Missing relative

[Seghill Lass]

Have had no luck in tracing my Ancestor.  Presuming he died between 1849 and 1850.  His last child was born in  August 1849 and in 1850 his wife was listed on the Poor Relief Roll.  John Mennie was a Tailor, he and his wife Margaret Mortimer married at St. Fergus, Banff 17 Aug 1837.  My research has not found anything of his death or buriel.

1841 living at Fett-et-An-Gus, Deer, Banff  working as a tailor.  Without his death details I cannot find his parents to go further back.

Thanks Pat in Oz.  Sorry if this is the wrong board.

[JustLooking]

Hi Pat

If he died before 1855 (when Statutory Registration was introduced), it's unlikely that his parents would be listed on any burial record unless there is an MI for him.

Do you know when Margaret died as they might have been buried in the same lair/plot?


JL

[JustLooking]

Hi Again

I think I've found a burial for him in St Fergus:

13 Oct 1849 John Mennie, Tylor from Peterhead.
New Ground - No 17, North



JL

[JustLooking]

I see that the children were:

1837 - Mary Slicer Mennie, St Fergus
1839 - James Mennie, St Fergus
1847 - Robert - Peterhead
1849 -  Janet Allardyce Mennie, Peterhead

If they used a traditional naming pattern, his parents should be a James and Janet



JL

[JustLooking]

There is a tree (Hunter family tree) on Ancestry which gives his mother as Margaret Mennie, b.c. 1784. No father given.
No source given.

JL


JL

[JustLooking]

Two possibles baptisms showing for a Margaret Mennie:

25 Dec 1784, Crimond, Aberdeen
Parents John Menie and Ann Strachan

1 May 1784, Tullynessie and Forbes & Kearn, Aberdeen
Father - Arthur Mennie

The Crimond one looks the most likely as it's next to St Fergus and her father is John


http://scotlandsfamily.com/parish-map-aberdeen.htm




JL

[JustLooking]

John Menie and Ann Strachan married in Crimond on 19 February 1784.

In addition to Margaret, there is a baptism of a son,  John Menie,  in Crimond on 15 May 1786.



JL


Added - not sure about the tree at all as they have him dying in 1849  then a link to the 1851 where he is with his mother, Margaret ,  and he's down as a farmer. Both born Skene. i think it is a totally different family from the Margaret that I've previously given 

[JustLooking]

I see that you've been searching for a long time!

Other threads:

http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,187785.0.html

http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,194704.0.html

http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,200699.0.html

http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,168980.0.html

http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,167809.0.html


Well, at least I've found his burial and a possible mother 


JL

[GR2]

Hi. The placename on your census is Fetterangus. The parish of St Fergus, although surrounded by Aberdeenshire, was actually a detached part of Banffshire. Sometimes you find records for it under Aberdeenshire, sometimes under Banffshire. Part of the parish of Old Deer, where Fetterangus is, was also at one time part of Banffshire, the rest of it in Aberdeenshire.

Graham.