Crichton Family

[barbara13511]

Hi Melanie,

There would be several more, they just didn't make it into the parish records   I have just found a Mary, daughter of John Bannerman and Elizabeth Robb who married a Kenneth Mackenzie and died in Invernesshire in 1857 aged 59 years.  She would be a sister.  But as William was 1792 and James was 1808 there would be others.

Barbara

[melsimba66]

How did you find the Mary ?.....was it under the name of your Margaret  Robb......you have more access to information than I do .........no wonder this has been difficult  ..........how does your friend fit into this  family ?.....I would love to know what other information you have so maybe I could fill in some more gaps

[barbara13511]

Hi Melanie,

Well Scotlandspeople.gov.uk costs but it is where you can find all the parish records that have survivied.  In the death search you can put in mother's maiden name and I put in Robb and surname being Bannerman and up she came.  Many women are under their maiden name in the records too so although she was married to McKenzie she came up under the Bannerman search.  That was the only one tho.  Cost me all of about £2

The lady from Canada is descended through James Dyce the nephew so I am not making much headway there.

Barbara

[barbara13511]

What else would you like to find out. I have really only followed them on the census and found a few marriages for your James' siblings.  And found deaths for William and Jean/Jane

Barbara

[melsimba66]

   HA .....it would seem I am married to an original  true Cheap Scotsman !!!.2$ is even too much . But I am gettting some bits of information here and there , so that keeps me going .  I am hoping to get past the brick wall of 1739 , ......that is where my work halts .  and now the confusion with the names makes me wonder about the information I have already found  ....................         

 

[barbara13511]

Only way to be sure you have the right people down the line!  If I can help in any way please let me know.

Barbara

[melsimba66]

Thank you , I might take you up on the offer . 

[AshleyMay]

Hi there, I am also looking for James Dyce, the nephew, b. 1838ish... It is not my line, but I have many Dyce in my line and was contacted by a Judy from South Africa who is a descendant of said James. She has his death certificate (5 Aug 1911), which lists his father as Alexander Dyce, but has no other information about his parents, and has been searching for a long time, so I offered to help her out.....
I was wondering if you had made any headway in finding James' parents, and if not, does the father's name of Alexander help? I have searched for several weeks and although I have gotten back as far as you seem to have (John Bannerman m Elizabeth Robb), it has not helped in finding James' parents...
If you have any new info I'd love to hear it...

[flst]

When & where did James Dyce marry Ann Birnie? The information on a marriage certificate usually is more reliable than a death certificate.What age was given in 1911?  Did James emigrate before 1861 census?
Has anyone viewed the original 1851 census? In freecen his age is 18, which I thought was too old to be a scholar! In ancestry, his age was 12. In the 1841 census there is a James Bannerman age 2. I wondered if that could be that same person. I haven't come across a James Bannerman in later censuses & it could explain why James Dyce couldn't be found before 1851.
Regards,
flst