Aberdeenshire families

[MonicaL]

Hi Runtage

If I can suggest something. Flst found a birth for a son David to a couple with the right names in 1855. This was the first year of official registration in Scotland and for that year only, certificates ran over two pages of the register and included a wealth of additional info. For births, it will include very complete parents' details including where the parents were from, ages, occupation for father, where and when parents' married and how many children they'd had (alive/deceased, girls/boys). By 1856, the entries were down to one page with less information.

This certificate will let you verify that it is the right couple for your family and provide additional information that you many not easily find elsewhere.

The only 1861 entry that I can see with a son David born in Aberdeen City is this one:

Jane Riddle 49, head, Private Lodging House, b. Portsoy Banff
Alexander Riddle 18, b. St Nicholas, Aberdeenshire
William Riddle 10, b. St Nicholas, Aberdeenshire
James Riddle 8, b. St Nicholas, Aberdeenshire
David Riddle 5, b. St Nicholas, Aberdeenshire
Alexander Laing 30, lodger
Alexander McDonald 16, lodger
Robert Reid 64, lodger
James Bennet 23, lodger

Address: 34 Shiprow, Aberdeen St Nicholas 

Without being able to find the family in 1851, it is harder to be certain that this is them but the above entry is the only one showng for a David b. 1855 in St Nicholas Aberdeen in the 1861 census....so happens his mother is Jane!

Monica 

[MonicaL]

  Found them in 1851...phew, took a while! All the children show as born in Aberdeen (City)

Alexander Reddel 46, mason, b. Foveran, Aberdeensh
Jean Reddel 39, b. Portsoy, Banffshire
Margaret Reddel 18
Mary Reddel 17
Jean Reddel 14
Ann Reddel 9
Alexr Reddel 7
George Reddel 5
William Reddel 11 Months,

Address: 11 Rennys Wynd, Aberdeen South

Possible christening entry for Alexander Snr.:

ALEXANDER RIDDEL Christening: OCT 1804 Foveran, Aberdeen
Parents:JOHN RIDDEL and MARGARET KELLY

They both look to have died after 1855, so you should be able to find Alexander and Jane's (Jean is a common variant) death certificates on Scotlands People, with the link that flst provided earlier. This will let you confirm their parents' names (if known to the informant).

Monica

[Runtage]

Thank you!!!!  That is the right family.  I really appreciate your time and effort.

Tina

[bmwgem]

Hi

I have a James Bain that married a Harriet Milne.

Regards

Gemma

[PaulB28]

Hi Gemma

I have not come across a James Bain in my family yet.

If I have ever find a connection I let you know.

Regards

Paul

[Gordon Johnson]

Whose coat of arms is that Drom image you have attached to your postings?
Gordon.

[PaulB28]

Hi Gordon

It is the Byrne Coat of arms

Regards

Paul

[Gordon Johnson]

Coats of arms are not for a surname, they belong to an individual, which is why I asked WHOSE coat of arms they were. Scottish coats of arms are granted by the Lord Lyon king of arms. Each coat of arms shows the relationship of that individual to a predecessor, and other members of his/her family have differenced arms, to show their relationship to him. The original arms can only be inherited by the eldest son as heir.
Gordon.

[tireur d elite]

Dear Paul and several others who have contributed,
                                                                                 
                                                                                   I have almost completed the stage of the family tree that I set myself a few
months ago, and was deliberating as to what to do next when I came across this site and your request for clues.  I saw a clutch of names that have appeared in the family tree, such as it is, that I have been compiling and found references to  Robello, Meldrum,
Bain and Dow, whose names also appear in one half of my own effort. I have the names of people whom I stood a chance of meeting,
and one or two more, but they number 220.
                                                                                   I was unaware that the Robello contingent could have hailed from there, but the other names have their shoes well steeped in the mud of the area. 
                                                                                   There is one name that links several of these, and that is John Davidson who married Janet Meldrum (I know not exactly where or when) but their eldest child, Annie was born in Boddam as I understand.  She would have emerged into this world around 1880-3 and was the eldest of seven bearing such names as George, Alec, Richard, John, Margaret and Mary.
                                                                                   My youthful (tee hee) enthusiasm prompts me to suggest that the likelihood of a match is fairly high.  I stand to be told to sit down again straight away. 
                                                                                   I hope we might have something to exchange, and that the dim and distant past will emerge into the light