wannan or wannen (formerly censuses in scotland)

[Gadget]

I've found the burial of a Euphen Wannen in Dundee in 1781. It's worth doing a search through the burial index on SP - try W*n*n with date and whichever county 

You can attach small section of a cert but not the whole one for copyright reasons. With PMs you can only use the BBC tags  (IMG and /IMG ) with a pre-processed image via Imageshack or photobucket, etc.

[scotabroad]

I am a bit disappointed, >i'd found a Euphan Sharp who died in 1807,only to remember that her son Andrew Sharp was born in 1813., i'm a bit stuck with her then,

[scotabroad]

Hello everyone,
a little update of information, of course for the moment I have no definite proof of the link,
but on looking at the birth certificate of
Alexander Wannan born on 16.12.72 in Dundee, son of Alexander Wannan (weaver) and Margaret Kennedie and countersigned by a certain Alexander Wannan great uncle. 

On the death certificate of the Alexander Wannan who died in Kembeck in 1826, it's written Alexander Wannan from Blebo Mills, is it possible that a workforce list exists for this mill?
I don't really know where to go forward from here?
thanks once again for all the help given

[Gadget]

Hi

I'm not sure that a staff list would exist but at least the flax mill links Alexander to the death certs of his wife and sons.

Here's a site that might interest you:

http://www.atlanticnetworks.com/kemback/index.htm



Gadget

[scotabroad]

Hello again everybody, a little twist in the story. I was on a website, where a distant relative, we had the same great great grandfather.
Now his tree was the same as mine up until Alexander Wannan married to Janet Mcintosh in Coupar Angus in 1798.
But then he matched a different person.
He matched with a
John Wannan married to jean Brown in Cargill in 1765.
Their children are the following
George born 1766
John born 1770
Alexander 1772 (the name has been written as Wanan and no mother mentioned)
Elizabeth 1775
Walter 1777
Margaret born 1780.

John Wannan married to Jean Brown, could be the son of George Wannan and Janet Corse married in Cargill and Inchture (there are two entries in 1739)

I think I already went down this waywhen I first started, but at that time I didn't know about the scottish naming traditions, in fact I only learnt about that last week from the site, and it could explain that John was the eldest son of Alexander Wannan and janet  Mcintosh.

more food for thought.

[scotabroad]

Just another quick update, had an email from my 'cousin', he has a family bible, which was given to John Wannan married to Margaret Rodger in which certain things were written
my father died in 1826 aged 52.
This confirms the death of Alexander Wannan in Kemback in 1826, and the age would make him born about 1774, which would only be two years out.

[mumsdaughter]

Hello,  I am also related to Alexander Wannan and Janet McIntosh. I have been working on this particular tree for about 12 years. My tree also includes different branches of descendants of this couple. Please reply if you are interested. Bye.

[mumsdaughter]

Hello, Thank you for the personal reply but I have discovered that I can't reply to you in the same way until I have put 3 posts on the site. The post that I put on to you was my first!
Anyway, yes we are definitely related and I have been working on the wannan family tree for several years now.
As regards Alexander Wannan 1774- 1826 who was married to Janet McIntosh 1772-1857, I have found no Alexander Wannan born in 1774 but 2 born in 1772. One being the son of John Wannan and Jean Brown and the other being the son of Alexander Wannan and Margaret Kennedy.
I have always found it hard to decide whose son he might be between the two, then again he might be born to entirely different parents and his birth not registered at all. Therefore I have not entered any parents at all on my tree for him although as his eldest son was John 1800-1872 it seems more likely that his parents were John Wannan and Jean Brown. I would really like to have more proof than just his eldest sons name!
I have so much more info on the family tree for you so please keep in touch, regards, mumsdaughter.

[scotabroad]

i saw your posting and thought once you answered this then you could send me a personal message