me where my great grandfather had been scattered, and the gardener at the cemetary showed me which the rose bush where he had been scattered.

They are lovely, kind and helpful there, so my advise: just phone and ask!

Hope you find what you are looking for

Kate

H there,

I'm interested in contacting anyone who has information regarding/family connections to the white fisherman and harbour pilots of Footdee, Aberdeen from 1800 - present. My father's family lived in North Square, Footdee for over a century.

My research goes back to Anthony (b.1817) and Jessie Baxter (b. 1821 nee Allan) who lived at 17 North Square, and whose son John (b.1847) married Elizabeth Fowler (b.1847), who lived with her parents Alexander and Elizabeth (nee Robertson) at 15 North Square.  Anthony is registered as a white fisher in the 1851 and 61 census' and as a harbour pilot on his son's wedding certificate. Alexander Fowler was also a harbour pilot in Footdee.

John and Elizabeth's son, William Baxter (b. 1879) married Margaret Allan (b. 1874) in 1904. Margaret's parents were Andrew (b.1836) and Margaret Allan (b. 1839, nee Allan - strange!) Andrew's parents were Andrew (b.1801)  and Agnes Allen (b.1809, nee Caie) and Margaret's were Andrew (b.1810) and Ann Allan (b.1803, nee Morrice)

All these generations lived at South Square or North Square in Footdee, and worked either as white fishers or as harbou pilots.

Just wanted to see if anyone else was researching these families or those with the names Guyan or Main, as these families appear to have lived alongside mine for generations.

Kate

It is entirely possible that William could have died before 1901. I don't know about any siblings, although there may have been a brother called William. As for military connections, I have considered this. John Jackson is a bombadier who was living in Lille Barracks when they married, so she may have travelled around with her father if he too was in the army. It may be why/how she met John.

I don't know how to go about tracing military records to check this possibility. Can anyone help me with this?

It also frustrates me that I cannot find a birth record for her, although she could have been born abroad if her father was in the army?