Author Topic: William CHISHOLM & Elspet FRAZER  (Read 1533 times)

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Re: William CHISHOLM & Elspet FRAZER
« Reply #9 on: Wednesday 15 October 25 19:28 BST (UK) »
Helen Fife, other name Chisholm, did indeed die in Dundee in 1872, age said to be 61. It would be worth taking a look at that death certificate. I only looked for deaths plus or minus two years, and Helen was baptised in 1808 so would have been 64 or 65 in 1872 and wouldn't have shown up in my search.

I tried to have a look at the Dundee Howff burial records, which usually give a bit of extra information, for example, where the deceased was born if not in Dundee, but my antivirus went crazy and warned me not to proceed because its security certificate has expired, and Firefox would not let me access it at all.
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Re: William CHISHOLM & Elspet FRAZER
« Reply #10 on: Wednesday 15 October 25 20:55 BST (UK) »
Aha! The FDCA web site is accessible again.

William Chisholm, 66, died of asthma and was buried in the Howff on 13 March 1833 (not 1831 according to the transcript of the burial record). He was born in Inverness.
Never trust anything you find online (especially submitted trees and transcriptions on Ancestry, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and other commercial web sites) unless it's an image of an original document - and even then be wary because errors can and do occur.