Crichton Family

[melsimba66]

Could be ??   But I have not been able to go that far back with detailed dates ,marriages , births , ect ,  I try going onto "ScotlandsPeople web site , and I am embarrassed to say but I can not figure it out .  I have gotten as far as John Bannerman ( no birth date ) marrying Elizabeth Robb  on May 6 1792 . Your  James Bannerman , Peter ,and Jane might be sisters or brothers of mine some where in the line , but I would need to get over this brick wall I have hit .

[barbara13511]

I have a William Bannerman 1792 born Fraserburgh, son of John Bannerman and Margaret Robb according to the death.  Should this be Elizabeth?

Barbara

[melsimba66]

Well  mabey ? , John and Elizabeth Robb were married May 6 th 1792..........I have tried to get history on your Margaret , but  I need more time , Can you give me a bit more of your names and dates ?

[barbara13511]

I only have his death record to go by. The OPR only has him as being born or baptised 30/11/1792 father John.  His death has him the son of John Bannerman and Margaret Robb.  He died in 1875 at Newhills but lived mostly at Entryhead, Strichen.

I am actually mostly interested in the nephew James Dyce who is living with him in 1851 so I am trying to trace brothers and sisters of William to work out who he was (sister most likely) although he may come off his wife Janet Shand's side.

Barbara

[melsimba66]

It seems all the dates are correct for William Bannerman , ........on what site did you find the Margaret? .........I have another twist for you , I have your Janet Shand also in my findings .......but I have her down as a Jean Shand ?!?!?....and I found James Dyce in a census 1851 as living with William Bannerman .....this is all very interesting ......... I'll have to pull some late nights and get back into my research .........thank you   .  please tell me what other information you have  my lines are Tough , Forbes , Bannerman , Critchton (or Crighton )., Shand ,  Robb ,Thow ,

[barbara13511]

On Scotlandspeople.gov.uk.  Do you have brothers and sisters for him?

She was Jean or Jane in the census and yes, the 1851 is where we pick up James.  He went to South Africa but we are trying to find his parents.

He married Ann Birnie who was living in Strichen also  in 1851.  This is not my line but I am doing this in exchange for some findings somebody in Canada did for me.  But as you prob know you get hooked in whether they are yours or not.

Barbara

[melsimba66]

OH , sorry ! well your doing a fine job .  My Grandfather William Tough  had a search done back in 1950 in Edinburgh Scotland  by a company called "Scots Ancestry Research Society "  .........They  wrote of  another birth from the John Bannerman  and Elizabeth Robb  marriage , a son called James who was born on April 18 th 1806       , This and William are the only ofspring as far as I know .   

[barbara13511]

Yes I saw James but I really need a daughter to marry a Dyce but can't find one anywhere.  I did find a William Dyce dying at Entryhead in 1838 and an Mary Shand dying in the village of Strichen in 1839 so these are possibles for James' parents.  Women were in the death records in their maiden name mostly.  There would be many other Bannerman children, just not recorded worse luck.

So where do you fit into this family?

Barbara

[melsimba66]

I think that might be all , unless thee was an illegitimate child  some where, ......My line has one and trying to find any thing is hard work. ......my Gr , Gr Grandfather  was James Bannerman  . son of William ( the one we have been discussing )    , his second wife was Mary Crighton  ( This was to be her third marriage )  between the two of them they had 5 children  one being Bathia  my grandfathers mother .                    melanie