Resoles: where is it?

[Grey Seagull]

Once again, thank you for all the information!

Looked at all my info again, and saw that James Sn who died 1855 must have left Resoles in 1832, not long after the birth of Alexander.  So they were only there a couple of years.

Looked out Alexander's OPR birth, and it gives James's occupation as Manufacturer at Gordonsmills.  So while you have provided me with a location and background info, there is now also a bit of a mystery.  If the mill had ceased to work by 1815, why and how was James working there in 1832?

It might be that he tried to re-start the defunct mill: James'e father was a farmer in Forres and might have been able to provide some funding for this project.

Whatever the whys and wherefores, James move to Kilmichael in Urquhart where he obviously had some success as by the time his last children were being born, the OPR gives his name as James Cant, Esq.

Thanks again for the info.  It has filled in a small, but niggling part of the jigsaw

                             

[larkspur]

Was James' mother Ann Duncan and did he marry  Jessie Ferguson? If so they are in my tree. James senior being my gt gt grandfathers brother.

[ardchronie]

Hi.  I've come rather belatedly to this thread!!

I've just found that James Cant snr's daughter Annie might be my great great grandmother, so I'm interested in following the family.  Annie had my great grandmother, also Annie in 1863 or 4, but there is a bit of confusion about whether she acutally married the father or not.  I can't find a birth certificate for Annie Junior, but on her marriage certificate she names her father as Andrew Gordon.  There was both an Andrew Gordon and an Annie Cant working for the Earl of Seafield at Cullen, but that's as far as I've managed to connect them.  They both later married other people and put themselves down on the certs as bachelor and spinster, so that and the fact that I can't find a marriage for them makes me think there was some below stairs malarkey going on!!

But back to the Cant family - James senior died in 1855, and I can find his wife Annie in 1861, and a couple of the children in 1871, but can't find mum Annie or my Annie.  I can't find a death cert for Annie senior between 61 and 71, so does anyone have any ideas?

Any thoughts or suggestions very gratefully received!

Thanks very much

[MonicaL]

Hi Tessa

Good to see you're still on the hunt!

There is is a death for an Ann Duncan/Cant, 77, in URQUHART in 1883, likely entry for Ann Snr. I would say.

Monica 

[MonicaL]

Tessa, who did Annie Cant, daughter of James and Annie, marry and when?

Monica

[ardchronie]

Hi Monica

It's getting to be a bit of an obsession actually!!

That does sound very like Ann Snr - thanks very much.  I'll follow that one up. 

My cousin in Inverness managed to find an Annie Cant marrying a William Bain in 1879.  They married in Urquhart and then later moved to Thurso, where he was from.  My cousin then mentioned this to my aunt, who then remembered her father (Annie Cant/Gordon's son, and therefore this Annie Cant's grandson) talking about a Granny Bain, so it sounds like this is "my" Annie.

Still trying to find a birth certificate for Annie's daughter Annie Gordon or Cant -you can't help but wish they'd thought of some different first names for everyone though!!   

Tessa

[MonicaL]

Tessa

This looks like Annie's mum recently married in 1881:

William Bain 35, Merchant Draper & Grocer Emply. 1 Man, b. Olrig, Caithness 
Annie Bain 39, b. G. Vogubeat (?spl), Inverness

Address: Isauld Cottage & Shop Attached, Reay, Caithness

They are still there up to 1901. There does not look to have been any children from the marriage.

Monica

[larkspur]

William Bain and Anne Cant married 25 Dec 1879 in Kilmichael. As I mentioned earlier they are in my tree. I have Ann as the daughter of James Cant b 16 dec 1800 in Shogle he married Ann Duncan and they had 10 children. James was the son of James Cant b 13 july 1775 Tulloch Rafford and wife Mary Calder, Your James Cant b 1800 was the brother of my gt gt gt grandfather Alexander Cant b 2 Jan 1808. I have a very good Cant tree if you want any more info on them.
Gravestone Kilmore cemetary Drumnadrockit Invernesshire
Erected to the memory of James Cant late cording miller of Kilmichael who died 2 nov 1855 age 54 also his wife Ann Duncan who died 14 nov 1883 aged 77. Alexander their son who died 11 feb 1863 aged 30 their daughter Mary who died 3 sept 1928.

[MonicaL]

Hi Larkspur

Do you know if James and Ann (Duncan)'s son George b. 1834 went on to become a policeman? There is a possible entry for him showing in the 1871 Census in London.

Monica