Christian Moffat

[Forfarian]

I believe the original is on Scotlands People so, when I get some credit, I'll check it. It is inevitable there will be spelling mistakes. 

Yes, it's probably inevitable that there will be spelling mistakes made by the enumerator, but it is neither inevitable nor excusable that transcriptions differ from the enumerator's original.

[Millmoor]

Ah well another senior moment   Actually the transcription provided on the previous thread does say Christain. I simply in haste did not look at the sex! Mea culpa!

William

[Gadget]

Hi William 

It's unlikely that the 3 transcriptions have wrongly transcribed the sex/gender. Maybe one can accept that those with non-Scots knowledge might think that Christian is a male, but do the transcriptions imply that all three misread the age/gender column.

I think cupcake will need to check on the original 

Gadget

[Gadget]

 

Just to say that the SP index has her as Cristain and Female. I've not checked the original but SP indexes are usually pretty good.

[Gadget]

Couldn't resist    but was this person male or female - change to age column!

One of those where SP had the person as female and the other 3 main transcriptions has the person as male.

[telmark]

Would like any information on my GGG Grandmother Christian MOFFAT (Fraser).......
Any information would be very much appreciated

Not my family, so just a suggestion

ANDREW MOFFAT son of WILLIAM MOFFAT/CHRISTIAN FRASER born Dumfries 17/02/1818
Parish/Ref 821/30 298
JOHN MOFFAT son of WILLIAM MOFFAT/CHRISTIAN FRASER born Dumfries 29/06/1815
Parish/Ref 821/ 30 282
MARY MOFFAT married JOSEPH FLEMING in Dumfries 31/01/1830


There were 2 William Moffats in Dumfries at this time whio had the following children

JANNET
07/12/1801

MARY
02/02/1806

MARY
05/03/1808

WILLIAM GRACIE
22/02/1810

WILLIAM
21/03/1810

MARGARET
17/08/1811

THOMAS
29/03/1812

JANNET
21/03/1813

deceased
13/12/1813

MATTHEW
WILLIAM MOFFAT/JEAN CORRIE
23/05/1815

JOHN
WILLIAM MOFFAT/CHRISTIAN FRASER
29/06/1815

ANDREW
WILLIAM MOFFAT/CHRISTIAN FRASER
17/02/1818

&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&

WILLIAM MOFFAT / CHRISTIAN FRASER Married Dumfries 10/09/1796
Parish/Ref 821/50 147

CHRISTIAN FRASER daughter of ANDREW FRASER born 17/08/1777  Dumfries
Parish/Ref 821/30 43

ANDREW FRASER married JANNET GIBSON on 14/10/1770 at Dumfries
Parish/Ref 821/50 70


I would check these out as possible siblings to Christian. Dumfries birth records (in 1777 at least) contains the fathers job and well as the names of a couple of witnesses.

JAMES
03/11/1771

MARY
04/04/1773

JOHN
19/11/1775

CHRISTIAN
17/08/1777

ANDREW
31/01/1779

MARION
16/01/1780

JANNET
06/01/1782

JOHN
11/10/1783

ANDREW
03/10/1787

[Forfarian]

One of those where SP had the person as female and the other 3 main transcriptions has the person as male.

I would be tempted to ask SP to check the gender again. It looks like male to me.

[Gadget]

I would but not sure how they would be able to check though as the original has the age clearly in the male column. Would they have the original household forms?

What do you suggest?

Added - have put in a query about the discrepancy between index and original, etc.

[Forfarian]

I would but not sure how they would be able to check though as the original has the age clearly in the male column. Would they have the original household forms?

I don't know, but they must surely have had some reason for indexing Cristain as female when the original seems to say clearly that Cristain is male.