Montrose, Angus - Genealogy

[ev]

Tom 

there is a Dun in angus
i have a few ancestors who came from there

ev

[luciacw]

   
     hi Ev
              Thanks for the info. I'am trying to link some bits and pieces together. Sometimes the surnames are confusing. I take it that Dun Angus refers to Dundee as that was where i knew my g/father from. Will keep on going  and am much obliged.

                                                                                         Tom

Yes Dun is very close to Montrose. There is the famous House of Dun (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_dun) as well as the Church and have been out walking there often.
- Lucia

[Forfarian]

 I take it that Dun Angus refers to Dundee as that was where i knew my g/father from.

No, Dun and Dundee are two entirely different places.

The parish of Dun is between Brechin and Montrose, almost at the other end fo Angus from Dundee.

[AHMARSHALL]

Hi

My grand mother was born in Montrose. Her name was Betsy Low Napier Lawson. She was born on the 01.04.1882. Her father was Alexander Lawson and he was a seaman (Mate) in the merchant service. They lived at 10 or 16 India Street. Can anyone expand on what I know?

Thanks   

[ev]

hi AH

welcome to rootschat 

1881 census - 16 india street montrose angus
betsy lawson 30 seamans wife born montrose angus
sarah lawson 4 daur. b. montrose
alexander lawson son 2 b. montrose
david lawson 2months son b. montrose
sarah nicoll 29 sister unmarried flax mill worker b. montrose

marriage looks like 1st dec. 1875 montrose angus alexr. lawson and betsy
nicoll

deceased online website have a betsy nicoll lawson died 2nd jan. 1931
buried 6th jan. 1931 sleepyhillock cemetery angus
scotlandspeople website has betsy lawson(other surname nicoll) death 1931
montrose angus , born c1851

ev

[Forfarian]

The International Genealogical Index at www.familysearch.org lists nine children of Alexander Nicol and Sarah Burness, including Betsy Low Napier Nicol, born 23 May 1850, and Sarah Nicol, born 21 April 1852.

You should be able to get Alexander's and Sarah's death certificates at modest cost on www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk - this should tell you the names of their parents.

See also http://www.burness.ca/ which lists Sarah Burness' antecedents and family.

HTH

[zebelix]

Hi
I am looking for Marrow family from Montrose Angus. David Marrow was born in 1810 he was a sailor and shipwright and he had a family of his own in Flintshire where he died. I would love to find out about his Scottish roots. Can anyone help?
Felix

[ev]

hi Felix 

had a look at your tree on rootsweb/his marriage/children/death etc.
what evidence do you have that his family came from montrose ?

http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=felix4806&id=I0189

there is a james marrow died 1862 montrose angus born c1779
buried 23rd june 1862 montrose old cemetery

mary marrow(other surname mollison) died 1866 montrose angus born c1779
buried 27th june 1866 montrose old cemetery

1841 census nursery montrose angus(freeCEN website)
james marrow
mary marrow
both - age unknown , where born - unknown(very helpfull  )

perhaps someone can look at the 1851 and 1861 census for more details

ev

[June Faulkner]

Hello Lucia,
I am seeking info re James George STEPHEN born Montrose 17 July 1898. Parents were
John & Eliza. Siblings were Elizabeth, Jean, Meg & Helen. 1901 Census shows family at Balnabriech Cottar House, (no street given). Don't seem to be able to find a later Census.
James joined the Black Watch in WW1, then later the French Foreign Legion.
He emigrated to Australia after the war - date unknown.

Many thanks, June.